Warp

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 52 ° 45 '  N , 9 ° 6'  E
Basic data
State :	Lower Saxony
County :	Nienburg / Weser
Joint municipality :	County Hoya
Height :	32 m above sea level NHN
Area :	20.11 km 2
Residents:	724 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	36 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	27333
Area code :	05022
License plate :	NI
Community key :	03 2 56 035
Community structure:	4 districts
Association administration address:	Schloßplatz 2 27318 Hoya
Website :	www.warpe.de
Mayor :	Heinz Wedekind
Location of the municipality of Warpe in the Nienburg / Weser district

Warpe is a municipality in the municipality of Grafschaft Hoya in the district of Nienburg / Weser in Lower Saxony .

geography

location

The municipality of Warpe is embedded in a landscape characterized by hills and valleys between 60 and 25 meters above sea level, and several watercourses arise and flow through the area, including the Bückener Mühlenbach . Dammed into small and large ponds, these brooks formed the basis for several, now disused, partly dilapidated and restored water mills.

Community structure

• Helzendorf
• Nordholz
• Warp
• Windhorst

history

From 1258 to 1555 the knight family von Warpe had their headquarters here. The Counts of Hoya also owned farms in Warpe. From 1665 to 1963 there was a school in Warpe.

Incorporations

Since the municipal reform, which came into force on March 1, 1974, Warpe has been an independent municipality with the districts (former municipalities) Helzendorf, Nordholz and Windhorst and part of the integrated municipality of Grafschaft Hoya .

Population development

year	1961	1970	1987	1992	1997	2002	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Residents	943	891	727	762	755	779	796	799	792	804	799

(1961: June 6th, 1970: May 27th, each with the current territorial status, from 1987 on each December 31st )

politics

Municipal council

The nine seats of the municipal council are distributed as follows:

• WG Warpe 9 seats

(Status: local election on September 11, 2016)

coat of arms

Blazon : "A silver watermill wheel in blue, accompanied on both sides by a golden ear of wheat, the stalks of which cross at the bottom, two crossed golden gable boards above the water wheel, which end in horse heads turned outwards."

Economy and Transport

Water buffalo near Warpe

Country inn Okelmann

Bus stop Warpe Bornstr

The community is predominantly agricultural. In addition, tourism plays a smaller role.

Resident associations

• Harvest Club Warpe
• Warpe Volunteer Fire Brigade
• Choral society Nordholz-Helzendorf
• TSV Nordholz (sports club)
• Rifle Club Nordholz-Helzendorf
• Shooting club Warpe
• Windhorst shooting club
• Lucky bag e. V. (kindergarten)

(Source below)

Established businesses

• Mittelweser Tiefbau GmbH & Co. KG
• Hofkäserei Derboven GmbH & Co. KG

traffic

It is about 5 km to federal highway 6 . On school days there is a bus connection with the local bus line 26 of the transport company Landkreis Nienburg to Bücken and Hoya .

Personalities

• Pablo Hirndorf (* 1963), painter and object artist
• Bert Strebe (* 1958), writer, poet and journalist

Web links

Commons : Warpe  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony, LSN-Online regional database, Table 12411: Update of the population, as of December 31, 2019  ( help ).
2. ↑ ^{a b} Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality register for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 191 .
3. ↑ LSKN-Online
4. ↑ https://wahlen.kdo.de/content.php?kunde=sg_grafschaft_hoya&wahlverz=sg_grafschaft_hoya/web/201609_K__Gemeinderatswahl_Warpe_11.09.2016&wahlname=Gemeinderatswahl_Warpe_11.09.2016&atei=160524135006727_0_1_t.html
5. ↑ http://www.grafschaft-hoya.de
6. ↑ https://www.mittelweser-tiefbau.de/home/
7. ↑ https://rzbderboven.de/der-hof/