Börßum
Municipality
Coat of arms of Börßum
Coat of arms
Location of Börßum within Wolfenbüttel district
Börßum is located in Germany
Börßum
Börßum
Börßum is located in Lower Saxony
Börßum
Börßum
Coordinates: 52°04′N 10°34′E / 52.067°N 10.567°E / 52.067; 10.567
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
DistrictWolfenbüttel
Municipal assoc.Oderwald
Government
 • MayorAndreas Hauenschild
Area
 • Total30.74 km2 (11.87 sq mi)
Elevation
88 m (289 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-31)[1]
 • Total2,835
 • Density92/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
38312
Dialling codes05334
Vehicle registrationWF

Börßum is a municipality in the district of Wolfenbüttel, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

Geography

Börßum lies only a few kilometers north of the Harz Mountains, north of Schladen, on the east bank of the Oker, 11 km south of Wolfenbüttel. It is not far southeast of the Oderwald.

Parts of its municipality are Börßum, Achim, Bornum, Kalme and Seinstedt.

History

Börßum already had a lot of names: 1135 Borsne, 1310 Borssen, 1338 Borssem, 1422 Groß Borsem, 1581 Borsum, 1652 Börsumb, around 1770 Borsheim, 1765 Boersheim, since 1762 Börßum.[2]

On November 1, 2011, the municipality of Achim was incorporated into Börßum.

Incorporations

  • 1 November 2011: Incorporation of the municipality of Achim which included Kalme und Seinstedt
  • 1 March 1974: Bornum

Religion

In Börßum there is the Protestant Peter-und-Paul-Kirche, the parish belongs to the parish association Börßum-Achim-Bornum of the provostry Schöppenstedt.

In 1954, the Catholic Curacy of Börßum was founded by the merge of the two parochial vicariates of Hornburg and Semmenstedt. In 1959/60 the Catholic church of St. Bernward was built. In 2011, the church was desecrated, most recently it belonged to the parish of St. Petrus in Wolfenbüttel. Today, the nearest Catholic church is in Heiningen, two kilometres away.

Economy and infrastructure

Börßum offers a primary school (built 1899, rebuilt 2002/03), a kindergarten, two doctors, a pharmacy, a pub, an optician, restaurants and since 2009 a diner. Furthermore, many sports activities (football, basketball, etc.) are offered.

An Edeka market has been under construction since 2021, which is due to be completed in 2022.[3]

Transport

Börßum has a passenger stop, which (as of February 2022) is served hourly. Historically, Börßum was also a regionally important railway junction.

References

  1. ↑ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2021" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
  2. ↑ Information according to Knoop from the book Börssum einst und jetzt.
  3. ↑ schau.strupp (2020-07-25). "EDEKA kommt nach Börßum in die Bahnhofstraße". Wolfenbütteler Schaufenster (in German). Retrieved 2022-02-20.


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