Burgwedel ( German pronunciation: [bʊʁkˈveːdl̩] ) is a town in the district of Hanover , in Lower Saxony , Germany . It is situated approximately 15 km northeast of Hanover . It has a population of around 20,200.
15-615: Burgwedel consists of the following boroughs: The members of the Roman Catholic St. Paul's parish community Burgwedel make up the second largest religious community of the town. St. Paul's belongs to the diocese of Hildesheim , which is part of the ecclesiastical province of Hamburg. The headquarter of Rossmann , a major drugstore chain, is located in Burgwedel. Burgwedel is twinned with: Diocese of Hildesheim The Diocese of Hildesheim ( Latin : Dioecesis Hildesiensis )
30-522: A little Catholic diaspora and had formed part of the defunct dioceses of Bremen , of Mainz and of Verden before the Reformation. Hannover's cession of land for Bremerhaven in 1827 to the prevailingly Reformed Bremen State did not alter the diocesan ambit. In 1834 the prevailingly Lutheran Duchy of Brunswick left the Apostolic Vicariate of Anhalt and agreed to extend Hildesheim's ambit to
45-757: Is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Germany . Founded in 815 as a missionary diocese by King Louis the Pious , his son Louis the German appointed the famous former archbishop of Rheims , Ebbo , as bishop. The modern Diocese of Hildesheim presently covers those parts of the state of Lower Saxony that are east of the River Weser , northern neighborhoods in Bremen , and
60-511: Is a borough of the city of Hamburg , Germany. It is also the name of Harburg quarter in the borough, which used to be the capital of the Harburg district in Lower Saxony . The borough of Harburg lies on the southern banks of the river Elbe and covers parts of the port of Hamburg as well as residential and rural areas. It had a population of 169,221 as of 2020. Until 1937 Harburg belonged to
75-483: The Kerngebiet Harburg (central area), while the quarters of Altenwerder , Cranz , Francop , Hausbruch, Moorburg , Neuenfelde and Neugraben-Fischbek had belonged to the precinct Süderelbe (south Elbe). On 1 March 2008 Harburg's quarter Wilhelmsburg was transferred to the borough Hamburg-Mitte in keeping with civic law. As of 2006, according to the statistical office of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein,
90-535: The Prussian Province of Hanover , where it served as the capital of the Harburg district. In 1927 it was merged with the nearby city of Wilhelmsburg to form the city of Harburg-Wilhelmsburg . Following the Greater Hamburg Act , Harburg was incorporated into the city of Hamburg along with several other independent cities such as Altona . Despite its incorporation into Hamburg, Harburg continued to be
105-417: The age of 18 living in them and 40% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.11. Population by year In 2006 there were 24,900 criminal offences in the borough (124 crimes per 1000 people). These numbers include the Harburg quarter. Simultaneously with elections to the state parliament ( Bürgerschaft ), the 51-member Bezirksversammlung is elected to represent
120-545: The bishop of Hildesheim was also Prince of the Holy Roman Empire . His Hochstift (feudal princely territory) was the Prince-Bishopric of Hildesheim . In the 16th century, most of the diocese as well as most of the state of Hildesheim switched to Protestantism , but the bishopric managed to retain its independence from the surrounding Protestant states of Brunswick-Lüneburg , mostly because its bishops were members of
135-576: The borough of Harburg has a total area of 160.6 km , while the Harburg quarter has an area of 3.9 km . Along with the other boroughs of Hamburg, Harburg is divided into quarters: In 2006 there were 201,119 inhabitants in the borough. The population density was 1,253 people per km . 18.9% were children under the age of 18, and 18.7% were 65 years of age or older. 20.1% were resident aliens. 12,785 people were registered as unemployed. In 1999 there were 94,273 households, of which 23.9% had children under
150-503: The capital of the Hanoverian district of Harburg . In 1944, the district capital was moved to Winsen upon Luhe . On 1 January 2007 the Ortsämter (Precincts) were dissolved and the organisation of all boroughs of Hamburg was restructured. Previously the quarters of Eißendorf , Gut Moor , Harburg , Heimfeld, Langenbek, Marmstorf, Neuland , Rönneburg, Sinstorf and Wilstorf had belonged to
165-417: The citizens. The borough has 32 elementary schools and 26 secondary schools (e.g. Friedrich-Ebert-Gymnasium ); 3 elementary schools and 4 secondary schools are situated in the Harburg quarter. The Hamburg University of Technology is internationally renowned for its engineering faculties. There were 316 physicians in private practice and 48 pharmacies in 2006. The borough and the quarter are served by
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#1732852037119180-560: The city of Bremerhaven . The current bishop is Heiner Wilmer who was appointed in 2018. The diocese is a suffragan to the Archdiocese of Hamburg since 1994. Originally Hildesheim was suffragan to Mainz until 1805. Then it was an exempt diocese until 1930, before it was part of the Middle German Ecclesiastical Province with Paderborn Archdiocese as metropolitan between 1930 and 1994. Between 1235 and 1802,
195-589: The districts of Verden, Holzminden, Hameln-Pyrmont located west of the Weser, and the quarters of Nienburg upon Weser west of the river to Hildesheim. In 1995 Hildesheim ceded its Harburg deanery in Hamburg south of the Elbe to the Archdiocese of Hamburg following the erection of this new see. 52°08′56″N 9°56′47″E / 52.1489°N 9.9465°E / 52.1489; 9.9465 Harburg, Hamburg Harburg
210-515: The ducal territory. Thus the diocese covered areas in three sovereign states, with all of which and thus all the diocesan area becoming part of united Germany in 1871. The incorporation of Hanoverian suburbs into Bremen city (Bremen North borough) in 1939 did not alter the ambit. In 1965 Hildesheim ceded that part of the then Hoya County District east of the Weser to the diocese of Osnabrück , whereas Osnabrück in return ceded Cuxhaven , Neuwerk , Scharhörn , Schaumburg-Lippe, as well as parts of
225-640: The powerful House of Wittelsbach from 1573 until 1761. Until 1824 the diocesan ambit remained unchanged, despite various changes of the political borders in history up to this date. After the Napoleonic wars the newly established Kingdom of Hanover stipulated with the Holy See to extend the Hildesheim diocesan ambit to all of the then Hanoverian territory east of the Weser river. The newly included areas were Lutheran with
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