Wardböhmen

Wardböhmen
Ortsteil of Bergen
Wardböhmen
Coordinates: 52°50′59″N 09°54′52″E / 52.84972°N 9.91444°E / 52.84972; 9.91444Coordinates: 52°50′59″N 09°54′52″E / 52.84972°N 9.91444°E / 52.84972; 9.91444
Country Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Celle
Town Bergen
Population ({{{Stand}}})
  Total 351
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 29303
Dialling codes 05051
Transmission tower in Wardböhmen (Bergen)

Wardböhmen is a village administered by the Lower Saxon town of Bergen in the northern part of Celle district on the Lüneburg Heath in North Germany. It lies about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) north of Bergen on the B 3 federal road.

History

Wardböhmen was first mentioned in the records in 1197 as Villa Werthebohmen. Its purview includes the villages of Hoope and Sehlhof. Since the district reforms of 1974 Wardböhmen has been part of the borough of Bergen. Its current chair is Anna Cornils.

Emblem

On a yellow shield, a blue triangle below with slightly curved edges. Above right a green windmill, above left a green barn (a Treppenspeicher), in the centre a silver transmission tower.

The old windmill dating to 1877/78

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