Hessisch Oldendorf
{{Expand German|topic=geo|Hessisch Oldendorf|date=June 2015}}
{{Infobox German location
|type = Stadt
|image_coa = DEU Hessisch Oldendorf COA.svg
|coordinates = {{coord|52|10|N|9|15|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Hessisch Oldendorf in HM.svg
|state = Niedersachsen
|district = Hameln-Pyrmont
|elevation = 62
|area = 120.39
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 03252007
|postal_code = 31840 31833
|area_code = 05152
|licence = HM
|website = [http://www.hessisch-oldendorf.de/ www.hessisch-oldendorf.de]
|mayor = Tarik Oenelcin{{cite web|url=https://wahlen.statistik.niedersachsen.de/KW2021/reports/DW/20210912_DW_Uebersicht.pdf|title=Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 12. September 2021|date=13 October 2021|publisher=Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen}}
|leader_term = 2021–26
|party = CDU
}}
Hessisch Oldendorf ({{IPA|de|ˈhɛsɪʃ ˈʔɔldn̩dɔʁf|-|De-Hessisch Oldendorf.ogg}} is a town in the Hamelin-Pyrmont district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Weser, approximately {{convert|10|km|0|abbr=on}} northwest of Hamelin. The adjective "Hessisch" has been used since 1905 to distinguish it from other towns named Oldendorf. Hessisch Oldendorf was part of Landgraviate of Hessen-Kassel from 1640 until 1932.
Personalities
- Heinrich Beerbom (1892–1980), mayor, city manager and honorary citizen of Bramsche
- Wilhelm Beisner (1911–?), German SD and SS- Guide and arms dealer, agent
- Otto Deppmeyer (born 1947), politician (CDU), Member of Landtag
- Richard Krentzlin (1864–1956), died in Hessisch Oldendorf, piano teacher and composer
- Heinrich Krone (1895–1989), politician (Centre Party, CDU) Member of the Reichstag, Member of the Bundestag
- Ilske Laginges (–1558), the first victim of the Witch-hunt processNiedersächsisches Jahrbuch für Landesgeschichte, Band 45, Hildesheim 1973, S. 149–151.
- Konrad Schlüsselburg (1543–1619), German Lutheran theologian
- Henrik Span (1634-1694), officer and Admiral in the Dutch, Venetian and Danish navies
- Gustav Süß (1823–1881), born in Rumbeck, painter and author of children's books
- Hans Peter Thul (born 1948), politician, (CDU) Member of Landtag and Bundestag
- Karl Ludwig August Heino von Münchausen (1759–1836) officer in the American Revolutionary War and poet
- Ludolph Münchausen (1570–1640), known as the scholar, collected at the time the largest and most famous library in Northern Germany
- Albert Wehrhahn (1848–1942), born in Oldendorf, school official in Hannover, a pioneer of the Special education, local historian, honorary citizen of Hessisch Oldendorf
- Ludwig Wessel (1879–1922), Protestant Pastor of St. Nicolai Church in Berlin
References
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Category:Towns in Lower Saxony
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