Wanhöden
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Wanhöden
Community Wurster North Sea Coast
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| Height : | 16 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 8.83 km² | |
| Residents : | 380 (2017) | |
| Population density : | 43 inhabitants / km² | |
| Incorporation : | January 1, 1970 | |
| Incorporated into: | Nordholz | |
| Postal code : | 27639 | |
| Area code : | 04741 | |
Location of Wanhöden in Lower Saxony |
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 Aerial photo (2012)
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Wanhöden ( Low German Wanhöden ) is a district of the municipality of Wurster North Sea Coast in the district of Cuxhaven in Lower Saxony .
geography
location
The A 27 federal motorway runs west, one kilometer away. It is five kilometers to the west to the North Sea . The Emmelke , a left (western) tributary of the Medem , has its source at Wanhöden.
The Nordholz Air Base (“Sea-Airport Cuxhaven / Nordholz”) is two kilometers to the northwest. The nature reserve Wanhödener Moor lies east of Wanhöden. The Wanhödener Berg lies on the Geest ridge of the Hohen Lieth , 500 meters west of Wanhöden.
Neighboring places
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Gudendorf (City of Cuxhaven ) |
Lüdingworth (City of Cuxhaven) |
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| Nordholz |
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Municipality of Wanna (combined municipality of Land Hadeln ) |
| Midlum |
Krempel (City of Geestland ) |
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history
Prehistoric times and first mention
The first settlement of the area, due to the large number of prehistoric tombs, suggests the Bronze Age 3000 years ago. The nearby Hohensteine near Wanhöden, the large stone grave Wanhöden (giant hut) and the large stone grave Henkenstein are megalithic systems .
The place Wanhöden is mentioned for the first time in 1509 in the nearby Neuenwalde monastery . In a document from the register of goods there, the place is still called Wanhoyen or Wanhoyge.
school
Around the year 1875, the Wanhödener were busy building a school. Until then, the children were not taught at all or only in the winter months, despite the compulsory education in the duchies of Bremen and Verden in 1752. The corresponding one-class lessons took place alternately in the living rooms of the local farmers. There were no permanent teachers at the time. A well-read school assistant was sought for the number of pupils at the time and paid accordingly. He also received accommodation and free board alternately with the parents of the pupils. Since, like all other teachers, he received less than ten Reichsthaler a year as wages, he mostly had to earn additional income as a day laborer , Holland worker or as a clerk . A preacher from Altenwalde supervised him and tested his skills before hiring. A superintendent from Dorum who was in charge of him received information and reports on the service administration and the way of life of the corresponding Wanhöden teacher.
A separate village school was only built in 1883. A residential wing for the teacher was added to the school nine years later. Both buildings got electric light in 1930 and running water in 1960. In the 100-year history of the school, the number of pupils was mostly between 15 and 30. After the Second World War, due to the high number of refugees and evacuees, a high of 60 students had been reached. According to the chronicle, the Wanhöden teachers have often changed, as a total of 21 teachers have been recorded.
The village school was closed in 1968. The school building was converted into a single-family house and is still inhabited today.
500th birthday
In 2009 a big celebration took place for the 500th birthday of the village, for which a 240-page commemorative publication / chronicle was published.
Incorporations
On January 1, 1970, the previously independent municipality of Wanhöden was incorporated into the municipality of Nordholz, which in turn merged with the previous joint municipality of Land Wursten to form the new unit municipality Wurster Nordseeküste on January 1, 2015 .
Population development
| year | Residents | source |
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| 1910 | 118 | |
| 1925 | 138 | |
| 1933 | 168 | |
| 1939 | 197 | |
| 1950 | 268 | |
| 1956 | 242 | |
| 2017 | 380 |
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politics
Local councilor and local mayor
At the local level, Wanhöden is represented by the Nordholz local council .
coat of arms
The design of the municipal coat of arms of Wanhöden comes from the heraldist and coat of arms painter Albert de Badrihaye , who designed around 80 coats of arms in the district of Cuxhaven.
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Blazon : " Split - forward in silver over a black ernie derten line beams a red fox head ; at the backa stylized silver birch with rootsin green . " |
| Justification for the coat of arms: The birch, the fox's head and the black bar are symbols of the unspoilt heather and moorland landscape of the municipality. |
Culture and sights
Fallen memorial
As the two devastating world wars brought the people of Wanhöden many dead and missing, a memorial for the fallen was erected in the center of the village . In honor of the dead and missing persons, take place on Memorial Day held memorial services and wreath-laying ceremonies of clubs and the community at this monument.
Regular events
- The “ Deichbrand ” music festival has been held annually on the airport site since 2009
Associations and associations
- Schützenverein Wanhöden from 1929 e. V.
- Association for German Shepherd Dogs V.
- Wanhöden volunteer fire department
literature
- Fritz Hörmann, Ude Meyer, Christian Morisse, Eberhard Nehring, Irmgard Seghorn, Egon Stuve, Else Syassen: Wesermünde field names collection - the field names of the property tax cadastre from 1876 . Ed .: Kulturstiftung der Kreissparkasse Wesermünde (= new series of special publications by the men from Morgenstern , Heimatbund an Elb- und Wesermuende eV Volume 27 ). Men from Morgenstern Verlag, Bremerhaven 1995, ISBN 3-931771-27-X , p. 21 ([ digitized ( memento from October 26, 2007 in the Internet Archive )] [PDF; 431 kB ; accessed on October 23, 2019]).
- Wilfried Kuhl: Chronicle of Wanhöden - From the moor to the village with a journey through time from 1509 to 2009 . August Rauschenplat Verlag, Cuxhaven 2009 (reprint planned, no publication date yet).
- Friedhelm Bartels, Birgit Deppe, Renate Grützner, Wolfgang Köthe, Wilfried Kuhl: Land Wursten and Nordholz - yesterday & today - Wurster North Sea coast . Kellner Verlag, Bremen 2017, ISBN 978-3-95651-128-8 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Friedhelm Bartels, Birgit Deppe, Renate Grützner, Wolfgang Köthe, Wilfried Kuhl: Land Wursten and Nordholz - yesterday & today - Wurster North Sea coast . Kellner Verlag, Bremen 2017, ISBN 978-3-95651-128-8 , pp. 224 .
- ↑ Overview map of the Cuxhaven district. In: cuxland-gis.landkreis-cuxhaven.de. November 2016, accessed December 20, 2019 .
- ^ HE Hansen: Wanhöden - A chapter of village school history . In: Men from Morgenstern, Heimatbund an Elbe and Weser estuary e. V. (Ed.): Niederdeutsches Heimatblatt . No. 230 . Nordsee-Zeitung GmbH, Bremerhaven February 1969, p. 2 ( digital version [PDF; 3.7 MB ; accessed on March 15, 2019]).
- ↑ a b Hans-Christian Winters: Wanhödener celebrated 500 years. In: Website Cuxhavener Nachrichten / Niederelbe-Zeitung . August 17, 2009. Retrieved February 27, 2017 .
- ↑ Wanhöden is celebrating its 500th birthday. In: Website Cuxhavener Nachrichten / Niederelbe-Zeitung. August 16, 2009. Retrieved February 27, 2017 .
- ↑ Time travel through Wanhöden . In: Sunday journal of the Nordsee-Zeitung . Nordwestdeutsche Verlags-GmbH, Bremerhaven December 14, 2009.
- ↑ Lower Saxony State Chancellery (Ed.): Law on the reorganization of the community Wurster North Sea Coast, district Cuxhaven . Lower Saxony Law and Ordinance Gazette (Nds. GVBl.). No. 26/2012 . Hanover November 8, 2012, p. 428 , p. 2 ( digital copy [PDF; 454 kB ; accessed on May 18, 2019]).
- ^ Ulrich Schubert: Register of local authorities Germany 1900 - Lehe district. Information from December 1, 1910. In: gemeindeververzeichnis.de. February 3, 2019, accessed May 18, 2019 .
- ^ A b c Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. Wesermünde district ( see under: No. 85 ). (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
- ↑ a b Statistisches Bundesamt Wiesbaden (ed.): Official municipality register for the Federal Republic of Germany - 1957 edition (population and territorial status September 25, 1956, for Saarland December 31, 1956) . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1958, p. 193 ( digitized version ).
- ↑ a b Landkreis Wesermünde (Ed.): Coat of arms of the Landkreis Wesermünde . Grassé Offset Verlag, Bremerhaven / Wesermünde 1973, ISBN 3-9800318-0-2 .
- ↑ Wanhöden - Cenotaph for the fallen and missing of both world wars. In: Online project fallen memorials. September 2010, accessed February 27, 2017 .
- ↑ Gravestones in the Wanhöden cemetery (Nordholz) - war memorial. In: grabsteine.genealogy.net. 2011, accessed December 20, 2019 .
Cappel | Dorum (with Dorum-Neufeld ) | Midlum (with Kransburg ) | Misselwarden (with lower line and upper line ) | Mulsum (with Lewing and Wierde ) | Nordholz (with Cappel-Neufeld , Deichsende , Scharnstedt , Spieka , Spieka-Neufeld , Wanhöden and Wursterheide ) | Padingbüttel (with Altendeich and Rotthausen ) | Wremen (with the court , Hülsing , Rintzeln and Schott Warden )