Süpplingen is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality ...
in the
district of Helmstedt, in
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...
,
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...
. The village is located on the
Schunter
Schunter is a river in Lower Saxony, Germany. It has a length of and is a right tributary of the Oker.
Etymology
The river was first mentioned as ''Schuntra'' in a 781 deed. The name may be of Slavic origin as ''sukątora'' means "with many tu ...
in
Helmstedt district,
Lower Saxony, about 6 km to the west of
Helmstedt
Helmstedt (; Eastphalian: ''Helmstidde'') is a town on the eastern edge of the German state of Lower Saxony. It is the capital of the District of Helmstedt. The historic university and Hanseatic city conserves an important monumental heritage o ...
, by the
Bundesstraße 1
The Bundesstraße 1 (abbr. B1) is a German federal highway running in an east-west direction from the Dutch border near Aachen to the Polish border at Küstrin-Kietz on the Oder River.
History
The road developed from an ancient east-western tra ...
. It is one of the municipalities constituting the
Nord-Elm municipal association. The former mining settlement of Nordschacht forms part of the municipality.
Süpplingenburg
Süpplingenburg is a municipality in the district of Helmstedt, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is part of the collective municipality (''Samtgemeinde'') of Nord-Elm.
The village developed next to a 10th-century water castle at the Schunter river, pro ...
, a separate village and municipality which emerged from a medieval castle complex, is located nearby.
History
Süpplingen was first mentioned in the year 888 AD as ''sophingi'' in an exchange certificate.
About 1770, the first
open-pit coal mine opened in the area. During the second half of the 19th Century, the
sugar industry
The sugar industry subsumes the production, processing and marketing of sugars (mostly sucrose and fructose). Globally, most sugar is extracted from sugar cane (~80% predominantly in the tropics) and sugar beet (~ 20%, mostly in temperate climat ...
emerged as an additional economic sector. Nonetheless,
lignite mining continued to be important for the local economy.
From 1885 to 1888 AD, the 54-meter-deep northern shaft of the Süpplinger
Germarkung (district) was
sunk. It belonged to the ''Prinz Wilhelm''
shaft
Shaft may refer to:
Rotating machine elements
* Shaft (mechanical engineering), a rotating machine element used to transmit power
* Line shaft, a power transmission system
* Drive shaft, a shaft for transferring torque
* Axle, a shaft around wh ...
in
Wolsdorf, which had existed since 1821 AD. From 1890 AD, a
cable car Cable car most commonly refers to the following cable transportation systems:
* Aerial lift, such as aerial tramways and gondola lifts, in which the vehicle is suspended in the air from a cable
** Aerial tramway
** Chairlift
** Gondola lift
** ...
connected the northern shaft with the NorddeutscheZuckerraffinerie
Frellstedt
Frellstedt is a municipality in the district of Helmstedt, in Lower Saxony, Germany.
References
Helmstedt (district)
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(Northern German Sugar Refinary Frellstedt), the main buyer of the
coal
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extracted there.
After the drainage failed in 1921 following machinery damage, the northern shaft was abandoned.
Religion
The Lutheran church St. Lambertus is located in the center of the village. It belongs to the Deanary of
Königslutter
Königslutter am Elm is a town in the district of Helmstedt in Lower Saxony, Germany.
Geography
It is located on the northeastern slopes of the Elm hill range, within the Elm-Lappwald Nature Park, about east of Brunswick, west of the dis ...
.
The Catholic church St. Bonifatius was constructed in 1899 AD. Since 2008 it belongs to the parish of St. Ludgeri (Helmstedt).
Twin towns
The
twin towns
A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties.
While there are early examples of inter ...
of Süpplingen are:
*
Noyant-la-Gravoyère
Noyant-la-Gravoyère () is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. On 15 December 2016, it was merged into the new commune Segré-en-Anjou Bleu.France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan ar ...
;
*
Süplingen
Süplingen is a village and a former municipality in the Börde district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2014, it is part of the town Haldensleben
Haldensleben (; Eastphalian: ''Halslä'') is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is t ...
in
Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt (german: Sachsen-Anhalt ; nds, Sassen-Anholt) is a state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of
and has a population of 2.18 million inhabitants, making it the ...
; and
*
Dudar
Dudar is a village in Veszprém county, Hungary in Zirc District.
In 1559 it was property of Mihály Cseszneky
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* Mihály András (1917� ...
in
Hungary
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.
References
Helmstedt (district)
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