Westerwede

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Westerwede
municipality Lilienthal
Coordinates: 53 ° 11 ′ 52 ″  N , 8 ° 55 ′ 6 ″  E
Incorporation : April 1, 1937
Incorporated into: Worphausen
Postal code : 28865
Westerwede (Lower Saxony)
Westerwede

Location of Westerwede in Lower Saxony

Westerwede is a district of the community Lilienthal in the district of Osterholz in Lower Saxony .

geography

The place is two kilometers south of Worpswede , seven kilometers north of Lilienthal and eight kilometers southeast of Osterholz-Scharmbeck . The Semkenfahrt borders to the northwest .

history

Westerwede was founded in 1764 as part of the moor colonization . In 1789, it is stated that the number of households was 16, divided into 15 houses and a hut. The place had 89 inhabitants at the time, including 53 children.

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Individual evidence

  1. a b c Dietrich Heinrich Stöver: Historical-statistical contributions to the closer knowledge of the states and the newer world events . Benjamin Gottlob Hoffmann, Hamburg 1789, p. 348 ( limited preview in Google Book search).