Zeven

Basic data
State :	Lower Saxony
County :	Rotenburg (Wümme)
Joint municipality :	Zeven
Height :	24 m above sea level NHN
Area :	73.95 km 2
Residents:	13,822 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	187 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	27404
Area code :	04281
License plate :	ROW, BRV
Community key :	03 3 57 057
LOCODE :	DE ZEV
; City administration address :	Am Markt 4, 27404 Zeven
Website :	www.zeven.de
Mayor :	Henning Fricke ( CDU )
Location of the city of Zeven in the Rotenburg (Wümme) district

Zeven [ 't͡se: fən ] is a town in the Rotenburg (Wümme) district in Lower Saxony . The city of Zeven, together with the municipalities of Elsdorf , Gyhum and Heeslingen, form the joint municipality of Zeven .

geography

location

The municipality is located in the middle of the city triangle Bremerhaven , Bremen and Hamburg . Zeven is located in the Zevener Geest and is traversed by the Mehde-Aue, which flows into the Oste about two kilometers north of the city .

Districts

The districts of Aspe , Badenstedt , Badeühlen , Brauel , Brüttendorf , Oldendorf and Wistedt belong to Zeven .

Neighboring places

Ostereistedt	Seedorf	Heeslingen
Kirchtimke		Elsdorf
Bülstedt and Oldendorf	Gyhum	Elsdorf

history

The Christinenhaus is the oldest preserved secular building in the city

Numerous archaeological finds in the area of the city and municipality of Zeven and more than 30 stone and Bronze Age barrows prove that the settlement in and near Zeven goes back to prehistory. The place was first mentioned in 986 as "kivinan à Heeslingen" (Kivinan zu Heeslingen) in the oldest document of the nearby Heeslingen Monastery , which was moved to Zeven in 1141. Kivinanstrasse in Zeven is reminiscent of the oldest documented form of the name Kivinan , pronounced probably ['ki: finan] . Later forms of the name are Sciuena (1141), Cyuena (1158), Scevena and Tzevena . The etymologically uncertain name remained three-syllable for a long time, while the initial [k] was moved to [ts] earlier.

The Zeven monastery , whose church has been under the patronage of St. Vitus since relics were transferred from Corvey in 1231 , played an important role for the place from then on. Zeven was historically significant because of two events that took place here: on the one hand, through a conference in May 1694 with representatives of Bremen and Sweden, at which the status of the city and duchy of Bremen was discussed, and, on the other hand, through the Zeven Convention during the Seven Years' War In September 1757 an armistice was signed between the commander of the Hanoverian and that of the French troops. The regulation did not last, however, as the British king refused recognition.

After the Congress of Vienna , Zeven belonged to the Kingdom of Hanover . On behalf of the Hanoverian king, Carl Friedrich Gauß came to Zeven in 1824/25 to complete the trigonometric survey of the kingdom. He took measurements from the steeple of St. Viti Church. From 1866 Zeven belonged to the Prussian province of Hanover . The spot remained the seat of a district office; from 1885 a royal Prussian district administrator ruled in Zeven.

During this time, the population remained constant at around 1,200 for almost a hundred years. The population did not increase, in particular because of the rampant cholera and the large number of emigrants to America. Only at the beginning of the 20th century could an upswing be recorded. In 1906 the railway line from Zeven to Rotenburg (Wümme) was opened and Zeven received street lighting in the form of oil lamps. In 1929 Zeven was allowed to transition to the municipal constitution. However, the district of Zeven was dissolved shortly afterwards in 1932 and merged with Bremervörde to form a new district of Bremervörde .

Before the Second World War , Zeven had 3,233 inhabitants. After the war, this number almost doubled due to the influx of refugees. The city was occupied by British troops, who also quartered themselves in the living quarters, so that there was a great shortage of living space in the city. The expansion of the city was therefore in the foreground in the post-war years. Zeven also developed into an important regional industrial location in the post-war period. The industrial area Zeven-Aspe, in the south of the city, is home to a number of nationally known industrial companies. Another industrial area was established in the north of the city (Nord-West-Ring).

In 1965 the Zeven municipality was founded . In 1977 the Bremervörde district was dissolved; Since then, Zeven has belonged to the Rotenburg (Wümme) district . In 2001/02 the city center was redesigned. Lange Straße, which had been a busy thoroughfare until then, was converted into a pedestrian zone and traffic was directed via a bypass road. In 2009 the Zevener western bypass was opened, which connects the federal road 71 and the Bremer road.

Incorporations

As part of the regional reform in Lower Saxony , the previously independent municipalities of Badenstedt, Brauel, Brümmerhof , Brüttendorf, Oldendorf and Wistedt were incorporated on March 1, 1974.

religion

The St. Viti Church with part of the monastery building

The St. Viti Church on the cloister aisle belongs to the Stade district of the Evangelical Lutheran regional church of Hanover . The Catholic Christ-König-Kirche on the street Hoftohorn is a branch church of the Rotenburg parish Corpus-Christi . The New Apostolic Church on Kirchhofsallee belongs to the New Apostolic Church in Northern Germany .

politics

advice

The council of the city of Zeven consists of 31 councilors. This is the specified number for the member municipality of an integrated municipality with a population between 12,001 and 15,000 inhabitants. The council members are elected for a five-year term by local elections. The current term of office began on November 1, 2016 and ends on October 31, 2021.

The last local election on September 11, 2016 resulted in the following:

Political party	Proportional votes	Number of seats
CDU	53.27%	16
SPD	25.94%	8th
Green	11.78%	4th
WFB	6.38%	2
FDP	2.60%	1

The turnout in the 2016 local elections was 48.70%, below the Lower Saxony average of 55.5%.

mayor

The city council elected council member Norbert Wolf (CDU) as honorary mayor for the current electoral term.

coat of arms

Blazon : “Split between red and gold (yellow); in front two slanted silver (white) keys with turned away beards; behind in a black oil kettle, standing the silver (white) nimbed, red clad St. Vitus holding a green palm branch in his right hand and a black book in his left. Under the shield there is a silver (white) band with the inscription "Stadt Zeven" in black letters; the "S" and the "Z" in red. "

Reasons for the coat of arms: The coat of arms awarded in 1932 reminds with the crossed keys of the centuries-long rule of the Archbishopric of Bremen until the transition to Sweden after the Thirty Years War ; the St. Vitus was the patron saint of the Benedictine Order of Heeslingen's nunnery, founded in 1141, and is the patron saint of the city.

flag

00Hoisted flag: "The flag has red, white and yellow stripes with the coat of arms in the middle."

Parish partnership

Zeven has a community partnership with the Swedish community of Skara .

Culture and sights

Watermill bath mills

Statue of Queen Christine of Sweden

Zeven Monastery Museum

Old prison

Queen Christine's House

St. Viti Church

Fire Brigade Museum

Vitus fountain by Wolfgang Zach

Country people house Zeven

Memorials in Zeven

In the central area of the city of Zeven there are places in the public space to commemorate war victims . There are also memorials in the villages belonging to the city.

In the cemetery on Kirchhofsallee there are memorial stones for those who fell in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71 on which the names of the dead are named. There is also a war cemetery for soldiers from the Second World War and tombstones of people who died in connection with the war.

In the outskirts of the city, on the north-west ring, there is another war cemetery for victims of the Second World War, which is directly related to the Zeven Army Ammunition Plant and is currently being redesigned.

A field of stelae was erected in 2014 around the memorial for those who fell in World War I in Bäckerstrasse (corner of the Klostergang) with the names of the Zeven people who died in World War II. In addition, in the "Ahe", the Zevener Stadtwald, there is a monument with the inscription "The dead of the world wars" on an impressive boulder that can be reached from Bäckerstraße. The erection of this monument was discussed in the council of the city of Zeven from 1957 to 1960 and carried out in 1960. Names were not mentioned.

Since 2008 there has been a memorial stone with the names of the murdered Jews in the Jewish cemetery . In the garden of the Königin-Christinen-Haus there is a memorial stone for the victims of the National Socialist tyranny at the exit to Rhalandstraße opposite the sculpture "Cain and Abel" .

Sports

From 2007 to 2009 the "Grand Prix of Zeven" took place every year in October. In addition to the half marathon, the running event also featured a 10 km run and (from 2008) a 5 km everyone’s run; after the withdrawal of the title sponsor, this event was not continued. Children's runs were offered for young runners, with start and finish in the Zeven pedestrian zone. Since 2012, this running event has been organized again by LAV Zeven under the name “Zevener Sparkassen Stadtlauf”. In this context, the Lower Saxony half-marathon championships were held in 2017. The Zeven riding club and LAV Zeven are also part of the sporting activities. The first team of the soccer department of TuS Zeven plays in the Kreisliga Rotenburg, the eighth highest division in German soccer (as of October 12, 2018). TuS Zeven is a partner club of the Bundesliga soccer club Hamburger SV .

A cyclocross world cup race took place in Zeven on November 26, 2016 .

Dutch residents

Time wiper

In 1956, Bundeswehr units were stationed in the Seedorf barracks , which belongs to the Seedorf community. From 1963 to 2006 there was a Dutch garrison there . In October 2006 most of the German Airborne Brigade 31 was stationed there.

In 1963, the so-called Budel-Seedorf Agreement formally regulated the cooperation between Germany and the Netherlands. German soldiers moved to Budel , in the Dutch province of Noord-Brabant , and Dutch soldiers were stationed at the Seedorf barracks, near Zeven. The new 41st Panzer Brigade in Seedorf was to become a combat unit with almost 3,000 men, which was always ready for action. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Dutch soldiers stayed in Seedorf and, from 1993, formed the German-Dutch corps with German units. Families of professional soldiers moved to Zeven. Dutch schools were founded ( Oranje Nassau School Primary School and Prins Willem Alexander School cooperative comprehensive school ), a kindergarten and an outpatient clinic were created, and Dutch customs and festivals were introduced. Examples are the visit to Sinterklaas with its Zwarte Pieten , the celebrations on Koningsdag and the four-evening marches that have been organized since 1968 .

Economy and Infrastructure

Established businesses

The Mapa company produces hygiene gloves and other household cleaning products of the Spontex brand as well as condoms of the Blausiegel, Fromms and Billy Boy brands, as well as NUK baby products.
The “Milram” brand for dairy products from the Zevener DMK (Deutsches Milchkontor, formerly Nordmilch ) is known nationwide .
The LISEGA SE is the global leader in pipe supports. It supplies the Meyer Werft in Papenburg , petrochemical plants as well as power plants and other locations.
The SANOVO Egg Products GmbH & Co. is a leading supplier in the field of egg products.
Until the cessation of operations in April 2017, there was a slaughterhouse of Premium Fleisch AG , a company of the Vion Group , in Zeven .
The Zevener Volksbank is based in Zeven.
The Sparkasse Rotenburg Osterholz has its headquarters in Zeven.
MT-Energie , a company in the field of biogas technology, is based in Zeven.

Media and navigation facilities

Local news for Zeven and the surrounding area is in the Zevener Zeitung .

A transmitter of the Differential Global Positioning System has been located on the site of the former DECCA transmitter Zeven since 2004 .

The almost 100 meter high, former DECCA transmission mast , last used for radio relay and mobile communications, was blown up on April 19, 2017.

The NDR had a correspondents office in Zeven

Educational institutions

Primary school cloister
Carl-Friedrich-Gauß-Oberschule (the first year of secondary school was dismissed in 2012)
Janusz Korczak School
Gosekamp Elementary School
Kivinan - The vocational training center
St. Viti High School Zeven
Adult Education Center Zeven

In the past:

Carl Friedrich Gauß secondary school
Carl Friedrich Gauß Realschule

Social facilities

Until the end of 2018, Zeven was the location of the OsteMed Martin Luther Hospital , an acute hospital in the Rotenburg / Wümme district. After the decision of the district council on April 11, 2018, the hospital was closed and inpatient care in Bremervörde was bundled. Since then, only medical care centers and medical practices have been located in Zeven.

traffic

The federal highway 71 crosses the city from north to south .

Zeven is located on the Bremervörde – Rotenburg (Wümme) and Wilstedt – Zeven – Tostedt railway lines, which are now operated by EVB only for freight traffic, and which runs from Wilstedt via Zeven, Heeslingen and Sittensen to Tostedt . The line from Zeven to Wilstedt was bought by the Mittenwalder Eisenbahnimmobiliengesellschaft mbH & Co. KG of the Berlin entrepreneur Axel Pötsch from the evb and has been operated as the Wilstedt draisinenbahn ever since. There are the Zeven (Han) freight yards on the Rotenburg - Zeven - Bremervörde connection, as well as Zeven Süd and Zeven Nord (both on the Wilstedt-Zeven-Tostedter Railway). The train stations Zeven Süd and Zeven (Han) are directly adjacent and have a rail connection.

Zeven is on the Hamburg – Bremen long-distance cycle route .

Personalities

Zeven yesterday and today

On Quabben-Bahnhofstrasse-Vitusplatz in Zeven

Labesstraße - On the Mehde in Zeven

Alte Post pedestrian zone in Zeven

Zeven train station

On the Worth in Zeven

Labesstrasse in Zeven

Marktplatz-Gaußplatz in Zeven

Lindenstrasse Zeven

Long street - direction Gaußplatz Zeven

Long street - towards Vitusplatz Zeven

St. Viti Church Zeven

Honorary citizen

Fritz Busse (1912–1989), local politician (SPD)
Willi Schönfelder (1918–2011), local politician (CDU, SPD), honorary citizen since 2005 because of exceptional local political and voluntary services
Hans-Herlof Hardtke (* 1939) entrepreneur

sons and daughters of the town

Christian Daniel von Finckh (1766–1813), resistance fighter against the Napoleonic occupation forces
Julius Uffelmann (1837–1894), physician and medical historian
Theodor Held (1859–1947), businessman and member of the German Reichstag
Georg Weidenhöfer (1882–1956), Nazi politician and member of the People's Court
Heinz-Günter Bargfrede (* 1942), politician (CDU)
Hans-Jürgen Bargfrede (* 1959), former soccer player ( Werder Bremen , FC St. Pauli and Prussia Münster )
Hans-Heinrich Ehlen (* 1949), politician (CDU), Lower Saxony's Minister of Agriculture
Eckart Brandt (* 1950), pomologist
Christian-Friedrich Vahl (* 1955), cardiac surgeon and director of the Clinic for Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Rolf Mahnken (* 1957), engineer, scientist and university professor
Heiner Hastedt (* 1958), philosopher
Werner Wölbern (* 1961), actor, graduated from St. Viti high school
Diana Stachowitz (* 1963), politician (SPD)
Johannes Hallmann (* 1964), agricultural scientist in phytomedicine
Doris Fitschen (* 1968), former national soccer player; played a total of 144 games with the German women's national team between 1986 and 2001
Matthias Müller (* 1971), jazz trombonist
Thomas Lindner (* 1974), folk rock musician
Daniel Mahnken (* 1977), floorball player and trainer
Florence Joy (* 1986), pop singer
Philipp Bargfrede (* 1989), football player (Werder Bremen)
Fynn Kliemann (* 1988), web designer, entrepreneur, musician, author and YouTuber

literature

City of Zeven (Ed.): Zeven - Kloster · Flecken · Stadt . Publisher JF Zeller, Zeven 1980.
Georg Meyer: Zeven and his Benedictine nunnery St. Viti . Publishing house JF Zeller, Zeven 1976.

Web links

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

Wikivoyage: Zeven - travel guide

Individual evidence

↑ State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony, LSN-Online regional database, Table 12411: Update of the population, as of December 31, 2019 ( help ).

↑ Zeven municipality ; accessed: March 25, 2016

↑ www.regesta-imperii.de/regesten/2-3-0-otto-iii/nr/0986-03-17_1_0_2_3_0_161_980.html

^ G. Waldo Dunnington: Carl Friedrich Gauss: Titan of Science . The Mathematical Association of America, 2004. pp. 132 and 133

^ 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. 241 .

^ Lower Saxony Municipal Constitutional Law (NKomVG) in the version of December 17, 2010; Section 46 - Number of MPs , accessed on March 14, 2017.

↑ ^a ^b City of Zeven - overall results of the city council election 2016 , accessed on March 14, 2017.

↑ The CDU gets the most votes nationwide. September 12, 2016. Retrieved March 14, 2017 .

↑ Zeven City Council , accessed on March 14, 2017.

^ Title for Zevener Aktive | LAV Zeven. Accessed March 7, 2018 (German).

↑ List of partner clubs on the Hamburger SV website

^ Oranje Nassau School & Prins Willem-Alexander School Zeven. Retrieved February 5, 2020 (Dutch).

^ NDR: Out of the slaughterhouse in Zeven is sealed. Retrieved May 20, 2017 .

↑ The "long Lulatsch" is flat on Kreiszeitung.de from April 19, 2017; accessed: April 1, 2020