Wehmingen

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Wehmingen
City Sehnde
Wehmingen coat of arms
Coordinates: 52 ° 17 ′ 45 ″  N , 9 ° 56 ′ 2 ″  E
Height : 75 m above sea level NN
Residents : 687  (Dec. 2018)
Incorporation : March 1, 1974
Postal code : 31319
Area code : 05138
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The location of Wehmingen in the urban area of ​​Sehnde

Wehmingen is a district of the city of Sehnde , southeast of Hanover .

history

The oldest surviving document that mentions Wehmingen is from 1240.

Many citizens were damaged in fires in Bolzum and Wehmingen in the summer of 1857 . About half of all buildings were affected. In the press organ Hildesheimer Allgemeine Zeitung and Anzeiger on Tuesday, August 25, 1857, the message read:

“Yesterday afternoon at 3½ o'clock the northern horizon of the city was covered with thick clouds of smoke and it was concluded that there was a strong fire in the area of ​​Algermissen. Today we receive the sad news through an eyewitness that the fire raged in Bolzum and Wehmingen, Amt Ruthe and consumed 14 courtyards and synagogues in the first village , while the latter cremated up to about a third. The fire started in Bolzum, allegedly by children who played with matches, and was played over by flung sides of bacon after Wehmingen, which was barely a quarter of an hour away. "

A collection was carried out in Sarstedt for the victims . The collection brought in an amount of 250 thalers, half of which were given to the communities.

On March 1, 1974, the municipality of Wehmingen , which belongs to the Hildesheim-Marienburg district, was incorporated into the municipality, now the town of Sehnde.

politics

The local mayor is Rene Bettels.

Culture and sights

Ev. church
  • In 1865 the magazine of the Historical Association for Lower Saxony said about the church in Wehmingen : “190: Church of Wehmingen. The current church, built between 1798 and 1799, 65 feet long, 37 feet wide, has simple stone walls, a whitewashed ceiling and a small tower on the western end of the roof. - Church registers since 1730. "
  • The well-preserved former water tower of Wehmingen is a listed building and is used privately today.
  • On the site of the former potash mine and Bundeswehr location Hohenfels in Wehmingen, the Hanover Tram Museum is operated privately and on a voluntary basis.

Architectural monuments

  • Half-timbered construction

  • War memorial

  • In front of the school house

  • Tram Museum

Economy and Infrastructure

Wehmingen water tower

Potash mining was the most important branch of industry for many decades. The first potash mine was sunk from 1896 in Hohenfels, which today belongs to Wehmingen, and mining began in 1902. Although the production here was shut down as early as 1927, in the core town of Sehnde and in the Ilten district , potash was mined for fertilizer and road salt production until the 1990s. An affiliated fertilizer and road salt factory is still in operation. Wehmingen has a bus stop in the direction of Sehnde and a bus stop in the direction of Bemerode.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ FIGURES - DATA - FACTS. www.sehnde.de, accessed on October 20, 2019 .
  2. ^ Matthias Blazek: The fire extinguishing system in the area of ​​the former Principality of Lüneburg from the beginnings to 1900 , Adelheidsdorf 2006, p. 222, ISBN 978-3-00-019837-3 .
  3. ^ NN, 125 Years of the Sarstedt Voluntary Fire Brigade - A Chronicle of 125 Years, Sarstedt 2005, p. 15.
  4. ^ 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 GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 223 .
  5. ^ Journal of the Historical Association for Lower Saxony, year 1864, published under the direction of the Association Committee, Hanover 1865, p. 340.
  6. ↑ Wehmingen industrial culture
  7. ↑ Tram Museum