Wechold

Wechold (Lower Saxony) Community Hilgermissen Coordinates: 52 ° 50 ′ 47 " N , 9 ° 7 ′ 31" E
Height :	5 m
Incorporation :	March 1, 1974
Postal code :	27318
Area code :	04256, 04251, 04255
	St. Marien Church in Wechold

Crucifix in the St. Marien Church in Wechold

Wechold ( Low German Wecheln ) is a district of the municipality Hilgermissen in the joint municipality of Grafschaft Hoya in the district of Nienburg / Weser in Lower Saxony .

The Weser flows east 4 km away. Of Bremen about Nienburg / Weser to Hannover leading B 6 extends southwest km 12, while that of Verden (Aller) over Nienburg by Minden extending B 215 east - runs 6 km - on the other side of the Weser.

In Wechold there are no street names, only house numbers that residents, postmen, vendors and visitors have to use for orientation.

Since March 1, 1974, the until then independent municipality belongs to Hilgermissen.

Attractions

Julius August Philipp Spitta (born December 27, 1841 in Wechold; † April 13, 1894 in Berlin ), musicologist (considered the founder of modern musicology ) and Bach biographer
Ludwig Otto Adelbert Spitta (born November 27, 1845 in Wechold, † May 27, 1901 in Hameln ), pastor sec. From 1872 to 1881 in the St. Lamberti Church in Bergen
Johann Kranz (born July 17, 1937 in Wechold), author (Low German stories, poems and audio books)

Carl Johann Philipp Spitta (born August 1, 1801 in Hanover ; † September 28, 1859 in Burgdorf ), German composer , theologian and poet , pastor in Wechold from 1836 to 1847, father of Julius August Philipp Spitta and Ludwig Otto Adelbert Spitta
Gottlieb Pot d'Or (1905–1978), visual artist, created a mural in Wechold for the auditorium of the school on the Weserbogen (1966) and one for the Volksbank Wechold (1970s).

Uwe Campe: Wechold Chronik 816 - 2016. "Heimatverein Wecheln un ünto eV", Hilgermissen 2018, ISBN 978-3-946166-14-6
WECHOLD. Ev. St. Mary's Church. In: Georg Dehio : Handbook of German Art Monuments . Bremen Lower Saxony. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 1992, p. 1336; ISBN 3-422-03022-0

^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes for municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 191 .
↑ Spitta, Ludwig Otto Adelbert: From the history of the St. Lamberti community in Bergen near Celle
^ Johann Kranz: "Anna un Jan" Volume 1 & 2, Bomas-Verlag, Bremen, 2002
^ Johann Kranz: Published audio books
^ TSV Wechold-Magelsen eV
^ Riding and Driving Association Wechold-Martfeld eV
↑ Heimatverein "Wecheln un ümto" e. V.