Aerzen
Municipality
Town hall of Aerzen
Town hall of Aerzen
Coat of arms of Aerzen
Coat of arms
Location of Aerzen within Hameln-Pyrmont district
Aerzen is located in Germany
Aerzen
Aerzen
Aerzen is located in Lower Saxony
Aerzen
Aerzen
Coordinates: 52°02′58″N 09°15′55″E / 52.04944°N 9.26528°E / 52.04944; 9.26528
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
DistrictHameln-Pyrmont
Subdivisions14 Ortsteile
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Andreas Wittrock[1] (SPD)
Area
 • Total105.06 km2 (40.56 sq mi)
Elevation
173 m (568 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-31)[2]
 • Total10,472
 • Density100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
31855
Dialling codes05154
Vehicle registrationHM
Websitewww.aerzen.de

Aerzen is a municipality in the Hamelin-Pyrmont district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated 10 kilometres (6 mi) southwest of Hamelin, and 7 kilometres (4 mi) north of Bad Pyrmont.

Economy

One of the biggest employers in the region is Aerzener Maschinenfabrik GmbH.[3], a manufacturer of blowers and compressors. As of April 2008, they had an estimated 1000 employees.

Architecture

Burg Aerzen
St. Johan's Chapel
St. Johan's Chapel
Förde street in Reher
Grießem, Pyrmonter Straße

Burg Aerzen, a castle built in the 16th century, was transformed into a cultural centre.

Schloß Schwöbber is a castle built 1574-1578.[4] The southern aisle was added in 1588, and the northern aisle was built in 1604. A part of the castle burnt down in 1908 and was rebuilt in 1922.

St. Mary's Church, an aisleless church originally built in 1143, burnt down during the Thirty Years' War in 1642 and was rebuilt in 1643.

In Reher, a village which was incorporated into Aerzen in 1973, St. John's Chapel is worth a visit. It was founded around 1100, built in a romanic style with a ridge turret covered with slabs of slate and two buttresses and enlarged in 1580.[5] Its gothic winged altarpiece dating from 1465 was restored in 1880 and from 1967-1973.[6] In the middle of Reher various well-preserved half-timbered houses can be visited, e.g. in "Förde" Street.

Grießem is another village which was incorporated into Aerzen in 1973. In Pyrmonter Straße, its main street, several half-timbered houses can be seen, e.g. house no. 22 dating from 1686 which was renovated in 2008.

Notable people

  • Börries von Münchhausen (civil servant) (1587-1646), secret Kammerrat, mortgage holder of the Office Aerzen
  • Gustav Karl Wilhelm Siemens (1806-1874), member of the National Assembly in Frankfurt
  • August Heissmeyer (1897-1979), Obergruppenführer and General of the Waffen SS

References

  1. ↑ "Verzeichnis der direkt gewählten Bürgermeister/-innen und Landräte/Landrätinnen". Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. April 2021.
  2. ↑ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2021" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
  3. ↑ "Blowers - Compressors - Gas Meter - Rental machines". eng-de.aerzen.com. Archived from the original on 8 August 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  4. ↑ G. Ulrich Großmann: Hannover und Südniedersachsen, p. 290. Cologne 1999
  5. ↑ Wilhelm Voss-Gerling: Weserbergland, p. 55. Munich 1980
  6. ↑ G. Ulrich Großmann: Hannover und Südniedersachsen, p. 288. Cologne 1999


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