Schlewecke (Bad Harzburg)

Schlewecke (German pronunciation: [ˈʃleːˌvɛkə]), in Oker dialect: Sleiwecke (Low German pronunciation: [ˈslɛiˌvɛkə]) is a village that forms a part (Stadtteil) of Bad Harzburg in the district of Goslar in Lower Saxony, Germany. As of 31 December 2020, Schlewecke had a population of 1,667.^[1]

Schlewecke
Stadtteil of Bad Harzburg
Street in Schlewecke, 2018
Coat of arms
Location of Schlewecke
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Coordinates: 51°53′51″N 10°32′15″E / 51.89750°N 10.53750°E / 51.89750; 10.53750
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Bad Harzburg
Town	Bad Harzburg
Population  (2020-12-31)^[1]
• Total	1,667
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	38667
Dialling codes	05322
Vehicle registration	GS

Geography

The district is located between Bündheim to the southeast, Göttingerode to the west, Harlingerode to the northwest and Westerode to the northeast.

History

Historical populations

Year	Pop.	±%
1798	285	—
1885	518	+81.8%
1925	1,191	+129.9%
1939	1,225	+2.9%
1977	1,530	+24.9%
2005	1,883	+23.1%
2010	1,819	−3.4%
2015	1,739	−4.4%
2018	1,753	+0.8%
2020	1,667	−4.9%
^[2] 1798,^[3] 1849 and 1871,^[4] 1925–1939,^[5] 1975 (estimated),^[6] 1997,^[7] since 2011.

Etymology

Schlewecke was first mentioned in 1147 as Sleueken and in 1180 as Sclivede. The suffix Schle- stems from a Proto-Germanic root *slaihwō and cognates to German Schlehe and English Sloe. The prefix either means "creek" or cognates to English -th, as in "wealth", "strength". Other names were Slevedhe and ' 'Slyofede.^[8]

Timeline

Schlewecke was always an unimportant village of farmers and woodcutters. The recent church was built in 1708.

On January 1, 1963, the community of Schlewecke merged with Bündheim to Bündheim-Schlewecke, that again became part of Bad Harzburg on July 1, 1972.

Gallery

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  Lutheran church
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  Former Bundesstraße 6

References

1. "Einwohner der Gemeinden und Ortsteile Stand 31.12.2020". Landkreis Goslar. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
2. Wolfgang Heinemann (2003), Die Chronik des Amtes Harzburg (in German), Hanau, p. 378, ISBN 3-00-011170-0{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
3. Harald Meier, Kurt Neumann: Bad Harzburg. Chronik einer Stadt. S. 570.
4. Michael Rademacher: Deutsche Verwaltungsgeschichte von der Reichseinigung 1871 bis zur Wiedervereinigung 1990. Wolfenbuettel. Retrieved September 2018; (Online-Material zur Dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
5. Joachim Hellmer (1981), Beiträge zur Kriminalgeographie (in German), Duncker & Humblot, p. 65, ISBN 3-42-844916-9
6. Harald Meier, Kurt Neumann: Bad Harzburg. Chronik einer Stadt. S. 717.
7. Landkreis Goslar (2018-11-08). "Der Landkreis Goslar im Überblick". Retrieved 2019-01-26.
8. Schlewecke wurde 1180 erstmals namentlich erwähnt on archiv-vegelahn.de, January 8, 2019.