Hessisch Oldendorf
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Hessisch Oldendorf | |
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Location of Hessisch Oldendorf within Hameln-Pyrmont district | |
Coordinates: 52°10′N 9°15′E / 52.167°N 9.250°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Lower Saxony |
District | Hameln-Pyrmont |
Government | |
• Mayor (2021–26) | Tarik Oenelcin[1] (CDU) |
Area | |
• Total | 120.39 km2 (46.48 sq mi) |
Elevation | 62 m (203 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 18,458 |
• Density | 150/km2 (400/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 31840 31833 |
Dialling codes | 05152 |
Vehicle registration | HM |
Website | www.hessisch-oldendorf.de |
Hessisch Oldendorf (German pronunciation: Landgraviate of Hessen-Kassel from 1640 until 1932.
Personalities
- Heinrich Beerbom (1892–1980), mayor, city manager and honorary citizen of Bramsche
- Wilhelm Beisner (1911–?), German SD and SS- Guide and arms dealer, agent
- Otto Deppmeyer (born 1947), politician (CDU), Member of Landtag
- Richard Krentzlin (1864–1956), died in Hessisch Oldendorf, piano teacher and composer
- Heinrich Krone (1895–1989), politician (Centre Party, CDU) Member of the Reichstag, Member of the Bundestag
- Ilske Laginges (–1558), the first victim of the Witch-hunt process[3]
- Konrad Schlüsselburg (1543–1619), German Lutheran theologian
- Henrik Span (1634-1694), officer and Admiral in the Dutch, Venetian and Danish navies
- Gustav Süß (1823–1881), born in Rumbeck, painter and author of children's books
- Hans Peter Thul (born 1948), politician, (CDU) Member of Landtag and Bundestag
- Karl Ludwig August Heino von Münchausen (1759–1836) officer in the American Revolutionary War and poet
- Ludolph Münchausen (1570–1640), known as the scholar, collected at the time the largest and most famous library in Northern Germany
- Albert Wehrhahn (1848–1942), born in Oldendorf, school official in Special education, local historian, honorary citizen of Hessisch Oldendorf
- Ludwig Wessel (1879–1922), Protestant Pastor of St. Nicolai Church in Berlin
References
- Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. 13 October 2021.
- Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
- ^ Niedersächsisches Jahrbuch für Landesgeschichte, Band 45, Hildesheim 1973, S. 149–151.