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coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 53 ° 4 '  N , 10 ° 53'  E
Basic data
State :	Lower Saxony
County :	Lüchow-Dannenberg
Joint municipality :	Elbe Valley
Height :	100 m above sea level NHN
Area :	51.56 km 2
Residents:	1629 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	32 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	29499
Area code :	05863
License plate :	DAN
Community key :	03 3 54 027
Community structure:	18 districts
Address of the municipal administration:	Lipser Moor 12 29499 Zernien
Website :	www.zernien.de
Mayor :	Heinz Schulz (UWG)
Location of the municipality of Zernien in the Lüchow-Dannenberg district

Zernien is a municipality in the Lüchow-Dannenberg district in Lower Saxony .

geography

Geographical location

Zernien is located between Berlin (200 km) and Hamburg (100 km) in the Elbhöhen-Wendland nature park (see also: Drawehn ) and is part of the Elbtalaue community . The highest elevation in the municipality (and in the whole of Drawehn as well as in the district) is the Hohe Mechtin with 142 m about three kilometers southeast of the community center.

Neighboring communities

Zernien borders on the municipalities of Waddeweitz in the south, coasts in the south-southeast, Jameln in the southeast, Karwitz in the east and Göhrde in the northeast and in the north on the community-free area Göhrde of the same district. In the west, Zernien borders on the district of Uelzen .

Community structure

Since the municipal reform of 1972, the municipality of Zernien has consisted of the eighteen districts listed below. The Neu-Bellahn residential area also exists.

Bellahn Braasche Breese on the Göhrde Fliessau Glieneitz Gold Keddien Klöterhörn Middefeitz

Mützingen Prepow Reddien Speechemoißel Riebrau Sellien Spranz Timmeitz Ceremonies

Before 1972, Bellahn, Neu-Bellahn, Keddien and Spranz belonged to the municipality of Fließau and Klöterhörn to Breese an der Göhrde. The community Reddien with the district Glieneitz was incorporated in 1972 from the district of Uelzen into the district of Lüchow-Dannenberg.

history

Half-timbered church in Riebrau

In the Lüneburg feudal register, the place was first mentioned in 1360 under the name Schernyn . The church in Riebrau was first mentioned in writing in 1534 . The inhabitants of the village had been forcibly relocated from the princely hunting area of Göhrde . First the chapel from the lost village of Lutze was rebuilt. In 1655 the church, which burned down during the Thirty Years War, was rebuilt with a new rectory . Today's rectory was built in 1734 and is the oldest four-column house in the Lüchow-Dannenberg district. In 1763 the third church was built in Riebrau.

A chapel is mentioned for Gülden in 1534. Since then, the church and the parish office in Riebrau have been staffed continuously.

Until the 1920s, Zernien consisted of just three farms (located on today's federal road). The central villages of the western part of the former Dannenberg district were the places Gülden (two kilometers south) and, to a limited extent, Riebrau (two kilometers north). This can be seen, among other things, from the fact that there are still many facilities in the two districts of Zernia mentioned today (churches in Gülden and Riebrau; rifle club and volunteer fire brigade in Gülden).

With the opening of the Uelzen – Dannenberg railway in 1924, that changed, as a train station was built around 500 meters north of the three courtyards to serve the surrounding villages. In the period that followed, several wood processing companies settled there. For this reason, in contrast to all other places in the district (with the exception of Neu Tramm ), the village has almost exclusively architecture from the years after 1924. Today, people live in the village of Zernien, whose softness extends to the area of ​​the Braasche district extends, almost 50% of the community population.

Religions

The Evangelical Lutheran parish of Zernien belongs to the Lüchow-Dannenberg parish of the Evangelical Lutheran regional church of Hanover and has a church in Riebrau and Gülden . The parish has a common pastorate with Breselenz .

Incorporations

On July 1, 1972, the communities Braasche, Breese an der Göhrde, Fließau, Gülden, Middefeitz, Mützingen, Prepow, Reddien (until then in the district of Uelzen ), Redemoißel, Riebrau, Sellien and Timmeitz were incorporated.

politics

The municipality of Zernien belongs to the state electoral district 48 Elbe and to the federal electoral district 38 Lüchow-Dannenberg - Lüneburg .

Municipal council

The council of the municipality of Zernien consists of eleven council members and has had the following distribution of seats since the local elections in 2006:

• SPD - 5 seats
• CDU - 3 seats
• Citizens List - 2 seats
• Green List Wendland - 1 seat

mayor

The mayor of the municipality of Zernien has been Heinz Schulz of the SPD since 1991 (re-elected on November 21, 2006).

Culture and sights

The list of monuments in Zernien includes the monuments of the municipality.

Churches

The Riebrau Church from 1763 is a half-timbered church in the Baroque style with a squat tower. The interior of the church shows the dignified and impressive design: the wooden ceiling, with a flat barrel in the middle, is supported by six columns. The baroque pulpit altar has been separated since 1961. In the altarpiece, John and Mary can be seen under the cross. The gravestones of the site manager Heinrich Isenbart and his wife are on the outer wall of the choir. The church was thoroughly renovated inside and outside by 2001, largely restored to its original condition.

The half-timbered church in Gülden was built within one year in 1786. The pulpit altar is still from the construction time. The interior of the church is simple.

Sports

In Zernien there is an 18-hole golf course (Braasche), a heated forest swimming pool and two tennis courts. The sports club SV Zernien has a total of five departments.

There are two riding stables in Gülden. The Ferienreithof Güldenhof organizes the Güldenhof distance every year around Whitsun, an established event in endurance riding. Ride lengths of 29–111 km as well as a multi-day ride are offered. The route runs on several laps through the Elbhöhen-Wendland nature park and through the Göhrde state forest.

The Rotary Motorsport Team is based in Zernien. It engages in motorsport, including with rotary engines .

Every year on the first weekend in July, the Zernien small-field tournament, which is played on round fields, takes place on the sports facility of SV Zernien . Since the first edition in 2011, the field of participants has been steadily expanded, so that the sporting event with 96 teams over two tournament days has earned the status of the largest amateur soccer tournament in Germany. The start of the tournament on the first Friday in July is traditionally the bumper ball tournament, followed by the classic small field tournament on Saturday. The concept with lots of sport, fun and partying also attracts numerous teams from all over Germany every year as well as national celebrities with Oliver Pocher in 2017 and Mario Basler in 2018. Both tournament events are concluded with a large public celebration, which is enjoying growing popularity every year. In order to meet this demand, the KFT Festival was held for the first time in 2019 . a. the Ballermann singer Mia Julia Brückner performed. The premiere event attracted around 1,500 visitors to the festival site.

Economy and Infrastructure

Retail and Manufacturing

There are several shops in Zernien to cover daily needs. There are two distillery cooperatives in the districts of Gülden and Fließau . The municipality has several handicraft businesses as well as wood processing facilities. The Winterhoff Maschinenbau company is located in the Gülden district. With around 60 jobs, it is an important economic factor in this region. The company's focus is on contract milling and CNC machining.

Services

Tourism is an important industry for the municipality. There are other tourist infrastructure establishments in addition to companies in the accommodation trade (especially holiday apartments). There is a doctor's and a dentist's practice in Zernien.

traffic

Road traffic

The B 191 Uelzen - Dannenberg runs through the municipality and the main town itself and therefore offers good transport links to the city of Dannenberg and to the Uelzen center .

Rail transport

The Uelzen – Dannenberg railway line running through the village has been closed and the Zernien station is privatized. A draisine project is planned on the remaining tracks in the vicinity of the station to attract tourists.

media

The 258 meter high tower of the Dannenberg (NDR) transmitter is located in Zernien . It was one of the last stations in Lower Saxony that still broadcast analog television . It was not until March 2007 that DVB-T was used.

Around 1200 meters east of the Prepow district is a telecommunications tower built by the Deutsche Bundespost on the Pampower Berg ( 132.2  m above sea level ) . The structure, known internally as the radio transmission point Zernien 1 , is 108 m high and was part of the radio link to West Berlin during the division of Germany .

education

There is a primary school and a day-care center in the village.

literature

• Otto Puffahrt, Lars-Oliver Schulz: 650 years of Zernien 1360–2010. Municipality of Zernien, 2013 (735 p. With numerous illustrations).

Web links

Commons : Zernien  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Information on the municipality of Zernien on the website of the Elbtalaue municipality

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. ↑ Cernias. Municipality of Zernien, accessed on March 13, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Description of the church in Riebrau , accessed on November 18, 2012.
4. ↑ EYC: half-timbered church in Riebrau shines brick red again , accessed on 18 November 2012 found.
5. ↑ EJZ: First mentioned in 1360 , accessed on November 18, 2012.
6. ^ Entry of the parishes of Breselenz and Zerneien on the website of the parish of Lüchow-Dannenberg, accessed on November 18, 2012
7. ^ 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 / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 231 .
8. ↑ Landtag constituencies from the 16th electoral term. Constituency division for the election to the Lower Saxony state parliament. Annex to Section 10 (1) NLWG, p. 4. ( PDF ( Memento from July 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive ); 87 KB)
9. ↑ Description of the constituencies. Annex to Section 2, Paragraph 2 of the Federal Election Act. In: Eighteenth law amending the federal electoral law. Annex to Article 1. Bonn March 18, 2008, p. 325 ( PDF ( Memento of July 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive ); 200 KB)
10. ↑ Ernst-Günther Behn: The Hannoversche Wendland - churches and chapels. P. 140.
11. ↑ EYC: half-timbered church in Riebrau shines brick red again , accessed on 18 November 2012 found.
12. ↑ Ernst-Günther Behn: The Hannoversche Wendland - churches and chapels. P. 66.
13. ↑ EYC: built original glass , accessed on 19 November.
14. ↑ Small field tournament ceremonies
15. ↑ Supporting program - small field tournament ceremonies. Retrieved March 27, 2018 . 
16. ^ Party - small field tournament ceremonies. Retrieved March 27, 2018 . 
17. ↑ KFT Festival. Retrieved on July 22, 2019 (German). 
18. ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )