Wachendorf (Syke)

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Wachendorf
Stadtteil of Syke
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Coordinates: 52°52′28″N08°54′19″E / 52.87444°N 8.90528°E / 52.87444; 8.90528 Coordinates: 52°52′28″N08°54′19″E / 52.87444°N 8.90528°E / 52.87444; 8.90528
Country Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Diepholz
Town Syke
Area
  Total11.10 km2 (4.29 sq mi)
Population
 (2006)
  Total476
  Density43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes
28857
Dialling codes 04240

Wachendorf is a village in the town of Syke in the district of Diepholz in the North German state of Lower Saxony.

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Geography

Location

Wachendorf is located in the borough of Syke. Together with the other villages of Henstedt, Heiligenfelde, Gödestorf and Jardinghausen it makes up the southern part of the borough. The historical parishes of Borstel, Hillenberg, Kirchberg, Legenhausen, Neddernheide, Vöhrde and Kolonie Wachendorf belong to Wachendorf.

Wachendorf is part of the church parish of Heiligenfeld together with Henstedt, Heiligenfelde, Gödestorf and Jardinghausen.

Neighbours

Wachendorf is on the southeastern edge of Syke and its neighbours are Jardinghausen, Heiligenfelde and Gödestorf. To the east is the municipality of Thedinghausen; to the south is Süstedt in the municipality of Bruchhausen-Vilsen.

Rivers and streams

In the eastern part of the municipality bordering on Thedinghausen, flows the Süstedter Bach, which rises in Süstedt and empties east of Weyhe-Kirchweyhe into the lake of the Kirchweyher . For part of its length is forms the boundary with Thedinghausen (Emtinghausen and Riede).

History

On 1 March 1974 Wachendorf was incorporated into the borough of Syke. [1]

Population

Infrastructure

Wachendorf does not have its own church nor a cemetery. The war memorial in the centre commemorates the names of the fallen and missing from the First and Second World Wars.

Transport

Road

Wachendorf lies far from major arteries. The nearest federal road, the B 6, runs 2.5 km to the west through Heiligenfelde and offers good connections to the north (to Bremen, the A 1 and A 27) and to the south (to Hanover and the A 2).

By 1974 all of Wachendorf's roads had names and several tracks were christened. There are 23 named roads and tracks. In addition there are several field tracks that remain nameless. Two well surfaced main roads (the Kreisstraßen K 121 and K 129) cross the village and divide it into various areas:

  • the Kirchberg (K 129) runs westwards to Heiligenfelde / B 6
  • Wachendorfer Straße (K 129) runs southeast to Süstedt
  • Gödestorfer Straße (K 121) runs north to Gödestorf

Rail

  • The railway station in Syke about 9 km northwest of Wachendorf is on the Bremen-Osnabrück line.
  • Wachendorf is a halt on the museum railway of "Kaffkieker". This heritage line was operated from 1987 to 1991 and was re-opened in 2006 between Syke and Eystrup.

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