Wendesse

Wendesse City of Peine
	Coordinates: 52 ° 21 ′ 58 ″ N , 10 ° 14 ′ 7 ″ E
Height :	64 m
Residents :	165 (December 31, 2017)
Incorporation :	March 1, 1974
Postal code :	31228
Area code :	05176
Location of Wendesse in Lower Saxony
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Wendesse is a village and northernmost district of the city of Peine in the Peine district in Lower Saxony .

history

The place was first mentioned in a document in 1390.

The Wendesser municipal council decided in 1964 to merge with the neighboring municipality of Stederdorf to form a joint municipality in accordance with the Lower Saxony municipal ordinance .

On the occasion of the regional reform, Wendesse became a district of the city of Peine on March 1, 1974.

politics

Wendesse has a joint local council with the neighboring town of Stederdorf . The local mayor is Holger Hahn (SPD).

coat of arms

The coat of arms shows a blue, soaring lion with a red tongue on a gold and blue split shield on the right, golden side. In the left, blue field there are three upright, golden pine cones above a slanted silver wolf tang or double hook. The lion and the colors blue and gold stand for centuries of belonging to the former Duchy of Braunschweig-Lüneburg . The pine cones and the double hook come from the coat of arms of Chamber Councilor Schenk von Winterstedt zu Schwachhausen and Lindhorst, who was resident here in the 17th century as a feudal lord and court lord.

The coat of arms was approved on December 8, 1961 by the local council and the district president of the Hildesheim district . The design comes from Alfred Brecht.

Culture and sights

The Wendesser Moor is about a kilometer southwest of the village and is a 65 hectare nature reserve. Here there are different types of biotope worthy of protection, each with their own plant and animal species linked to these habitats. The Wendesser Moor has been a landscape protection area since 1978 .

Regular events

Bosseln (February)
Easter walk (Good Friday)
summer party
Cycling tour

These events are organized jointly by the two local associations.

Sports

Wendesse has its own sports club, the Wendesser Sportverein (WSV), which offers sports such as badminton and women's gymnastics . Due to the lack of local facilities, the sports are played in the towns in the vicinity.

Economy and Infrastructure

In the Wendesse district there are a hotel & restaurant, cigarette shop, horse farm, physiotherapy, building contractors and farmers.

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ City of Peine: Population status (December 31, 2017)
^ 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 and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 217 .
^ The local councils of the city of Peine and their members , accessed on May 28, 2017
^ Arnold Rabbow: New Braunschweigisches Wappenbuch. Braunschweiger Zeitungsverlag, Meyer Verlag, Braunschweig 2003, ISBN 3-926701-59-5 , p. 130.
^ Lower Saxony State Office for Water Management, Coastal Protection and Nature Conservation

[1] City of Peine: Population status (December 31, 2017)

[2] 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 and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 217 .

[3] The local councils of the city of Peine and their members , accessed on May 28, 2017

[4] Arnold Rabbow: New Braunschweigisches Wappenbuch. Braunschweiger Zeitungsverlag, Meyer Verlag, Braunschweig 2003, ISBN 3-926701-59-5 , p. 130.

[5] Lower Saxony State Office for Water Management, Coastal Protection and Nature Conservation