Wulften am Harz

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	Coordinates: 51 ° 40 ′  N , 10 ° 11 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Lower Saxony
County :	Goettingen
Joint municipality :	Hattorf am Harz
Height :	157 m above sea level NHN
Area :	14.82 km 2
Residents:	1809 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	122 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	37199
Area code :	05556
License plate :	GÖ , DUD, HMÜ, OHA
Community key :	03 1 59 039
Association administration address:	Otto-Escher-Strasse 37197 Hattorf am Harz
Website :	www.wulftenamharz.de
Mayor :	Henning Kruse ( SPD )
Location of the municipality of Wulften am Harz in the district of Göttingen

Wulften am Harz is a municipality in the combined municipality of Hattorf am Harz in the district of Göttingen in Lower Saxony ( Germany ).

geography

Wulften am Harz is located on the southwestern edge of the Harz or at the northwestern end of the Rotenberg and is traversed by the Oder in an east-west direction . The closest cities are Osterode am Harz (12 km), Herzberg am Harz (15 km) and Göttingen (30 km).

Ev. St. Aegidien Church

The Oder (section Wulften)

history

• Wulften am Harz is mentioned for the first time in 889 : The East Franconian King Arnulf of Carinthia enfeoffed Adalgar, the count of Lisgau, with the places Kalefeld and Wulften (July 6, 889).
• In 1502 the St. Aegidienkirche was built by the patrons at the time, the nobles von Hardenberg .
• In 1567 Wulften joined the Guelph Principality of Grubenhagen . With the church integration into the office of Herzberg, the Lutheran Reformation was also introduced in 1590/91 (in 2004, 78.5% of the inhabitants were Protestant-Lutheran denominations).
• In 1626 Tilly crossed the Oder on the day before the battle of Lutter am Barenberge near Wulften. Multiple pillages in the Thirty Years War .
• In the Seven Years' War 1756-1763 partial destruction of the St. Aegidien Church.
• 1807–1813 Wulften belongs to the Kingdom of Westphalia ( Department of the Harz ), 1815–1866 to the Kingdom of Hanover , 1866–1946 to the Prussian Province of Hanover and since 1946 to the State of Lower Saxony.
• On December 1, 1868, with the opening of the Northeim – Herzberg railway line ( southern Harz line ) , Wulften was connected to the railway. The Duderstadt – Wulften railway line ( Leinefelde – Wulften line ) opens on October 31, 1889 .
• In 1933, the National Socialist reign of terror began in Wulften as well: With the police order of July 7, 1933, all democratic members of the community council were dismissed. The Nazi regime ends in Wulften on April 10, 1945 with the liberation by soldiers of the 9th US Army .
• The municipality of Wulften has been a member of the joint municipality of Hattorf am Harz since 1972 .
• Since October 1, 2004, the official name of the municipality has been Wulften am Harz .

Since the merger of the districts of Osterode am Harz and Göttingen on November 1, 2016, Wulften am Harz has been part of the district of Göttingen.

Place name

The etymology of the name remains speculative. Wolb-tun could be imagined as the initial form , which translates as settlement on a bump . The genesis of the toponym (in excerpts): 889 "Wolfenni" (copy from the 15th century), 990 "Uolftune", 1270 "Wlftene", 1409 "Wulfften", 1590 "Wulften".

Population development

Wulften am Harz - population development since 1975
year	Residents	year	Residents	development
1975	2034	2011	1930
1980	1991	2012	1926
1985	2006	2013	1893
1990	1981	2014	1869
1995	1969	2015	1874
2000	2027	2016	1834
2005	2068	2017	1816
2010	1942
Source: Years 1975 to 2016

politics

Municipal election 2016 Participation: 60.96% (−5.21% p)  % 60 50 40 30th 20th 10 0 52.85% 24.77% 22.39% SPD CDU Flat share c Gains and losses compared to 2011  % p  25th  20th  15th  10    5    0   -5 -10 -15 -20 -6.80  % p -15.58  % p + 22.39  % p.p. SPD CDU Flat share c Remarks: c Voting group for Wulften

Distribution of seats in the municipal council     A total of 11 seats SPD : 6 Flat share : 2 CDU : 3rd

Municipal council

The municipal council is composed of eleven council members (changes to 2011).

• SPD : 6 seats (−1)
• CDU : 3 seats (−1)
• Voting group "For Wulften": 2 seats (+2)

(Status: local election on September 11, 2016 )

Coat of arms, flag, banner and seal

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Blazon : "In blue an upright, red armored wolf in silver (white), which shows a golden (yellow) coat of arms with a red wall anchor in its front paws."

The coat of arms designed by the heraldist Gustav Völker was approved by the Lower Saxony Ministry of the Interior on July 27, 1956. The word Wolf (Old High German Wulf) is the inspiration for the place name Wulften; it is therefore a so-called " talking coat of arms ". The shield color blue symbolizes the Oder , which flows through the municipality. The small shield with the wall anchor reminds of the former rule of Plesse who had patronage over the church in Wulften until 1312.

Description of the flag: "The flag is light blue-white-light blue in a ratio of 1: 2: 1 stripes crosswise with the applied coat of arms in the middle shifted towards the leech."

Description of the banner: "The banner is light blue-white-light blue in a ratio of 1: 3: 1 striped lengthways with the coat of arms above the middle."

Description of the seal: "The official seal contains the coat of arms and the inscription" Municipality of Wulften am Harz, district of Göttingen "."

Partner communities

A partnership with the French municipality of Neung-sur-Beuvron has existed since 1992

Economy and Infrastructure

Two nationally active companies have their headquarters in Wulften:

• Ehrhardt Reifen und Autoservice GmbH & Co. KG, head office and 27 branches, part of the Pneuhage group since 2016
• Gebr. Gropengiesser, construction company and gravel works

Transport links

In Wulften there is a stop on the southern Harz line . The Leinefelde – Wulften railway line has now been closed.

Personalities

• Hans Ernst Bütemeister (1750–1837), chief magistrate in Diepholz.

literature

• Working Group Ortschronik Wulften : Wulften am Harz: a journey through the past; 1100 years; 889-1989. Horb am Neckar 1989
• D. Witte: 1591–1991: Church history of the Protestant Lutheran parish Wulften am Harz. Duderstadt 1991
• D. Witte: HEIMATBLÄTTER for the southwestern edge of the Harz from issue 44/1988 - issue 73/2017
• D. Witte: General Harz Mountain Calendar 2007-2014, article from Wulften's local history

Web links

Commons : Wulften am Harz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the municipality of Wulften am Harz
• Article Wulften am Harz In: GenWiki.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony, LSN-Online regional database, Table 12411: Update of the population, as of December 31, 2019  ( help ).
2. ^ StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 2004
3. ↑ Uwe Ohainski, Jürgen Udolph : The place names of the district of Osterode (=  publications of the Institute for Historical Research at the University of Göttingen . Volume 40 ). Publishing house for regional history, Bielefeld 2000, ISBN 3-89534-370-6 , p. 185–188 ( adw-goe.de [PDF; 2.6 MB ]).
4. ↑ Statistical surveys , homepage of the State Office for Statistics and Communication Technology Lower Saxony LSKN-Online ; Population figures on December 31 of each year.
5. ^ Result of the municipal elections in Wulften 2016 on 09/11/2016. Wahlen.kdgoe.de ( Municipal Services Göttingen ), September 11, 2016, accessed on September 13, 2016 . 
6. ↑ The coat of arms of the municipality of Wulften am Harz
7. ↑ Flag and banner Wulften am Harz
8. ↑ Main statutes of the municipality of Wulften am Harz
9. ↑ Article about the partnership on the Harzkurier's online presence.Retrieved on April 21, 2019, 02:09 am