Visselhövede
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Location of Visselhövede
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| Country | Germany |
| State | Lower Saxony |
| District | Rotenburg (Wümme) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2021–26) | Gerald Lutz[1] (Ind.) |
| Area | |
• Total | 159.2 km2 (61.5 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 70 m (230 ft) |
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| 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: [ˌfɪsl̩ˈhøːvədə] Audio file "De-Visselhövede.ogg" not found) 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. On 30 April 2024 Visselhövede had 10.116 inhabitants.[2]
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 | edit source]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.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6] In Burgstrasse, the oldest street in town, the Heimathaus, a half-timbered house which was renovated in 1999, is worth a visit.[7] It is the cultural centre of Visselhövede.
Bürgerpark Visselseen is a public park with four lakes where two historical store houses, which had been dismantled at the former site, were reconstructed in 2006.
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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
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Source of River Vissel
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Reconstructed store houses
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Cultural centre Heimathaus
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Lake in Bürgerpark Visselseen
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Railway station
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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External links
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