Weddingen

Weddingen City of Goslar
Coordinates: 51 ° 58 ′ 27 ″  N , 10 ° 29 ′ 29 ″  E
Height :	166  (149-185)  m above sea level NHN
Area :	7.12 km²
Residents :	587  (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density :	82 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	July 1, 1972
Incorporated into:	City of Vienenburg
Postal code :	38690
Area code :	05324
Location of Weddingen in Lower Saxony
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Weddingen is a district of Goslar in the district of Goslar , Lower Saxony ( Germany ).

geography

location

Weddingen is located about ten kilometers north of the district town of Goslar and about six kilometers west of Vienenburg on federal highway 82 between the southern part of the Salzgitter ridge in the west and the Harly forest in the northern Harz foreland at an altitude of 170  m above sea level. NHN . Immenrode can be reached about a kilometer to the south , further in the vicinity are the twin villages of Döhren in the north-west, Beuchte in the north-east and the Wöltingerode monastery belonging to Vienenburg .

Neighboring places

Liebenburg Döhren	Gielde weirs	Schladen Lengde Bay
Dörnten		Reunion
Hahndorf Goslar	Immenrode Oker	Wöltingerode Vienenburg

history

In the year 1053 Weddingen, lying in the Leragau , in a document of the Roman-German emperor Heinrich III. (1016-1056) first mentioned as "Witungen". In the 13th century, the Teutonic Knight Order maintained one of its headquarters in Weddingen and established a commander in charge . The coat of arms of Weddingen still shows the order cross today.

In the 17th century, the Teutonic Order lost more and more influence, so that the "Komturhof" was leased out several times after the Thirty Years' War . The property last fell to the Kingdom of Hanover in 1815 .

Incorporations

Between the municipal reform, which came into force on July 1, 1972, and January 1, 2014, Weddingen belonged to the city of Vienenburg before it was incorporated into Goslar.

Population development

development	year	Residents
	2011	638
	2013	634
	2014	608
	2015	612
	2016	596
	2017	597
	2018	587
	as of December 31 of each year Source: until 2015, from 2016.

politics

City Councilor and Mayor

At the local level Weddingen is from the City Council represented from Goslar.

See also : Goslar - politics

Mayor

The mayor of Weddingen is Gerd Schäfer ( SPD ). His term of office runs from 2016 to 2021.

coat of arms

The council of Weddingen decided on December 6th, 1960 the coat of arms described below, which the administrative president in Braunschweig approved on March 13th, 1961.

"In the black-and-gold quartered shield there is a floating cross of paws in confused colors."

The Teutonic Order moved its Komturhof from Goslar to Weddingen in the 13th century . The sign of the Teutonic Order was a simple black cross on a white background, which in later times was drawn with wider ends. This is called a paw cross . Black and gold are the city colors of Goslar.

Culture and sights

Buildings

• The local Protestant church was built in 1786 by the congregation of the Teutonic Order on the foundations of a previous church

Daughters, sons, emigrants

The Teutonic Order contributed to the departure of Weddinger subjects early in the area, a testimony is the departure of a Wedin family, who were named after their place of origin Weddin (gen). They moved, possibly recruited in the royal palace Werla , to the places Christianized by Heinrich the Lion in the Slavic region of Peckatel in Mecklenburg-Strelitz . The von Holstein families were feudal lords in Immenrode as well as in Klein Many ( Peckatel ). A lake in the Mecklenburg Lake District , at a strategic ford through the Landhemme, the "Isen Port" (today the bridge), was named after the German Schultzen family Weden.

Web links

Commons : Weddingen  - Collection of images

• Site of the mayor

Individual evidence

1. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Official municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany . Final results according to the September 13, 1950 census. Volume  33 . W. Kohlhammer Verlag, Stuttgart / Cologne August 1952, p. 61 , col. 2 ( digital version [PDF; 26.4 MB ; accessed on August 21, 2019] Landkreis Goslar, p. 70).
2. ↑ ^{a b} Location data & statistics for the city of Goslar. In: Website city of Goslar. December 31, 2018, accessed May 26, 2019 .  
3. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory 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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p.  270 .
4. ↑ Lower Saxony State Chancellery (ed.): Law on the Unification of the Cities of Vienenburg and Goslar, District of Goslar . Lower Saxony Law and Ordinance Gazette (Nds. GVBl.). No.  10/2013 . Hanover June 19, 2013, p. 163 ( digital version [PDF; 153 kB ; accessed on August 21, 2019] p. 7).
5. ↑ The district of Goslar at a glance - figures, data, facts. In: Website of the district of Goslar. accessed on August 25, 2019.
6. ↑ Anke Donner: Local chiefs have been appointed. In: Website Regional Goslar. November 8, 2016, accessed August 25, 2019 .  
7. ^ ^{A b} Arnold Rabbow: "Braunschweigisches Wappenbuch", Braunschweig 1977, p. 56f
8. ^ History. Weddingen - a place with history. Site of the mayor. In: www.weddingen.de. Retrieved February 3, 2018 .  
9. ^ Website of the Verein für Computergenealogie e. V. (GenWiki) , accessed December 17, 2017.