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Wiedingen
Wiedingen is a village in the borough of Soltau in the district of Soltau-Fallingbostel in the German state of Lower Saxony. The village has 142 inhabitants (as at: 2003Quelle: http://www.soltau.de/dokumente/36227/KENNZAHLEN%202003.pdf). The hamlets of ''Ellingen'' and ''Wieheholz'' belong to the municipality of Wiedingen. Location Wiedingen lies on the Lüneburg Heath northwest of Soltau on the River ''Soltau''. The B 71 federal highway and the Soltau–Neuenkirchen railway run through Wiedingen. History *The Battle of Soltau, the last known cavalry battle, took place on 28 June 1519 near Wiedingen. *In Wiedingen is an old defensive wall (''landwehr'') known as the ''Wall to dem Wieholte''. *The Low Saxon name is ''Wiegen''. Current *The television series ''Die Kinder vom Alstertal'' was shot, from the third episode, on the ''Menkenhof'' in Wiedingen. * The chair of the parish council is Wilhelm Cassebaum (as at 2008). Gallery Image:Soltau-Wiedingen 01 ies.jpg, Informati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Soltau
The Battle of Soltau (german: Schlacht bei Soltau) took place on 28 June 1519 and was the military climax of the Hildesheim Diocesan Feud which lasted from 1519–1523.Felleckner 2009 Some sources describe it as "the last knights' battle" (''Die letzte Ritterschlacht''). It is also often described as the "last medieval feud". The feud had all the hallmarks of a typical dispute between noble families of that time. At its heart was the division of revenue and territorial claims, mainly on the land of the Bishopric of Hildesheim. Two aspects, however, made it rather different. Firstly, the main protagonists on both sides were members of the princely House of Welf family and secondly, the warring parties simultaneously supported different pretenders to the imperial elections of the Holy Roman Empire. The Brunswick-Calenberg party, with dukes Henry II of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and Eric I of Calenberg at its head, favoured the Habsburg Charles (later Emperor Charles V), the Lünebur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soltau–Neuenkirchen Railway
The Soltau–Neuenkirchen railway was a standard gauge line built for the East Hanoverian Railways (''Osthannoversche Eisenbahnen'' or ''OHE'') in North Germany. History An extension of the ''Kleinbahn'' from Lüneburg to Soltau to Neuenkirchen or Rotenburg was contemplated even during its construction, and in 1913 the Kingdom of Prussia, the province of Hanover and the district of Soltau set aside funding to enable the Soltau–Neuenkirchen Light Railway Company to be established. Construction began in 1914, but it could not be completed during the First World War. That said, there was a provisional service from the beginning of 1917, but it was not until 15 May 1920 that the line was officially opened. Running powers on the line were granted to the Lüneburg–Soltau light railway, which provided locomotives and, later, staff. On 1 June 1923 responsibility for operations on both lines was transferred to the state light railway office in Hanover. By 1928 the few passenger s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soltau
Soltau () is a mid-sized town in the Lüneburg Heath in the district of Heidekreis, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It has around 22,000 inhabitants. The city is centrally located in the Lüneburg Heath and is known nationwide especially for its tourist attractions like the Heide-Park and the Soltau-Therme. Etymology The name Soltau comes from ''Solt'' (salt) and ''au'' (meadow). Geography Location Soltau lies between Bremen, Hamburg and Hanover in the Lüneburg Heath on the river Böhme (river), Böhme. Subdivisions The municipality of Soltau has 16 ''Ortsteil, Stadtteile'' (population in brackets as at 1 July 2003): # Ahlften (513) # Brock (Soltau), Brock (158) # Deimern (198) # Dittmern (783) # Harber (Soltau), Harber (1,291) # Hötzingen (332) # Leitzingen (62) # Marbostel (Soltau), Marbostel (112) # Meinern (320) # Mittelstendorf (160) # Moide (39) # Oeningen (Soltau), Oeningen (149) # Tetendorf (202) # Wiedingen (142) # Woltem (307) # Wolterdingen (Soltau), Wolterdingen (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landkreis Soltau-Fallingbostel
Heidekreis ("Heath district") is a district (''Landkreis'') in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Harburg, Lüneburg, Uelzen, Celle, Hanover, Nienburg, Verden and Rotenburg. History Historically the region belonged to the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg and its successor states. The district was established in 1977 by merging the former districts of Soltau and Fallingbostel as Soltau-Fallingbostel (). On 1 August 2011 it was renamed to Heidekreis. Geography The district includes the western half of the Lüneburg Heath (''Lüneburger Heide''). Since this landscape is so characteristic for the district, it calls itself "the Heath District". The capital is Bad Fallingbostel, although it has only 11,800 inhabitants and is only the fifth largest town in the district. Coat of arms The coat of arms displays: * in the upper half the heraldic lion of the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg * in the lower half a megalithic grave Towns a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ' federated as the Federal Republic of Germany. In rural areas, Northern Low Saxon and Saterland Frisian are still spoken, albeit in declining numbers. Lower Saxony borders on (from north and clockwise) the North Sea, the states of Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg, , Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia, and the Netherlands. Furthermore, the state of Bremen forms two enclaves within Lower Saxony, one being the city of Bremen, the other its seaport, Bremerhaven (which is a semi-enclave, as it has a coastline). Lower Saxony thus borders more neighbours than any other single '. The state's largest cities are state capital Hanover, Braunschweig (Brunswick), Lüneburg, Osnabrück, Oldenburg, Hildesheim, Salzgitt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lüneburg Heath
Lüneburg Heath (german: Lüneburger Heide) is a large area of heath, geest, and woodland in the northeastern part of the state of Lower Saxony in northern Germany. It forms part of the hinterland for the cities of Hamburg, Hanover and Bremen and is named after the town of Lüneburg. Most of the area is a nature reserve. Northern Low Saxon is still widely spoken in the region. Lüneburg Heath has extensive areas, and the most yellow of heathland, typical of those that covered most of the North German countryside until about 1800, but which have almost completely disappeared in other areas. The heaths were formed after the Neolithic period by overgrazing of the once widespread forests on the poor sandy soils of the geest, as this slightly hilly and sandy terrain in northern Europe is called. Lüneburg Heath is therefore a historic cultural landscape. The remaining areas of heath are kept clear mainly through grazing, especially by a North German breed of moorland sheep called th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bundesstraße 71
The Bundesstraße 71 (abbr: B 71) is one of the longer German federal roads numbered in the 60s and 70s series. It begins at the B 6 in Bremerhaven by the Unterweser and ends in Könnern near Halle (Saale) in Saxony-Anhalt. To begin with it is one of the east-west links across the Elbe-Weser Triangle and runs in a gentle curve via Bremervörde (48 km, briefly with the B 74) and Zeven (71 km) over the ''Hansa Line'' A 1 (83 km) to the district town of Rotenburg (Wümme) (97 km). Here it crosses the B 75 and continues past the Lüneburg Heath to Soltau (133 km), where it crosses the B 3. Carrying on towards the east it runs through heathland to Uelzen (190 km), where the road again crosses another major federal route, the B 4. Next it runs through the Elbufer-Drawehn Nature Park and crosses the old Inner German Border and present-day state border between Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt at kilometre marker 222. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landwehr (border)
The terms ''landwehr'' ("land defence"), ''landgraben'' ("land ditch") and ''landhege'' ("land enclosure") refer to border demarcations or border defences and enclosures in Central Europe that were either built by settlements with the right of enclosure or to mark and defend entire territories. These measures, usually comprising earthworks or dykes as well as ditches and impenetrable lines of hedging, for protecting towns and villages date mainly to the High and Late Middle Ages and consist, in some cases, of systems over a hundred kilometres long. Comparable earthworks have been recorded since Antiquity. The Roman ''limes'' are the best known examples of earlier ''landwehrs''. The Danewerk is another example of this type of barrier. Many of these ''landwehrs'' have survived, especially in woods and forests, and are often protected as heritage sites. Purpose The construction of a ''landwehr'' was an effective way of protecting the population of a settlement or territory ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Low German
: : : : : (70,000) (30,000) (8,000) , familycolor = Indo-European , fam2 = Germanic , fam3 = West Germanic , fam4 = North Sea Germanic , ancestor = Old Saxon , ancestor2 = Middle Low German , dia1 = West Low German , dia2 = East Low German , iso2 = nds , iso3 = nds , iso3comment = (Dutch varieties and Westphalian have separate codes) , lingua = 52-ACB , map = Nds Spraakrebeet na1945.svg , mapcaption = Present day Low German language area in Europe. , glotto = lowg1239 , glottoname = Low German , notice = IPA Low German or Low Saxon (in the language itself: , and other names; german: Plattdeutsch, ) is a West Germanic language variety spoken mainly in Northern Germany and the northeastern part of the Netherlands. The dialect of Plautdietsch is also spoken in the Russian Mennonite diaspora worldwi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Die Kinder Vom Alstertal
''Die Kinder vom Alstertal'' is a German children's television series produced by Norddeutscher Rundfunk and broadcast on the Kinderkanal from 1998 to 2004. There are 52 episodes in four seasons. Series The series is set in a large farmhouse near the North Sea with a station on the Hamburg U-Bahn. The main characters are seven children from three families living together in the house, and the series also features assorted animals, in particular the farm dog, Oskar, the farm cats, a tame rooster, Einstein, and a pony, Justus. It was a successor to ''Neues vom Süderhof'', with the same director, , and Ursula Hinrichs, the grandmother in the former series, playing an aunt. Scriptwriters were Marlies Kerremans, Jörn Schröder and Horst Peter Lommer, with Arno Alexander as editor. ''Die Kinder vom Alstertal'' aimed to be more realistic and somewhat more complex than its predecessor. Filming took place near Soltau Soltau () is a mid-sized town in the Lüneburg Heath in the distri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landwehr (border)
The terms ''landwehr'' ("land defence"), ''landgraben'' ("land ditch") and ''landhege'' ("land enclosure") refer to border demarcations or border defences and enclosures in Central Europe that were either built by settlements with the right of enclosure or to mark and defend entire territories. These measures, usually comprising earthworks or dykes as well as ditches and impenetrable lines of hedging, for protecting towns and villages date mainly to the High and Late Middle Ages and consist, in some cases, of systems over a hundred kilometres long. Comparable earthworks have been recorded since Antiquity. The Roman ''limes'' are the best known examples of earlier ''landwehrs''. The Danewerk is another example of this type of barrier. Many of these ''landwehrs'' have survived, especially in woods and forests, and are often protected as heritage sites. Purpose The construction of a ''landwehr'' was an effective way of protecting the population of a settlement or territory ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villages In Lower Saxony
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Though villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighborhoods. Villages are normally permanent, with fixed dwellings; however, transient villages can occur. Further, the dwellings of a village are fairly close to one another, not scattered broadly over the landscape, as a dispersed settlement. In the past, villages were a usual form of community for societies that practice subsistence agriculture, and also for some non-agricultural societies. In Great Britain, a hamlet earned the right to be called a village when it built a church. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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