Wehningen

Wehningen Municipality of Neuhaus Coordinates: 53 ° 10 ′ 14 ″ N , 11 ° 10 ′ 2 ″ E
Height :	14 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	145
Incorporation :	July 1, 1950
Incorporated into:	Tripkau
Postal code :	19273
Location of Wehningen in Lower Saxony
	Archway at the main entrance to the former moated castle and park in Wehningen

Church of Wehningen

Wehningen ( Low German Wähningen ) is a village in the Tripkau district of the municipality of Amt Neuhaus in Lower Saxony .

geography

The place is six kilometers east of Hitzacker on the opposite bank of the Elbe at the mouth of the Löcknitz in the Lower Saxon Elbe Valley Biosphere Reserve .

history

For the year 1848 it is stated that Wehningen had 23 residential buildings in which 181 residents lived. There were nine residential buildings with 123 residents for the von Bernstorff family's aristocratic Wehningen estate . At that time the place was the parish seat and had a school. On December 1, 1910, Wehningen in the Bleckede district had 248 and the manor district 114 inhabitants. As part of the area changes in Mecklenburg , Wehningen was incorporated into Tripkau on July 1, 1950. After German reunification , the place moved on June 30, 1993 from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania to Lower Saxony in the district of Lüneburg . On October 1, 1993 Tripkau was incorporated with Wehningen into the municipality of Amt Neuhaus.

Buildings

In the center of the village is the simple church of Wehningen . The alabaster reliefs on the altarpiece from the 16th century are remarkable.

Personalities

People who were born here

Adam Heinrich Lackmann (1694–1754), historian and university professor

People associated with the place

Peter Lackmann (1659–1713), Protestant theologian and poet of sacred songs
Berthold von Bernstorff-Wehningen (1842–1917), count, manor owner and member of the Reichstag
Georg Ernst Graf von Bernstorff (1870–1939), large landowner and politician
Ilja Heinig (* 1950), painter

Web links

Commons : Wehningen - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Geographical names. Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy, accessed on December 30, 2018 .
↑ Günther Wagener: Directory of the cities, integrated communities, the member communities and districts in the Hanseatic city and the district of Lüneburg with the entry of the Low German place names. (PDF) In: landkreis-lueneburg.de. August 27, 2015, p. 3 , accessed December 30, 2018 .
↑ ^a ^b Friedrich W. Harseim, C. Schlüter (Ed.): Statistical manual for the Kingdom of Hanover . Schlueter, 1848, p. 100 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
↑ Friedrich W. Harseim, C. Schluter (ed.): Statistical Manual for the Kingdom of Hanover . Schlueter, 1848, p. 214 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
^ Municipal directory Germany 1900. Kingdom of Prussia - Province of Hanover - District of Lüneburg - District of Bleckede. In: gemeindeververzeichnis.de. Uli Schubert, May 24, 2018, accessed December 30, 2018 .
^ State treaty between the states of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Lower Saxony on the reclassification of the communities in the former Neuhaus office and other areas to Lower Saxony. GrÄndStVtr MV / ND. March 9, 1993, accessed December 30, 2018 .

[geo-1] Geographical names. Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy, accessed on December 30, 2018 .

[Landrat-2] Günther Wagener: Directory of the cities, integrated communities, the member communities and districts in the Hanseatic city and the district of Lüneburg with the entry of the Low German place names. (PDF) In: landkreis-lueneburg.de. August 27, 2015, p. 3 , accessed December 30, 2018 .

[Hannover1-3] Friedrich W. Harseim, C. Schlüter (Ed.): Statistical manual for the Kingdom of Hanover . Schlueter, 1848, p. 100 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

[Hannover2-4] Friedrich W. Harseim, C. Schluter (ed.): Statistical Manual for the Kingdom of Hanover . Schlueter, 1848, p. 214 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

[Gemeindeverzeichnis-5] Municipal directory Germany 1900. Kingdom of Prussia - Province of Hanover - District of Lüneburg - District of Bleckede. In: gemeindeververzeichnis.de. Uli Schubert, May 24, 2018, accessed December 30, 2018 .

[Staatsvertrag-6] State treaty between the states of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Lower Saxony on the reclassification of the communities in the former Neuhaus office and other areas to Lower Saxony. GrÄndStVtr MV / ND. March 9, 1993, accessed December 30, 2018 .