
Baven is a village in the municipality of
Südheide in the north of
Celle district
Celle () is a district (''Landkreis'') in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Uelzen, Gifhorn, Hanover and Heidekreis.
Geography
The district is located in the southernmost parts of the L ...
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 ...
. It lies on the western edge of the
Südheide Nature Park
The Südheide Nature Park ("Southern Heath Nature Park", German: ''Naturpark Südheide'') is a large protected area of forest and heathland in the southern part of the Lüneburg Heath in North Germany. It has been designated as a protected nature ...
, on the
Lüneburg Heath
Lüneburg Heath (german: Lüneburger Heide) is a large area of heath, geest, and woodland in the northeastern part of the state of Lower Saxony in northern Germany. It forms part of the hinterland for the cities of Hamburg, Hanover and Bremen a ...
and currently has a population of 1,638.
There is evidence that the first settlements here go back to the
Bronze Age
The Bronze Age is a historic period, lasting approximately from 3300 BC to 1200 BC, characterized by the use of bronze, the presence of writing in some areas, and other early features of urban civilization. The Bronze Age is the second pri ...
. Until the 19th century Baven consisted of 15 farmsteads, before the sale and division of an estate (''Hofstelle'') made new land available and the number of inhabitants rose markedly. In 1973 Baven was incorporated into the municipality of
Hermannsburg
Hermannsburg is a village and a former municipality in the Celle district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Since 1 January 2015 it is part of the municipality Südheide. It has been a state-recognised resort town since 1971. It is situated on the river ...
as part of the regional and administrative reform in Lower Saxony.
[About the regional and administrative reform in Lower Saxony compare Blazek, Matthias: Von der Landdrostey zur Bezirksregierung – Die Geschichte der Bezirksregierung Hannover im Spiegel der Verwaltungsreformen, Stuttgart 2004, .] Hermannsburg became part of Südheide in 2015.
Just north of the village a small stream, the
Brunau
Brunau is a village and a former municipality in the district Altmarkkreis Salzwedel, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the town Kalbe.
Former municipalities in Saxony-Anhalt
Kalbe, Saxony-Anhalt
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feeds into the river
Örtze
Örtze () is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany. The Örtze rises north of Munster in the ''Große Heide'' (in the ''Raubkammer'' federal forest) and, after , joins the Aller southeast of Winsen.
Source and course
The Örtze valley is an old g ...
.
Bibliography
* Matthias Blazek: ''100 Jahre organisiertes Feuerlöschwesen in Baven 1907–2007''. Hermannsburg 2007
* Hartmut Rißmann (editor): ''Bavener Dorf-Chronik''. Hermannsburg 1995
* Gerhard Röhrs (editor): ''Chronik Baven''. Hermannsburg 1993
External links
Information about Baven
References
{{Villages in the parish of Hermannsburg
Celle (district)