Hohne

Hohne
Coat of arms
Hohne
Location of Hohne within Celle district
Coordinates: 52°34′N 10°22′E / 52.567°N 10.367°E / 52.567; 10.367Coordinates: 52°34′N 10°22′E / 52.567°N 10.367°E / 52.567; 10.367
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Celle
Municipal assoc.	Lachendorf
Government
• Mayor	Erhard Thölke (SPD)
Area
• Total	36.47 km2 (14.08 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	1,679
• Density	46/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	29362
Dialling codes	05083
Vehicle registration	CE
Website	www.lachendorf.de

Hohne is a municipality in the state of Lower Saxony in Germany, east of the county town of Celle. It includes the three former parishes of Hohne, Helmerkamp and Spechtshorn. It should not be confused with the British Army camp of Hohne (German: Lager Bergen-Hohne) near Belsen about 30 km to the northwest.

Hohne lies on the River Wiehe, a right-hand tributary of the Schwarzwasser, which itself flows into the River Aller near Schwachhausen.

The Hohne Village History Society (Arbeitskreis Hohner Dorfgeschichte) has researched all records on individual villages in the area and has discovered the earliest record of the place: on Ascension Day in 1313 Bere de Hone inherited the fief of a farm at Hohne from the St. Aegidien Monastery in Brunswick. This monastery was founded before 1115 by Margravine Gertrud von Braunschweig of Meissen, last heiress of the Brunonen family.

The majority of inhabitants in Hohne are Lutheran Protestants and belong to the parish of the Church of the Ascension (Himmelfahrtskirche). Also in the parish of Hohne are the villages of Helmerkamp, Hahnenhorn, Spechtshorn, Pollhöfen and Ummern.

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The ploughed-over ruins of a motte and bailey (Turmhügelburg) are situated north of Hohne on the Glindmoor towards Hohnhorst, in a field on the Hohne Manor estate (Rittergut Hohne). It was probably an earth mound on which a wooden tower formerly stood. To date only wooden remains have been found.

These structures were built across Europe from western France to present-day eastern Poland in the 9th and 10th centuries, sometimes even as late as the early 13th century. One archaeologist has suggested that it could be part of a defensive network extending outwards from Beedenbostel. More detailed research into the age of the palisade stakes that have been found on the site has not yet been possible due to financial constraints. As a result it can only be surmised that the castle was built before AD 995, perhaps together with the stone tower in Beedenbostel or at the same time as the Mundburg. The Mundburg itself was built by the old confluence of the rivers Aller and Oker near Wienhausen.