Hessisch Oldendorf

Coordinates: 52°10′N 9°15′E / 52.167°N 9.250°E / 52.167; 9.250
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Hessisch Oldendorf
Coat of arms of Hessisch Oldendorf
Location of Hessisch Oldendorf within Hameln-Pyrmont district
Bad MünderSalzhemmendorfCoppenbrüggeHessisch OldendorfHamelinEmmerthalBad PyrmontAerzenNorth Rhine-WestphaliaHolzminden (district)Hildesheim (district)Hanover (district)SchaumburgHameln-PyrmontLower Saxony
Hessisch Oldendorf is located in Germany
Hessisch Oldendorf
Hessisch Oldendorf
Hessisch Oldendorf is located in Lower Saxony
Hessisch Oldendorf
Hessisch Oldendorf
Coordinates: 52°10′N 9°15′E / 52.167°N 9.250°E / 52.167; 9.250
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
DistrictHameln-Pyrmont
Government
 • Mayor (2021–26) Tarik Oenelcin[1] (CDU)
Area
 • Total120.39 km2 (46.48 sq mi)
Elevation
62 m (203 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total18,458
 • Density150/km2 (400/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
31840 31833
Dialling codes05152
Vehicle registrationHM
Websitewww.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

  1. Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen
    . 13 October 2021.
  2. Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen
    .
  3. ^ Niedersächsisches Jahrbuch für Landesgeschichte, Band 45, Hildesheim 1973, S. 149–151.