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Bommelsen is a village in the town of 
Several farmsteads and hamlets along the River Bomlitz have been preserved as typical groups of buildings, some including historic '' Treppenspeicher'' storage barns. The landmark of the village is the ''Friedenskirche'' (Church of Peace) of 1929/1930, which was built on the initiative of Bommelsen's villagers and gave Bommelsen its own church parish and pastor for a long time. The ''Friedenskirche'' is well known as a postcard motif and is often used for weddings. In the village community centre, formerly Bommelsen's village school, rooms are available for events run by local clubs and for other cultural and social activities.
Parish of Bomlitz (including overview of the villages)
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Walsrode
Walsrode (; ) is a town in the district of Heidekreis, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The former municipality Bomlitz was merged into Walsrode in January 2020.
History
Middle Ages
986 Foundation of Walsrode Abbey by Count Walo. The first recorded ...
in North Germany. It lies in the Lower Saxon Heidekreis district. The parish has about 286 inhabitants and an area of 10 km2.
Geography
Location
Bommelsen lies in the northern part of the parish of Bomlitz, a good 5 km from Bomlitz itself. The village sprawls for about 1.5 km mainly along the right bank of the middle reaches of the Bomlitz valley. TheNorthern Low Saxon
Northern Low Saxon (in Standard German, Standard High German: ', also ', lit. ''North(ern) Low Saxon/German''; in Dutch language, Standard Dutch: ') is a subgroup of Low Saxon dialects of Low German. As such, it covers a great part of the West ...
name for the Bomlitz, ''Bommelse'', gave its name to the village.
Neighbouring communities
The neighbouring communities are – clockwise from the north – Woltem, Riepe, Kroge, Benefeld, Jarlingen and Ottingen.History
Bommelsen was first mentioned in the records in 835 as ''Bamlinestade'' (which roughly means: bank of the ''Little Böhme'') as belonging to the estates of Corvey Abbey. It then appears in 1120 as ''Bomlose'' and from 1390 as ''Bommelsen''. Since the land reform of 1974 the hitherto independent parish has been one of 8 villages in the parish of Bomlitz.Buildings and infrastructure
Several farmsteads and hamlets along the River Bomlitz have been preserved as typical groups of buildings, some including historic '' Treppenspeicher'' storage barns. The landmark of the village is the ''Friedenskirche'' (Church of Peace) of 1929/1930, which was built on the initiative of Bommelsen's villagers and gave Bommelsen its own church parish and pastor for a long time. The ''Friedenskirche'' is well known as a postcard motif and is often used for weddings. In the village community centre, formerly Bommelsen's village school, rooms are available for events run by local clubs and for other cultural and social activities.
Transport
Bommelsen lies some way from the main transport routes. The A 27 motorway passes 14 km to the southwest, and the A 7 9 km to the southeast. The B 440 federal road from Dorfmark viaVisselhövede
Visselhövede () is a town in the district of Rotenburg (district), Rotenburg in Lower Saxony, Germany. Nearby towns include the district capital Rotenburg an der Wümme, Rotenburg, Walsrode and Verden, Germany, Verden. Larger cities within a 100&n ...
to Rotenburg (Wümme) Rotenburg may refer to:
*Rotenburg (district), Lower Saxony, Germany
*Rotenburg an der Wümme, capital of the district
*Rotenburg an der Fulda, near Kassel in Hesse
*Hersfeld-Rotenburg, a district in Hesse, Germany
See also
* Rotenberg (disambigua ...
grazes its southern boundary.
External links
Parish of Bomlitz (including overview of the villages)
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