Visselhövede
{{Infobox German location
|type = Stadt
|image_flag = Flagge Visselhoevede.svg
|image_coa = DEU Visselhövede COA.png
|coordinates = {{coord|52|58|N|9|35|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Visselhövede in ROW.svg
|state = Lower Saxony
|district = Rotenburg (Wümme)
|elevation = 70
|area = 159.2
|postal_code = 27374
|area_code = 04262
|licence = ROW
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 03 3 57 051
|website = [http://www.visselhoevede.de/ www.visselhoevede.de]
|mayor = Gerald Lutz{{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 = Ind
}}
Visselhövede ({{IPA|de|ˌfɪsl̩ˈhøːvədə|-|De-Visselhövede.ogg}}) is a town in the district of Rotenburg in Lower Saxony, Germany. Nearby towns include the district capital Rotenburg, Walsrode and Verden. Larger cities within a 100 km radius are Bremen, Hanover and Hamburg. On 30 April 2024 Visselhövede had 10.116 inhabitants.{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Einwohnerzahlen |url=https://www.visselhoevede.de/rathaus-verwaltung/verwaltung/rathaus/einwohnerzahlen/ |access-date=2024-10-10 |website=Stadt Visselhövede |language=de}}
Visselhövede belonged to the Prince-Bishopric of Verden, established in 1180. In 1648 the Prince-Bishopric was transformed into the Principality of Verden, which was first ruled in personal union by the Swedish Crown - interrupted by a Danish occupation (1712–1715) - and from 1715 on by the Hanoverian Crown. The Kingdom of Hanover incorporated the Principality in a real union and the Princely territory, including Visselhövede, became part of the new Stade Region, established in 1823.
Sights
The most famous building is St. Johannis-Kirche, a protestant church named after John the Baptist. It was built of bricks in a gothic style and consecrated in 1358.Hans Pusen: Harz, Hannover, Lüneburger Heide, p. 63, München 1972 The wooden clock tower measuring 23 metres in height was built in 1799.{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=QR: Glockenturm der St. Johanniskirche |url=https://www.visselhoevede.de/portal/seiten/qr-glockenturm-der-st-johanniskirche-900000072-23850.html |access-date=2024-10-10 |website=Stadt Visselhövede |language=de}} The church houses various masterpieces of art, e.g. a baroque altar dating from 1771 and a baroque organ from 1779, a baptismal font and wall paintings from the Middle Ages and a pulprit dating from 1641. {{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Kirchen |url=https://www.visselhoevede.de/freizeit-kultur/kultur/kirchen/ |access-date=2024-10-10 |website=Stadt Visselhövede |language=de}} The source of river Vissel can be visited in a small park behind the church. The Town Hall in the Market Place was built around 1796.{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=QR: Rathaus |url=https://www.visselhoevede.de/portal/seiten/qr-rathaus-900000069-23850.html |access-date=2024-10-10 |website=Stadt Visselhövede |language=de}} In Burgstrasse, the oldest street in town, the Heimathaus, a half-timbered house which was renovated in 1999, is worth a visit.{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=QR: Burgstraße |url=https://www.visselhoevede.de/portal/seiten/qr-burgstrasse-900000076-23850.html |access-date=2024-10-10 |website=Stadt Visselhövede |language=de}} It is the cultural centre of Visselhövede.
Bürgerpark Visselseen is a public park with four lakes where two historical store houses, which had been dismantled at the former site, were reconstructed in 2006.
VisselhövedeHauptstraße.jpg|Main Street and clock tower
VisselhövedeGroßeStraße.jpg|Protestant Church with clock tower
VisselhövedeMarkt.jpg|Market Place with Town Hall
VisselhövedeVisselquelle.jpg|Source of River Vissel
VisselhövedeSpeicher.jpg|Reconstructed store houses
VisselhövedeHeimathaus.jpg|Cultural centre Heimathaus
VisselhövedeBürgerpark.jpg|Lake in Bürgerpark Visselseen
VisselhövedeBf.jpg|Railway station
See also
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