Wittorf (Visselhövede)

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Wittorf
City of Visselhövede
Coordinates: 53 ° 0 ′ 41 ″  N , 9 ° 31 ′ 1 ″  E
Incorporation : March 1, 1974
Postal code : 27374
Area code : 04260
Wittorf (Lower Saxony)
Wittorf

Location of Wittorf in Lower Saxony

Wittorf is a village in Lower Saxony with around 1200 inhabitants and part of the town of Visselhövede in the Rotenburg (Wümme) district .

geography

Wittorf includes the districts of Wittorf, Bretel (part of the settlement Bretel belongs to Bothel ), Grapenmühlen and the southeastern part of Düsternheide (the other part belongs to Kirchwalsede ).

history

In 1989 the fragment of a lance from the older Bronze Age was discovered, in 1990 the remains of two urn graves . Excavations began in 1991 and by 2006 covered an area of ​​more than 5 ha. A burial ground that had been laid out in the younger Bronze Age could only be partially examined with more than 200 urns, but there were also cremation camps. Three quarters of a large storage vessel was placed over one of the urns in bell graves - this grave shape was widespread on the middle Elbe and the Vistula , but also in the area of ​​the Saxon Lusatian culture - with a cover bowl. In addition, a razor from the Young Bronze Age with a rectangular, perforated handle and a sawtooth-like blade back was discovered, as well as a pair of tweezers . In addition, there are primarily characteristic finds from the Hallstatt period, such as iron needles, belt hooks and sail earrings, but also a multi-plate brooch, a Tinsdahl brooch of variant 1 a, which is typical of the older pre-Roman Iron Age, the beginning of level Jastorf b. Their origin is generally traced back to Hallstatt forms .

In 2002 a previously unknown fortification was discovered, of which 60% had already been destroyed by sand mining. Radiocarbon dating has shown an origin in the 5th century BC. The building consisted of an inner wall 130 m in diameter. In front of the main wall there was a trench 25 to 30 m away that was about 5 m wide and over 2 m deep. The location of the building outside the inner wall, then the spatial proximity to the urn cemetery, which partially existed at the same time and whose knowledge must be assumed, suggests a function in the area of ​​cult, religion and custom of the dead. Since Iron Age fortifications north of the low mountain range are extremely rare - besides Wittorf, only Walle in the Gifhorn district is known - the find is of great importance.

A village existed from the 8th to the early 9th century. It extended over an area of ​​2 ha. In 2006, a dozen long houses were occupied, plus 20 post structures and over 30 pit houses (3 m - 5 m × 3 m - 4 m) that could be identified as weaving huts . A brown bear skull was found in one of the pit houses , an indication of bear hunting, which was very rare in the early Middle Ages . The settlement was possibly created in the course of the Saxon Wars .

On March 1, 1974, Wittorf was incorporated into the city of Visselhövede.

politics

The local mayor is Heinz-Hermann Gerken.

Culture and sights

  • The half-timbered St. Nicholas Chapel, renovated in 1987, was founded in 1605 by Bishop Phillip Sigismund zu Verden . It is a tourist attraction of the place. All official acts such as baptisms, confirmations, weddings and funerals take place here. In May 2012 the church was extensively cleared of the infestation by the common rodent beetle . For this purpose, the church was completely covered in order to then introduce sulfuryl difluoride.
  • War memorial
  • The Grapenmühle on the B 440 was probably built in 1781.
  • Wittorf's primary school is located in the school building from 1896. It replaced the previous buildings from 1850 and previously from 1776.

Economy and Infrastructure

Wittorf is located on the federal highway 440 from Rotenburg (Wümme) via Visselhövede to Dorfmark near Bad Fallingbostel .

Until 1958, Wittorf and Bretel owned passenger stations or stops on the Rotenburg (Wümme) –Visselhövede railway line . The tracks to Brockel were dismantled in 1963, the tracks to Visselhövede in the early 1980s.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Stefan Hesse, Kerstin P. Hofmann: The multi-period site Wittorf, StadtVisselhövede. Preliminary report , in: Stefan Hesse (ed.): Archeology in the heart of the Elbe-Weser triangle , Commission publisher Isensee Verlag, Oldenburg 2006, p. 91–108, here: p. 91–98.
  2. Stefan Hesse, Kerstin P. Hofmann: The multi-period site Wittorf, StadtVisselhövede. Preliminary report , in: Stefan Hesse (Ed.): Archeology in the Heart of the Elbe-Weser Triangle , Kommissionsverlag Isensee Verlag, Oldenburg 2006, pp. 91-108, here: pp. 98-102.
  3. Stefan Hesse, Kerstin P. Hofmann: The multi-period site Wittorf, StadtVisselhövede. Preliminary report , in: Stefan Hesse (Ed.): Archeology in the Heart of the Elbe-Weser Triangle , Kommissionsverlag Isensee Verlag, Oldenburg 2006, pp. 91-108, here: pp. 102-104.
  4. ^ 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. 245 .
  5. Local mayors and mayors in Visselhövede
  6. welt.de, Poison gas is supposed to kill pests in a veiled church , May 14, 2012