The farming village of Oerbke was first mentioned in the surviving records in 1256 and, by 1438, there were 8 farmsteads reported in the area as well as 4 individual houses (Kotstellen). The farms and houses were also evident in the registers in 1563, 1589 and 1628, so they were very long-lived here, probably due to the fertile soil. Until 1935 the village had been a purely agricultural settlement for centuries.
During the Third Reich the German armed forces, the Wehrmacht established a prisoner-of-war camp in Oerbke in which up to 30,000 soldiers from the Red Army were housed. After 1945 Oerbke Camp was initially used by the British Forces as a detention centre and displaced persons camp. Later the Oerbke East settlement (Ostsiedlung Oerbke) was used for troops exercising on the Bergen-Hohne Training Area.
Family namesedit
Closely linked to the history and development of the village are long-established families. The oldest family names include:
1379: henneke hoyers, Odde, henneke luders
1438: Ludeke in deme Broke, Olveke, Sandman, Hermen Lange, Ghildehus, Hermen Hoyers, Eggerd in der Koten, Henneke Odden, Tideke Ebeling, Hinrik Hoyers, Henneke Luders
1528: Jacob im Broke, Carsten Hoyger, Roders, Olücke, Hinrick Odden, Marthinß, Laurentius, Bartolt Lüders, Peter, Hans Wobbeken
Cultural monumentsedit
Cemetery of the Unknown Soldiers
Cemetery of the Unknown Soldiers (Friedhof der Namenlosen), a war cemetery in which about 30,000 Russian prisoners-of-war from the Second World War are buried in mass graves.
oerbke, unincorporated, german, village, soltau, fallingbostel, district, southern, part, lüneburg, heath, lower, saxony, lies, autobahn, east, fallingbostel, seat, administration, osterheide, area, oelfkenhof, history, editthe, farming, village, first, mentio. Oerbke is an unincorporated German village in Soltau Fallingbostel district in the southern part of the Luneburg Heath in Lower Saxony Oerbke lies on the A7 autobahn east of Bad Fallingbostel and is the seat of administration for the Osterheide area The Oelfkenhof in OerbkeHistory editThe farming village of Oerbke was first mentioned in the surviving records in 1256 and by 1438 there were 8 farmsteads reported in the area as well as 4 individual houses Kotstellen The farms and houses were also evident in the registers in 1563 1589 and 1628 so they were very long lived here probably due to the fertile soil Until 1935 the village had been a purely agricultural settlement for centuries During the Third Reich the German armed forces the Wehrmacht established a prisoner of war camp in Oerbke in which up to 30 000 soldiers from the Red Army were housed After 1945 Oerbke Camp was initially used by the British Forces as a detention centre and displaced persons camp Later the Oerbke East settlement Ostsiedlung Oerbke was used for troops exercising on the Bergen Hohne Training Area Family names edit Closely linked to the history and development of the village are long established families The oldest family names include 1379 henneke hoyers Odde henneke luders 1438 Ludeke in deme Broke Olveke Sandman Hermen Lange Ghildehus Hermen Hoyers Eggerd in der Koten Henneke Odden Tideke Ebeling Hinrik Hoyers Henneke Luders 1528 Jacob im Broke Carsten Hoyger Roders Olucke Hinrick Odden Marthinss Laurentius Bartolt Luders Peter Hans WobbekenCultural monuments edit nbsp Cemetery of the Unknown Soldiers Cemetery of the Unknown Soldiers Friedhof der Namenlosen a war cemetery in which about 30 000 Russian prisoners of war from the Second World War are buried in mass graves 52 51 10 N 9 43 48 E 52 85278 N 9 73000 E 52 85278 9 73000 nbsp This Heidekreis location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Oerbke amp oldid 974461467, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
