Langenholtensen

Last updated April 16, 2019

Langenholtensen is a village near the town of Northeim and part of that town, in Lower Saxony. The name comes from Holzhausen, a quite frequently occurring place-name in Germany.

Northeim is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, seat of the district of Northeim, with, in 2011, a population of 29,000. It lies on the German Half-Timbered House Road.

Lower Saxony is a German state (Land) situated in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with 47,624 km² (18,388 sq mi), and fourth-largest in population among the 16 Länder federated as the Federal Republic of Germany. In rural areas, Northern Low Saxon and Saterland Frisian are still spoken, but the number of speakers is declining.

Geography

The village of Langenholtensen lies just north of Northeim. It is located between the Edesheimer forest in the north, the Rethoberg in the northeast, and the Sultmerberg in the west.

The Arms

The village's arms or blazon were granted on October 1 1951. The lower part of the arms symbolize the Luther-oak in the village, planted in 1833 and now a natural monument. It is symbolized by the oak leaves and the Luther rose with the cross, taken from the arms of German reformer Martin Luther. The chief shows a staff, symbol of the Amt Brunstein court, which was situated in Langenholtensen.^[1]

The Luther seal or Luther rose is a widely recognized symbol for Lutheranism. It was the seal that was designed for Martin Luther at the behest of John Frederick of Saxony in 1530, while Luther was staying at the Coburg Fortress during the Diet of Augsburg. Lazarus Spengler, to whom Luther wrote his interpretation below, sent Luther a drawing of this seal. Luther saw it as a compendium or expression of his theology and faith, which he used to authorize his correspondence. Luther informed Philipp Melanchthon on September 15, 1530, that the Prince had personally visited him in the Coburg fortress and presented him with a signet ring, presumably displaying the seal.

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central and Western Europe, lying between the Baltic and North Seas to the north, and the Alps to the south. It borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, France to the southwest, and Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands to the west.

Martin Luther, was a German professor of theology, composer, priest, monk, and a seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation.

History

The Protestant priest Johannes Letzner was appointed to the village in 1564. Despite the fact that the Luther rose is incorporated into the village's arms, there is no evidence that Martin Luther ever visited Langenholtensen.

Johannes Letzner was a Renaissance-era German Protestant priest and historian of Lower Saxony, in particular of Brunswick-Lüneburg.

Population

1775: 471
1963: 1,520
2005: 1,860

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References

↑ Langenholtensen's arms on 'Heraldry of the World'

External links

Coordinates: 51°43′N10°01′E / 51.717°N 10.017°E / 51.717; 10.017

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[1] Langenholtensen's arms on 'Heraldry of the World'