Wohlde (mountains)
Wohlde is part of the village of Dohnsen , which belongs to the Lower Saxony city of Bergen . It is located in the northern district of Celle in the Lüneburg Heath , 1 km east of Bergen, at an altitude of 77 to 81 m above sea level . The place name is derived from Berger Wohld (Berger Forest).
history
Barrows
600 meters north-west of Wohlde are 45 burial mounds from the Older Bronze Age , mostly in a small wooded area . It is the most important burial mound cemetery in the district of Celle . This cemetery belonged to the so-called Lüneburg culture area (1500–1200 BC). Originally there were considerably more graves to the east, but in the course of time they had to give way to agriculture. Only predominantly the hills in the forest have remained untouched to this day. The dead were buried here in hollowed-out oak trunks. Stones with scorch marks were found on their heads. It is believed that they are stones from their home hearth. The oak coffins were covered with earth, which was secured against slipping by ring-shaped stone walls. The diverse grave goods of jewelry and weapons indicate that the population of that time must have been wealthy.
Forest chapel
A forest chapel stood in Wohlde until around 1623. It is said to have stood near the spot where the replica of a stake is today. The church (a Marienkapelle ), "the chapel of our dear women, the chapel of the blessed and blessed Virgin Mary, the mother of God in Berger Wohld" was probably built around 1383. The Bergen pastor and chronicler Ludwig Spitta wrote around 1875: “And it is quite likely that it was also the first chapel in our Bergen congregation” . Under Duke Heinrich von Braunschweig-Lüneburg , the chapel was donated to the Michaeliskloster in Lüneburg . On January 31, 1510, Pope Julius II issued the last letter of indulgence for the Michaeliskloster in Lüneburg, and this was intended for the pilgrims in Wohlde. The chapel became a popular place of pilgrimage . A few traders settled nearby. A small market was created that has survived to this day, the nationally known Wohlder market . With the beginning of the Reformation the chapel was closed. In the Thirty Years' War it was completely destroyed. The chapel door made of strong oak planks has been preserved; it is now the oldest exhibit in the Römstedthaus local history museum in Bergen.
economy
KWS Lochow GmbH (formerly Lochow-Petkus GmbH), a subsidiary of KWS Saat SE , has its headquarters in Wohlde . As a specialist in grain breeding within the KWS Group, it is a global company consisting of five companies in Germany, Great Britain, Poland, France and the USA. The core markets of KWS LOCHOW GMBH are Europe, North America and Eastern Europe. In Wohlde there are around 100 employees, a total of around 360 people are employed. The company was founded in 1926 by Ferdinand von Lochow in Petkus ( Mark Brandenburg ). He had already started breeding rye in 1881.
traffic
The Wohlde (Bergen) stop is on the Celle – Soltau railway line . Regular passenger traffic does not take place.
Attractions
In a piece of forest northwest of Wohlde, the Hegering mountains has created a so-called “ forest classroom ”. A pyramid-shaped, about five meter high wooden structure can be used as a classroom. There is also an educational forest trail , a pond biotope , various information boards and visual material about nature and the coexistence of humans and nature.
Personalities
- Heinrich Bunke (1914–2001), doctor in the Nazi killing centers in Brandenburg and Bernburg
Individual evidence
- ↑ Homepage of KWS Getreide
- ↑ Ferdinand von Lochow ( Memento of the original from July 6, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
Coordinates: 52 ° 49 ' N , 10 ° 0' E