The village of Dorfmark is part of the borough of

Bad Fallingbostel Bad Fallingbostel (Northern Low Saxon: ''Bad Fambossel'') is the district town (''Kreisstadt'') of the Heidekreis district in the German state of Lower Saxony. Since 1976 the town has had a state-recognised Kneipp spa and has held the title of ...

in Heidekreis district in the

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state of

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. Dorfmark has 3,469 inhabitants, over 22% of the borough's population, and an area of , some 24% of the total area in the borough. The River Böhme flows through Dorfmark and discharges into the Aller between

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and

Rethem Rethem () is a town in the Heidekreis in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Aller, approx. 25 km southwest of Bad Fallingbostel, and 18 km southeast of Verden. The town was the scene of heavy fighting over the period 1 ...

History

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from the Old

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are the most visible witnesses of earlier settlement. The first mention of Dorfmark in the records was around 968 (as ''Thormarcon''). In 1927/28 the village incorporated the farming communities of Westendorf, Fischendorf, Dorfmark and Winkelhausen. Since the regional reorganisation in 1974, Dorfmark has belonged to

. Previously it had been independent.

Economy

An important economic factor in the village, in addition to handicrafts and agriculture, is tourism. In the industrial estate is one of the largest used car centres in Europe: ALD AutoLeasing D sells there about 10,000 former leased cars per year.

Transport

Dorfmark lies immediately next to A 7 motorway exit no. 46. The B 440 federal road begins at the exit and runs to

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. The ''

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'' L 163 runs through the village in a north-south direction from Soltau to

and crosses the B 440 within the village. Dorfmark also has a station on the Heath Railway that runs from Hanover to Soltau.

Events

*Wine festival (''Weinfest''): Organised by the

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(''Freiwillige Feuerwehr'') and takes place every year at

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weekend. *Shooting festival (''Schützenfest''): The annual Dorfmark shooting festival takes place at the beginning of July and lasts for two days. *Beach festival (''Strandfest''): Since 1928 the beach festival has been celebrated every second weekend in August. It attracts thousands of spectators every year from a wide radius. *Krämer Market (''Krämermarkt''): The annual Krämer Market is at the end of September each year. It is a large street flea market with a range of events in the village centre. *Christmas Market (''Weihnachtsmarkt''): In recent years on the third weekend of Advent a Christmas market has been set up by a group of hired artists from the area and the church parish of Dorfmark. *Various events by the parish of Dorfmark. *Various events by the parish's local heritage group.Heimatverein Kirchspiel Dorfmark
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Places of interest

*the Evangelical church of St. Martin *Market place *Well *''Bommühle'' mill *''Bürgerpark'' municipal park (which even has plants that are on the IUCN's Red List.) *Fish ponds

People

*Friedrich Missler (b 1858 in Dorfmark d 1922 in Bremen) wealthy and benevolent Bremen merchant *

Erich von Manstein Fritz Erich Georg Eduard von Manstein (born Fritz Erich Georg Eduard von Lewinski; 24 November 1887 – 9 June 1973) was a German Field Marshal of the ''Wehrmacht'' during the Second World War, who was subsequently convicted of war crimes and ...

(b Fritz Erich von Lewinski, m 24 November 1887 in Berlin; d 10 June 1973 in Irschenhausen/Isartal; buried in Dorfmark) * Hans-Joachim Walde (b 1942), track athlete. Bronze medal winner in the decathlon at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo; silver medal winner in the decathlon at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City. *

Lilo Wanders Ernst-Johann "Ernie" Reinhardt (born 22 September 1955), better known as Lilo Wanders, is a German transvestite actor, comedian and theatre/television host. Born in Celle, Reinhardt attended the Gymnasium Walsrode and went on to become an ente ...

(actually ''Ernie Reinhard''; b 1955), actor and drag artist, who spent his childhood in Dorfmark *

Frank Ordenewitz Frank Ordenewitz (born 25 March 1965) is a German former professional footballer who played as a forward. Club career Ordenewitz scored 68 goals in 272 Bundesliga matches. In a league match against 1. FC Köln on 7 May 1988 the Werder Bre ...

(b 1965), former professional footballer

References

External links

* The Heidmark {{Authority control Villages in Lower Saxony Heidmark