Visselhövede
Visselhövede | |
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Location of Visselhövede within Rotenburg (Wümme) district | |
Coordinates: 52°58′N 9°35′E / 52.967°N 9.583°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Lower Saxony |
District | Rotenburg (Wümme) |
Government | |
• Mayor (2021–26) | Gerald Lutz[1] (Ind.) |
Area | |
• Total | 158.85 km2 (61.33 sq mi) |
Elevation | 70 m (230 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 9,792 |
• Density | 62/km2 (160/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 27374 |
Dialling codes | 04262 |
Vehicle registration | ROW |
Website | www.visselhoevede.de |
Visselhövede (German pronunciation: [fɪsəlˈhøːvədə] ) is a town in the district of Rotenburg in Lower Saxony, Germany. Nearby towns include the district capital Rotenburg, Walsrode and Verden. Larger cities within a 100 km radius are Bremen, Hanover and Hamburg.
Visselhövede belonged to the Prince-Bishopric of Verden, established in 1180. In 1648 the Prince-Bishopric was transformed into the Principality of Verden, which was first ruled in personal union by the Swedish Crown - interrupted by a Danish occupation (1712–1715) - and from 1715 on by the Hanoverian Crown. The Kingdom of Hanover incorporated the Principality in a real union and the Princely territory, including Visselhövede, became part of the new Stade Region, established in 1823.
Sights
[edit]The most famous building is St. Johannis-Kirche, a protestant church named after John the Baptist. It was built of bricks in a gothic style and consecrated in 1358.[3] The wooden clock tower measuring 23 metres in height was built in 1799. The church houses various masterpieces of art, e.g. a baroque altar dating from 1771 and a baroque organ from 1779, a baptismal font and wall paintings from the Middle Ages and a pulprit dating from 1641. The source of river Vissel can be visited in a small park behind the church. The Town Hall in the Market Place was built around 1796.
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Main Street and clock tower
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Protestant Church with clock tower
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Market Place with Town Hall
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 12. September 2021" (PDF). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. 13 October 2021.
- ^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
- ^ Hans Pusen: Harz, Hannover, Lüneburger Heide, p. 63, München 1972
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