Westerlinde

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Westerlinde
Municipality Burgdorf
Coordinates: 52 ° 7 ′ 21 ″  N , 10 ° 13 ′ 32 ″  E
Height : approx. 105 m above sea level NN
Residents : 279  (Sep 30, 1998)
Incorporation : March 1, 1974
Postal code : 38272
Area code : 05347
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Location of Westerlinde in the municipality of Burgdorf
View of Westerlinde from the north
View of Westerlinde from the north

Westerlinde is a district of the municipality of Burgdorf , which belongs to the combined municipality of Baddeckestedt in the Wolfenbüttel district in Lower Saxony.

geography

The following places surround Westerlinde:

Westerlinde is located northwest of the Lichtenberge, the northwest part of the Salzgitter ridge .

Western outskirts of Westerlinde

history

It is assumed that as early as 500 to 800 AD there were settlements in the area of ​​the present-day village.

In 1022, a place called Linnethe is mentioned for the first time in a deed of foundation of the Hildesheim Monastery of St. Michael . However, this cannot be equated with the first documentary mention of Westerlinde, as it is unknown whether Osterlinde or Westerlinde was meant. In 1480 (according to other sources not until 1548 in the Lichtenberg hereditary register) the name Westerlinde can be identified for the first time to distinguish it from the neighboring village.

The noble von Linnethe family owned lands from 1187 until they died out in 1553. In addition, however, other families such as the von Saldern and von Hagen families had property in the village. In 1273, the Dorstadt monastery and the Wohldenberg counts also received property in Westerlinde.

Since the late Middle Ages, Westerlinde has belonged to the Lichtenberg district and thus to the Principality of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel . In the Thirty Years War from 1618 to 1648 Westerlinde was not spared from destruction either. In 1626, troops briefly settled in the village. When they left, the village was burned down to the church.

The oldest surviving residential house in the village dates from 1661. The half-timbered house was renovated in the first half of the 1990s.

A school had existed in the village since at least the beginning of the 18th century;

From 1840 to 1920 the number of farms in Westerlinde decreased significantly. During this time, many small craft businesses settled in the village.

Population development

Burgdorf-Westerlinde - population development since 1539
year Residents development
1539 94
1573 93
1632 83
1663 72
1770 152
1802 200
1814 195
1851 224
1933 187
1933 279

Culture and sights

Protestant church
  • Since at least 1542 there was a pastor in Westerlinde. The current Protestant church was not built until 1874 to 1876. The rectory, a half-timbered house from 1815, is also worth mentioning.
  • The listed half-timbered house in Bocksweg dates from 1661.

Economy and Infrastructure

Transport links

Westerlinde is on a county road that connects Oelber on the white road in the south with Osterlinde in the east-northeast. More important is the running parallel to this Bundesautobahn 39 , which at Westerlinde an exit as well as a truck stop owns and Wolfsburg , Salzgitter and Braunschweig to the Bundesautobahn 7 binds. A second district road is also worth mentioning, which leads north to Hohenassel.

The nearest train stations are in Salzgitter- Lebenstedt on the Braunschweig – Salzgitter-Lebenstedt railway line and in Baddeckestedt on the Hildesheim – Goslar railway line .

literature

  • Samtgemeinde Baddeckestedt (Ed.): 25 years of the Samtgemeinde Baddeckestedt - 1974–1999. Festschrift ; 1999 (pp. 22/23).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Samtgemeinde Baddeckestedt (ed.): 25 years of the Samtgemeinde Baddeckestedt - 1974–1999. Festschrift; 1999 (p. 22) .
  2. Westerlinde on the website of the Samtgemeinde Baddeckestedt , accessed on March 28, 2018.