Wittstedt (Hagen in Bremen)

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Hagen municipality in Bremen
Wittstedt coat of arms
Coordinates: 53 ° 24 ′ 13 ″  N , 8 ° 40 ′ 31 ″  E
Height : 4 m above sea level NHN
Area : 12.79 km²
Residents : 415  (December 8, 2015)
Population density : 32 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : March 1, 1974
Incorporated into: Bramstedt
Postal code : 27628
Area code : 04746
Wittstedt (Lower Saxony)
Wittstedt

Location of Wittstedt in Lower Saxony

Great stone grave Wittstedt

Wittstedt ( Low German Wittst ) is a district of the village of Bramstedt in the unitary community of Hagen in the Bremen district of Cuxhaven in Lower Saxony .

history

Incorporations

The integrated community of Hagen was created on January 1, 1970 and initially comprised 16 communities with Wittstedt. According to § 7 of the law on the reorganization of the municipalities in the Bremervörde area of ​​June 13, 1973 (Nds. GVBl. P. 183), the formerly independent municipality of Wittstedt became part of the municipality as part of the regional reform in Lower Saxony , which took place on March 1, 1974 Bramstedt incorporated.

In June 2013 it was decided to dissolve the joint municipality of Hagen on January 1, 2014 and to form the unitary municipality with the name Hagen in Bremen from its area.

Population development

year 1910 1925 1933 1939 1950 1956 1973 2015
Residents 251 241 252 232 414 385 416 415
source

politics

Local councilor and local mayor

Wittstedt is represented at the local level by the local council from Bramstedt.

coat of arms

The design of the municipal coat of arms of Wittstedt comes from the heraldist and coat of arms painter Albert de Badrihaye , who designed around 80 coats of arms in the district of Cuxhaven.

Wittstedt coat of arms
Blazon : " Divided , above in blue eight golden six-pointed stars , arranged horizontally in two rows, below in red two crossed silver keys ."
Justification of the coat of arms: The stars indicate the eight oldest courtyards in the village, which have special names. The crossed keys are a reminder of centuries of belonging to the Archbishopric of Bremen .

Culture and sights

Buildings

Natural monuments

  • Row of trees with 25 oaks

literature

  • Fritz Hörmann, Ude Meyer, Christian Morisse, Eberhard Nehring, Irmgard Seghorn, Egon Stuve, Else Syassen: Wesermünde field names collection - the field names of the property tax cadastre from 1876 . Ed .: Kulturstiftung der Kreissparkasse Wesermünde (=  new series of special publications by the men from Morgenstern , Heimatbund an Elb- und Wesermuende eV Volume 27 ). Men from Morgenstern Verlag, Bremerhaven 1995, ISBN 3-931771-27-X , p. 22 ([ digitized version ( memento of October 26, 2007 in the Internet Archive )] [PDF; 431 kB ; accessed on October 23, 2019]).
  • Thorsten Gajewi, Horst Schmonsees u. a .: Wittstedt - A village through the ages . The first eight courtyards and other historical recordings. tape 1 . Wittstedt 2000.

Web links

Commons : Wittstedt  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. a b Lower Saxony State Administration Office (ed.): Community directory for Lower Saxony . Municipalities and municipality-free areas. Self-published, Hanover January 1, 1973, p. 48 , Wesermünde district ( digitized [PDF; 21.3 MB ; accessed on August 31, 2020]).
  2. a b Population of Wittstedt. In: Official website of the village of Wittstedt. December 8, 2015, accessed December 15, 2017 .
  3. ^ 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.  248 .
  4. Law on the reorganization of the municipality of Hagen in the Bremen district of Cuxhaven . In: Niedersächsische Staatskanzlei (Ed.): Niedersächsisches Gesetz- und Verordnungsblatt (Nds. GVBl.) . No.  10/2013 . Hanover June 19, 2013, p. 162 , p. 6 ( digital version [PDF; 153 kB ; accessed on September 26, 2018]).
  5. Ulrich Schubert: Community directory Germany 1900 - Geestemünde district. Information from December 1, 1910. In: gemeindeververzeichnis.de. January 5, 2020, accessed August 31, 2020 .
  6. ^ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. Wesermünde district. (See under: No. 92; online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
  7. Statistisches Bundesamt Wiesbaden (Ed.): Official municipality register for the Federal Republic of Germany - 1957 edition (population and territorial status September 25, 1956, for Saarland December 31, 1956) . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1958, p.  193 ( digitized version ).
  8. a b Landkreis Wesermünde (Ed.): Coat of arms of the Landkreis Wesermünde . Grassé Offset Verlag, Bremerhaven / Wesermünde 1973, ISBN 3-9800318-0-2 .