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Weyhe is a municipality in the district of Diepholz,
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, Germany. It is situated approximately 15 km south of
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.


History

First mentioned in 860, when a sick girl from "Wege" travelled to the grave of Saint Willehad in Bremen. Legend has it that she was cured by a miracle. However, it was not until 1 March 1974 when the municipally was officially christened as "Weyhe". That day, the nine smaller municipalities Kirchweyhe, Leeste, Lahausen, Sudweyhe, Erichshof, Melchiorshausen, Dreye, Jeebel and Ahausen were united.


Education

In the western part there is the KGS Leeste, in the eastern part the KGS Kirchweyhe. These schools are part of the
Gesamtschule A comprehensive school typically describes a secondary school for pupils aged approximately 11–18, that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude, in contrast to a selective school system where admission is res ...
(comprehensive school) system which employs all three traditional tracks in German education;
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,
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, and Gymnasium.


Twin towns – sister cities

Weyhe is twinned with: * Cesvaine, Latvia * Coulaines, France * Ērgļi, Latvia *
Lubāna Lubāna (; german: Lubahn) is a town situated in Madona Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia, situated by the Aiviekste river. It acquired a town status in 1992, and the current population is 1974. Its emblem is a golden duck on a blu ...
, Latvia * Madona, Latvia * Varakļāni, Latvia


Notable people

* Louise Ebert (1873–1955), wife of
Friedrich Ebert Friedrich Ebert (; 4 February 187128 February 1925) was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and the first president of Germany from 1919 until his death in office in 1925. Ebert was elected leader of the SPD on t ...
, the first president of the
Weimar Republic The Weimar Republic (german: link=no, Weimarer Republik ), officially named the German Reich, was the government of Germany from 1918 to 1933, during which it was a constitutional federal republic for the first time in history; hence it is al ...
* Katja Riemann (born 1963), actress * Michael Rosemann (born 1967), professor and Honorary Consul in Brisbane, Australia *Hermann Rumsfeld, great-great-grandfather of former U.S. Secretary of Defense
Donald Rumsfeld Donald Henry Rumsfeld (July 9, 1932 – June 29, 2021) was an American politician, government official and businessman who served as Secretary of Defense from 1975 to 1977 under president Gerald Ford, and again from 2001 to 2006 under Presid ...


References


External links

* {{Authority control Diepholz (district)