Triangel is a village in the municipality of

Sassenburg Sassenburg is a municipality in the district of Gifhorn, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 7 km northeast of Gifhorn, and 15 km northwest of Wolfsburg Wolfsburg (; Eastphalian: ''Wulfsborg'') is the fifth larges ...

in the Lower Saxon district of

Gifhorn Gifhorn () is a town and capital of the district of Gifhorn in the east of Lower Saxony, Germany. It has a population of about 42,000 and is mainly influenced by the small distance to the more industrial and commercially important cities nearby, ...

. ''Triangel'' means “triangle”. The name is derived from the original shape of the village estate.

Geography

Geographical location

The village of Triangel lies east of the river

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and the state forest of Dragen and north of the river

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. To the north and east its land transitions in a narrow strip into the Großes Moor.

Neighbouring settlements

The nearest other settlements are the Sassenburg village of

to the south and the Gifhorn suburb of Gamsen to the west. The nearest cities are

Wolfsburg Wolfsburg (; Eastphalian: ''Wulfsborg'') is the fifth largest city in the German state of Lower Saxony, located on the river Aller. It lies about east of Hanover and west of Berlin. Wolfsburg is famous as the location of Volkswagen AG's hea ...

to the east and Brunswick to the south.

History

Foundation

It was first mentioned officially in 1796 as ''Auf dem Triangel'' and initially belonged to the old municipality of

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in Triangel include the ''Gutspark'', in which there are hundreds of

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s and the manor house (''Herrenhaus'') built in the style of an

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, which today houses a branch of the

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, a nationwide Christian charity. The station opened in 1894 by the

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on the line from Brunswick to Uelzen) was once an imposing building. It has however been in private ownership for a long time and has been heavily modified.

Current administrative structure

Since 1974 Triangel has belonged to the municipality of Sassenburg.

Politics

Council

The council is an advisory body which is part of the political structure of Sassenburg. Councillors are expected, however, to hear all issues affecting the village, although the final decision over any measure resides with the Sassenburg council. The following parties are represented on the council: *

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3 seats * CDU 2 seats Following the local election in 2006 the SPD stepped down in favour of the CDU after more than 30 years as the strongest party in Triangel.

Council Chair

In 2006 SPD member, Beate Morgenstern-Ostlender took over chairmanship of the council from Dieter Fuhrmann (CDU). Previously Morgenstern-Ostlender was the deputy chairman. Following Morgenstern-Ostlender's election as chairman, SPD politician Friederike Wolff von der Sahl has been elected as deputy.

Personalities

Will Vesper Will Vesper (11 October 1882 in Barmen, Germany – 14 March 1962 in Gut Triangel bei Gifhorn) was a German author and literary critic who was involved in the Nazi book burnings. Life and work Born into a Protestant farmer family, he read H ...

(1882–1962), German

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and literary critic, also known for his

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propaganda * Bernward Vesper (1939–1971), son of Will Vesper and German author, known for his contacts with the

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Sources

* ''Der Landkreis Gifhorn''. Die Landkreise in Gifhorn, Bd. 26. Hrsg. von Niedersächsischen Landesverwaltungsamt, Bremen 1972, . * Bernward Vesper: ''Die Reise''. (novel, manuscript completed in 1971)

References

External links

„Ortstermin in Triangel“ - Frankfurter Rundschau vom 27.04.2001

Matthias Blazek: ''Ein Blick in die Geschichte Triangels''. Local paper: ''Die Sassenburg'' No. 9/2009, from p. 3
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