Visbek

Visbek
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Visbek within Vechta district
Visbek Show map of Germany Visbek Show map of Lower Saxony
Coordinates: 52°50′11.74″N 08°18′35.12″E / 52.8365944°N 8.3097556°E / 52.8365944; 8.3097556
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Vechta
Subdivisions	13 hamlets
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Gerd Meyer[1] (CDU)
Area
• Total	84.08 km2 (32.46 sq mi)
Elevation	49 m (161 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	10,141
• Density	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	49429
Dialling codes	04445, 04447 (Hagstedt)
Vehicle registration	VEC
Website	www.visbek.de

Visbek (Old Saxon Fiscbechi) is a municipality in the district of Vechta, in the Oldenburg Münsterland region of the state of Lower Saxony, Germany.

Location and municipal subdivisions

Visbek lies on the North German Plain, approximately 12 km to the north of Vechta. The municipality consists of the village of Visbek itself, together with 13 surrounding hamlets (German: Bauerschaften), viz. Astrup, Bonrechtern, Endel, Erlte, Hagstedt, Halter/ Meyerhöfen, Hogenbögen, Norddöllen, Rechterfeld, Varnhorn/ Siedenbögen and Wöstendöllen.

Neighbouring municipalities

Neighbouring communities are (counting clockwise from north): the municipality of Großenkneten, including Ahlhorn, the town of Wildeshausen, the municipality of Goldenstedt, the town of Vechta and the municipality of Emstek.

Landscape

Visbek is the northernmost municipality in

The Visbek region, however, had been populated even before the Middle Ages, in fact as far back as the Neolithic Period, as evinced by numerous megalithic tombs of the Funnelbeaker culture (3,500 - 2,800 BC) that may still be seen today. Examples - aside from the Heidenopfertisch illustrated below - include the large stone graves of Mühlensteine, Schmeersteine, Visbeker Braut and Visbeker Bräutigam.^[6][7][8][9]

Media

The following regional newspapers are delivered in Visbek:

• Oldenburgische Volkszeitung, Vechta
• Nordwest-Zeitung, Oldenburg

Economy

Several companies of the meat industry are located in Visbek. The PHW Group, the largest German poultry meat producer, has its headquarters in Rechterfeld. The EW Group, the world market leader in poultry breeding and genetics, also has its headquarters in Visbek. Additionally, the Plukon Food Group runs poultry meat processing facilities in Visbek.

Regular festivities

• Every year at Pentecost, the Visbek Shooting Club, St. Hubertus, hosts its Schützenfest fun fair and folk processions.
• The annual Visbek Rockt open air music festival takes place at the end of May, featuring local and regional rock bands.

Partner municipality

 France A partnership with Pontvallain in the Sarthe Departement has been maintained since 1988.

Gallery

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  The high street (Hauptstraße) in Visbek
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  Gerbert Primary School, Visbek
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  Roman Catholic St. Vitus Parish Church, Visbek, seen from the west
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  Abbot Gerbert Castus Monument at St. Vitus Church, Visbek
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  The Heidenopfertisch , a megalithic grave near Visbek^[10][11] at Engelmannsbäke
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  The Twillbäke stream, Bullmühle
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  Mill pond of Twillbäke stream, Bullmühle
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  The Kokenmühle Watermill, Endel (Visbek)
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  The Neumühle Watermill, Endel (Visbek)

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Visbek.

• Official website of Municipality of Visbek
• Official website of the Catholic Parish Church of St. Vitus Visbek
• Official website of Visbek Rockt