Sülze (Bergen)
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| Ortsteil of Bergen | ||
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| Coordinates: 52°46′07″N 10°02′10″E / 52.76861°N 10.03611°ECoordinates: 52°46′07″N 10°02′10″E / 52.76861°N 10.03611°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Lower Saxony | |
| District | Celle | |
| Town | Bergen | |
| Population ({{{Stand}}}) | ||
| • Total | 1,656 | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 29303 | |
| Dialling codes | 05054 | |
Sülze is a village administered by the Lower Saxon town of Bergen in the northern part of Celle district on the Lüneburg Heath in North Germany.
Sülze lies on the edge of the Südheide Nature Park about 17 kilometres (11 mi) north of Celle on state road (Landesstraße) L 240 which runs from Celle to Hermannsburg. Sülze is responsible for the neighbouring hamlets of Waldhof and Twießelhop.
The following table shows the expansion in Sülze's population. Note the significant jump in population size after the Second World War, mainly due to the influx of refugees.
Sülze belongs to the Low German language area and the Northern Low Saxon dialect group. Since the end of the Second World War, however, High German has largely superseded it. However, Low German continues to be used colloquially especially amongst the older members of the village.
The majority of Sülze's inhabitants belong to the Protestant faith. A priest in Bergen is responsible for Roman Catholics. In addition since the arrival of Kurdish families in the 1980s there is a fair minority of Yazidis in Sülze.
The establishment of the village of Sülze cannot be precisely dated. However it can be assumed that Sülze originally emerged from an individual farmstead to become a horse-breeding estate or Sattelhof with state rights, and that the wider settlement appeared when the Sülze saltworks began operations in the 14th century. From 1390 the Sattelhof was owned by the Rabe family, although which of the Rabes lived here cannot be stated with certainty.
In 1354 the settlement was first mentioned in the records as Op dem Solte ("on the Salze"). In registers from the years 1381 and 1382 details of local private houses (Kötnerhöfe) were recorded, as well as the raising of a 'salt pan' tax (Pfannenzins). This is also the first time that the Sülze Saltworks is mentioned in the records.
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