Wardböhmen

Wardböhmen 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. It lies about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) north of Bergen on the B 3 federal road.

Wardböhmen
Ortsteil of Bergen
Transmission tower in Wardböhmen (Bergen)
Location of Wardböhmen
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Coordinates: 52°50′59″N 09°54′52″E
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Celle
Town	Bergen
Elevation	82 m (269 ft)
Population  (2019)
• Total	338
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	29303
Dialling codes	05051

History

Wardböhmen was first mentioned in the records in 1197 as Villa Werthebohmen. Its purview includes the villages of Hoope and Sehlhof. Since the district reforms of 1974 Wardböhmen has been part of the borough of Bergen. Its current chair is Anna Cornils.

Emblem

On a yellow shield, a blue triangle below with slightly curved edges. Above right a green windmill, above left a green barn (a Treppenspeicher), in the centre a silver transmission tower.

The old windmill dating to 1877/78

Places of interest

• The mill dating back to 1877/78 is a listed building. It was worked until 1975, from 1950 without sails.
• The transmission tower (Funkübertragungsstelle Bergen 1) replaced the old tower (built in 1952, demolished in 1996) in 1986

Literature

• Hermann v.d. Kammer: Geschichte der Ortschaft Wardböhmen mit den Ortsteilen Hoope und Sehlhof. Bergen 1997

External links

• Information about Wardböhmen