Wittenburg (Elze)
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Wittenburg
City of Elze
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| Height : | 108 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 2.24 km² | |
| Residents : | 95 (Jun. 30, 2018) | |
| Population density : | 42 inhabitants / km² | |
| Incorporation : | March 1, 1974 | |
| Postal code : | 31008 | |
| Area code : | 05068 | |
Location of Wittenburg in Lower Saxony |
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 Wittenburg Monastery Church (2007)
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The place Wittenburg is the smallest district of Elze and is located in the west of the Hildesheim district in the metropolitan region of Hanover-Braunschweig-Göttingen in Lower Saxony . District road 502 runs through the village .
history
Wittenburg used to be home to Wittenburg Castle and later Wittenburg Monastery , of which, apart from the foundations, only the mighty monastery church and the farm building have survived. From the hill with the monastery church you have a wide view over the Leine valley to Marienburg Castle , the Hildesheim forest and, on a clear day, to the Brocken .
On March 1, 1974, Wittenburg, which until then belonged to the Springe district , was incorporated into the city of Elze.
politics
City Councilor and Mayor
Wittenburg is represented at the municipal level by the Elze City Council.
Mayor
The mayor of Wittenburg is Jan Ratzeburg ( CDU ).
Culture and sights
Buildings
In the Middle Ages, resulting Wittenburg was on the southern tip of Finie , a ridge northwest of Elze , between Osterwald ( Barenburg ) and Marienburg . Strategically it was favorable; so the north-south road connection as well as the west-east Hellweg could be controlled. In the 14th century the castle was transformed into a monastery for the Augustinian Canons within the Hildesheim congregation. After the Reformation in the middle of the 16th century, the monastery fell into disrepair and became the seat of the Wittenberg Office. Later it became a domain , and under King George III. from Hanover to the sample property. Since 1795 it was the meeting place of the Calenberg Agricultural Society . Basically only the former monastery church has been preserved. Today the front half of it is used as a church and the back half is used for exhibitions and events during the Wittenburg summer .
Personalities
People connected to the place
- Dietrich Engelhus (around 1362–1434), teacher and author of Latin works, died in Wittenburg
literature
- Jan Brinkmann: Stories from Lower Saxony. Land & Forest Edition. Landbuch Verlagsgesellschaft Hannover. ISBN 3-7842-0670-0
- Werner Müller: Selected dates on the history of the city of Elze with its districts Esbeck, Mehle, Sehlde, Sorsum, Wittenburg, Wülfingen. Ed .: Local history and history association for Elze and all districts e. V., 2nd edition, updated and supplemented - Elze: Heimat- und Geschichtsverein Elze, 2004. (Series of publications by the Heimat- und Geschichtsverein Elze; H. 4)
- Werner Müller: Monuments in the unified municipality of Elze with its districts Esbeck, Mehle, Sehlde, Sorsum, Wittenburg and Wülfingen. Elze 2000. (Series of publications by the Elze Local History Museum, No. 5)
Web links
- Wittenburg on the website of the city of Elze
- Internet presence of the Internet portal Elzer Spiegel - Sorsum and Wittenburg districts
- Internet presence of the Friends of the Wittenburg Church e. V.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Numbers and dates. In: Website of the city of Elze. June 30, 2018, accessed April 10, 2019 .
- ^ 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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 205 .
- ^ Directory of the mayors and mayors in the Hildesheim district. In: www.diekholzen.de. Retrieved June 24, 2017 (DOCX; 72.1 kB).
