Dudensen Explained

Type:Ortsteil
Town:Neustadt am Rübenberge
Image Coa:Ortswappen Dudensen (Neustadt am Rübenberge).jpg
State:Lower Saxony
Elevation:36
Area:9.72
Population:530
Population As Of:2021
Pop Ref:[1]
Postal Code:31535
Area Code:05034
District:Hanover

Dudensen is a village of Neustadt am Rübenberge in the district of Hanover, Lower Saxony in Germany. It had a population of 530 in 2021.

Toponymy

In the district Dudensen are the abandoned villages Holinbeke and Sesenhusen. Both are each named in a deed of donation, the former from 1033, the second 1186. Both deserts can be found with Seenser Feld and Hollenheide still in today's names.

In her work on names of places in Neustadt am Rübenberge, Tanja Weiß uses two different names. Already in 1128 there is a documentary recorded Duotdenhusen. In a document from 1228 finally appears the name Dudenhusen. There are also two other secondary sources that indicate the year 1228 as the date of the first documentary mention of the place Dudensen under the name Dudenhusen.[2] However, two other sources indicate the year 1261 for the first written mention. In contrast, however, the entry in the Hoyer Lehnsregister around the year 1250 that count Heinrich von Hoya in Dudenhusen two hooves as possession.Still in the year 1859 the place is officially listed as Duensen, as it still occurs in the linguistic usage.[3]

Governance

Due to the territorial reform in 1974 Dudensen was a district of Neustadt am Rübenberge. and since then forms with, Hagen and a village that is represented by a local council. The name of the borough has been Mühlenfelder Land since November 2011.[4] The local council is made up of a councilwoman and ten councilors. The local council also has 17 advisory members.[5] [6]

Geography

Dudensen is about north of Neustadt's main part of the city. West of Dudensen in the western part of Dudenser bog is located the source of the creek called Alpe.

The place belongs together with Nöpke, Borstel and Hagen to Mühlenfelder Land.

Religion

In a decree of May 17, 1811, the district In den Meyerhöfen, which until then belonged to the parish Mandelsloh, was incorporated into Dudensen.[7] In 1824 Dudensen is listed as a parish village, that means in the village a pastor had his seat.[8] In 1871, 476 of the inhabitants, 475 were Protestant and one Catholic.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Einwohner Neustadt a. Rbge.. Stadt Neustadt am Rübenberge. 24 September 2021.
  2. Web site: Uwe Ohainski . Jürgen Udolph . Die Ortsnamen des Landkreises Hannover und der Stadt Hannover . Bielefeld . 1998 . 113 . PDF, 2.3 MB . 2019-03-25.
  3. Web site: Vereinsausschuss . Zeitschrift des historischen Vereins für Niedersachsen - Jahrgang 1857 . Hahn'sche Hofbuchhandlung . Hannover . 1859 . 2017-12-13.
  4. Web site: TOP 6: Umbenennung des Ortsrates der Ortschaft Hagen in "Ortsrat Mühlenfelder Land", Initiativantrag gemäß § 55 NGO. www.sessionnet.krz.de. live. 2016-04-05. https://archive.today/20160405100840/https://sessionnet.krz.de/neustadt/bi/to0050.asp?__ktonr=110135. 2016-04-05.
  5. Web site: Ortsrat der Ortschaft Mühlenfelder Land. Ratsinformationssystem der Stadt Neustadt Am Rübenberge. 2017-10-19.
  6. Web site: Mandatsträger der Stadt. Ratsinformationssystem der Stadt Neustadt Am Rübenberge. 2017-11-11.
  7. Web site: Bulletin des lois du Royaume de Westphalie - Während des Jahres 1811 erlassene Decrete Nr. 1 bis 38 . 1811 . 8 . J. H. Martin Aubel . Cassel . 235 f . 2017-10-30.
  8. Book: C. H. C. F. Jansen . Statistisches Handbuch des Königreichs Hannover . Helwingsche Hofbuchhandlung . Hannover . 1824 . 150 . Duensen. . 2018-01-11.
  9. Web site: Die Gemeinden und Gutsbezirke des Preussischen Staates und ihre Bevölkerung - Nach den Urmaterialien der allgemeinen Volkszählung vom 1. December 1871 . Berlin . 1873 . Verlag des Königl. Statistischen Bureaus . 19 . 2017-11-19.