Bruchhausen-Vilsen
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Location of Bruchhausen-Vilsen within Diepholz district
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| Coordinates: 52°50′N 09°00′E / 52.833°N 9.000°ECoordinates: 52°50′N 09°00′E / 52.833°N 9.000°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Lower Saxony | |
| District | Diepholz | |
| Municipal assoc. | Bruchhausen-Vilsen | |
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| • Mayor | Peter Schmitz | |
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| • Total | 109.55 km2 (42.30 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 14 m (46 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 8,837 | |
| • Density | 81/km2 (210/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 27305 | |
| Dialling codes | 04252 | |
| Vehicle registration | DH | |
Bruchhausen-Vilsen is a municipality in the Diepholz district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated 38 km (24 mi) southeast of Bremen. The nearby communities of Berxen, Bruchhöfen, Bruchmühlen, Dille, Gehlbergen, Heiligenberg, Homfeld, Nenndorf, Riethausen, Stapelshorn, Wöpse, Oerdinghausen, Scholen, Weseloh, Süstedt and Engeln all belong to Bruchhausen-Vilsen. Bruchhausen-Vilsen is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Bruchhausen-Vilsen.
Bruchhausen-Vilsen originated from the 3 communities of Bruchhausen, Moor and Vilsen. Bruchhausen was first mentioned in 1189, and Vilsen in 1227. In 1870 Moor and Bruchhausen were united. In 1929 Bruchhausen and Vilsen were merged into the community of Bruchhausen-Vilsen. Since 1974 Bruchhausen-Vilsen has been the administrative center of the Samtgemeinde Bruchhausen-Vilsen. In 1976 Bruchhausen-Vilsen was recognized as a health resort.
Municipal Elections of 10 September 2006:
The coat of arms contain a bear claw in the right half, representing the counts of Hoya, and a blue and white gyron in the left, representing the counts of Bruchhausen. The arms originated in 1551 in Bruchhausen and were carried over when Bruchhausen and Vilsen united in 1928.
The first railway museum in Germany, operated since 1966 by the German Railway Association (Deutscher Eisenbahn-Verein), runs a tourist railway (heritage railway) from Bruchhausen-Vilsen to Asendorf on weekends and holidays from May to September. The museum presents exhibits on various train subjects and has an extensive railway car collection (about 100 vehicles).
“Hoya” engine in the museum's station
Passenger car No. 4 of the Railway Museum
Interior of museum’s passenger car No. 17
Railcar T 44 pulling passenger car No. 2
Bruchhausen-Vilsen station
"Vilser Holz" stop
The railway crosses Homfelder Street
The little town is home to what is claimed to be the world's only surviving Borgward garage/service centre, operated by a father-and-son team of enthusiasts. Borgward was an automobile manufacturer, based in nearby Bremen, which ceased trading under controversial circumstances in 1961, but the cars, notably the Isabella model became an iconic symbol of Germany's economic miracle, and continue to generate passion, even though only between 2,000 and 3,000 Borgwards are now (2014) thought to survive worldwide. The Borgward service centre in Bruchhausen-Vilsen operates from premises that consciously hark back Borgward's own glory days in the 1950s. The business claims to have 70 regular customers and is proud to use "experience in place of a computer driven diagnostic centre", pointing out that a lot of mechanical diagnosis can be done simply by listening to the noise from the engine ("Vieles kann man schon am Motorengeräusch hören").
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