Westerburg (Wardenburg)

Westerburg Municipality Wardenburg Coordinates: 53 ° 1 '38 "  N , 8 ° 13' 48"  E
Height :	9 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	236  (December 31, 2016)
Postal code :	26203
Area code :	04407
Location of Westerburg in Lower Saxony

Westerburg is a small district of the municipality of Wardenburg ( Lower Saxony ) with around 260 inhabitants.

geography

Westerburg is 2 km southeast of the core town of Wardenburg. The Hunte flows 1 km to the east .

The place is about 1 km east of the federal motorway 29 (junction Wardenburg) on ​​the northwest edge of the Wildeshauser Geest nature reserve .

history

As early as 800 a mission church was built by Abbot Gerbert Castus from Visbek in what was then known as Westonstede , which was destroyed by Normans around 890 .

In 1342 the Count of Oldenburg built the Westerburg that gave it its name; however, it was destroyed again in 1474.

traffic

The L 870 from Wardenburg to Ahlhorn runs 2 km to the west.

economy

A company for agricultural machinery and garden technology is based in Westerburg.

Web links

• Westerburg. In: "Wardenburg Stories"

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Population. Wardenburg community, accessed April 29, 2017 .  
2. ↑ See Rüthning, Gustav, Oldenburgische Geschichte, Eleventh Volume, published by GA v. Halem , Bremen 1911, p. 17.