Holm, Pinneberg
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Holm is a municipality in the district of Pinneberg
, in Schleswig-Holstein
, Germany
.
It belongs to the municipality of Moorrege
In the eastern part is the local recreation area Holmer Sandberge, to the west of Holm begins the Elbmarsch.
The B 431 Highway runs through Holm and brings us directly to Wedel
and Hamburg
, Uetersen
, Pinneberg
and Tornesch
.
Three Buslines connect Holm with the rapid-transit railway in Wedel
.
Holm's neighbour municipalities are Appen, Hetlingen and Heist.
In the past centuries different ways of writing where used for the village of Holm: Holne, Hollen and Holling.
Holm is on the Ox Way, (Hærvejen
(Danish, literally: the army road, German: Ochsenweg, literally: oxroad), an old army route, which was used for the oxdrift to the Ox-market in Wedel. Since beginning of the 15. Century large herds often up to 50,000 of cattle were driven from Jutland
over Holm to Wedel.
A village school for Holm is documented in 1708. In the year 1716 about 80 children went to school in winter, in summer they were assigned to field and garden work.
The compulsory schooling..no school money was levied... existed only from 7. to 10th year of age.
Afterwards at the age of 13 had the children in summer to visit 2 days per week the Katechismus-school.
In winter before the Konfirmation where daily instruction.
The volunteer fire-brigade was created on 1 April 1890.
since 2003 at the local election the CDU won twelve seats and the SPD five.
Pinneberg (district)
Pinneberg is a district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Steinburg and Segeberg, the city of Hamburg and the state of Lower Saxony .-History:...
, in Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the sixteen states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Schleswig...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
.
It belongs to the municipality of Moorrege
In the eastern part is the local recreation area Holmer Sandberge, to the west of Holm begins the Elbmarsch.
The B 431 Highway runs through Holm and brings us directly to Wedel
Wedel
Wedel is a town in the district of Pinneberg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Elbe, approximately south of Elmshorn, and mile, west of Hamburg.-Foundation and Middle Ages:...
and Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
, Uetersen
Uetersen
Uetersen ) is a city in the district of Pinneberg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated approx. south of Elmshorn, and northwest of Hamburg at the small river Pinnau, close to the Elbe river...
, Pinneberg
Pinneberg
Pinneberg is a town in Schleswig-Holstein, capital of the district Pinneberg in Germany. The town has 42,301 inhabitants. Pinneberg is located 18 km northwest of Hamburg....
and Tornesch
Tornesch
Tornesch is a town in the district of Pinneberg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated approx. 7 km southeast of Elmshorn, and 25 km northwest of Hamburg. Tornesch is also the home of the Klaus-Groth-Schule, named after the German poet Klaus Groth...
.
Three Buslines connect Holm with the rapid-transit railway in Wedel
Wedel
Wedel is a town in the district of Pinneberg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Elbe, approximately south of Elmshorn, and mile, west of Hamburg.-Foundation and Middle Ages:...
.
Holm's neighbour municipalities are Appen, Hetlingen and Heist.
History
29 April 1255 is Holm mentioned in a document for the first time.In the past centuries different ways of writing where used for the village of Holm: Holne, Hollen and Holling.
Holm is on the Ox Way, (Hærvejen
Hærvejen
Hærvejen is the name given to an ancient trackway in Denmark and Schleswig-Holstein. The route runs from Viborg via Flensburg to Hamburg, the territory of which it entered at Ochsenzoll and where it connected with other roads...
(Danish, literally: the army road, German: Ochsenweg, literally: oxroad), an old army route, which was used for the oxdrift to the Ox-market in Wedel. Since beginning of the 15. Century large herds often up to 50,000 of cattle were driven from Jutland
Jutland
Jutland , historically also called Cimbria, is the name of the peninsula that juts out in Northern Europe toward the rest of Scandinavia, forming the mainland part of Denmark. It has the North Sea to its west, Kattegat and Skagerrak to its north, the Baltic Sea to its east, and the Danish–German...
over Holm to Wedel.
A village school for Holm is documented in 1708. In the year 1716 about 80 children went to school in winter, in summer they were assigned to field and garden work.
The compulsory schooling..no school money was levied... existed only from 7. to 10th year of age.
Afterwards at the age of 13 had the children in summer to visit 2 days per week the Katechismus-school.
In winter before the Konfirmation where daily instruction.
The volunteer fire-brigade was created on 1 April 1890.
Cultural objects of interest
Holm has its own local museum of history, in which among other things a shoemaker workshop and furnishings and documents from private households, schools and public mechanisms are on display. The museum is accommodated, in a 1700 built Gulf-Stander-HousePolitics
17 seats are in the local council .since 2003 at the local election the CDU won twelve seats and the SPD five.