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Bargfeld

Hamlet in Lower Saxony, Germany

Field	Value
name	Bargfeld
settlement_type	Village
image_caption	Bargfeld manor house, barn gable
pushpin_map	Germany Lower Saxony
pushpin_label_position	top
pushpin_map_caption	Location of Bargfeld in Lower Saxony
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Germany
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Lower Saxony
subdivision_type2	District
subdivision_name2	Celle
subdivision_type3	Municipality
subdivision_name3	Eldingen
established_title	First mentioned
established_date	1065
established_title2	Incorporated
established_date2	January 1, 1973
population_total	132
population_as_of	2011
postal_code	29351
area_code	05148

Bargfeld is a hamlet of about 190 inhabitants near Celle in Lower Saxony, Germany, documented since 1065, now belonging to the village municipality Eldingen.

It has become famous for the many novels and stories the German author Arno Schmidt set there, he having lived in Bargfeld from 1958 until his death in 1979. The Arno Schmidt Stiftung is located in Bargfeld.

History

The village of Bargfeld was first mentioned in historical records in 1065. Since January 1, 1973, it has been part of the political municipality of Eldingen, and together with it belongs to the joint municipality (Samtegmeinde) of Lachendorf in the district of Celle.

At the southern edge of the village center stands a linden tree that is more than 400 years old. Bargfeld lies within the Südheide Nature Park.

From 1953 to 1967, Bargfeld had its own elementary school (Volksschule).

Founded in 1891, the Club Einigkeit Bargfeld holds its annual "Faslam" festival every February. It is a multi-day celebration featuring a costumed parade throughout the village and various other social events. Each late autumn, the volunteer fire department at Bargfeld (Freiwillige Feuerwehr Bargfeld), established in 1934, organizes the Bargfeld torch and lantern procession with local music. The fire department is part of the district fire service unit of Celle.

See as well

Eberhard Schlotter
Gotthelf Schlotter

References

(1983). "Historisches Gemeindeverzeichnis für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Namens-, Grenz- und Schlüsselnummernänderungen bei Gemeinden, Kreisen und Regierungsbezirken vom 27. 5. 1970 bis 31. 12. 1982". W. Kohlhammer GmbH.
Ehms, Isabell, „75-jähriges Jubiläum der Freiwilligen Feuerwehr Bargfeld“, in: ''Mitteilungsblatt der Samtgemeinde Lachendorf'', Nr. 10/2009, S. 14 f.

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