Weyhe

Weyhe
Water mill
Weyhe
Location of Weyhe within Diepholz district
Coordinates	52°59′37″N 8°52′24″E
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Diepholz
Municipal subdivisions	9 districts
Mayor	Frank Lemmermann (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area	60.25 km2 (23.26 sq mi)
Elevation	7 m  (23 ft)
Population	30,362 (31 December 2010)
- Density	504 /km2 (1,305 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	DH
Postal code	28844
Area codes	04203, 0421
Website	weyhe.de

Weyhe is a municipality in the district of Diepholz, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 12 km south of Bremen.

History

First mentioned in 860, when a sick girl from "Wege" travelled to the grave of Saint Willehad in Bremen. Legend has it that she was cured by a miracle. However, it was not until 1 March 1974 when the municipally was officially christened as "Weyhe". That day, the nine smaller municipalities Kirchweyhe, Leeste, Lahausen, Sudweyhe, Erichshof, Melchiorshausen, Dreye, Jeebel and Ahausen were united.

Education

In the western part there is the KGS Leeste, in the eastern part the KGS Kirchweyhe. These schools are part of the Gesamtschule (comprehensive school) system which employs all three traditional tracks in German education; Hauptschule, Realschule, and Gymnasium.

Notable residents

• Louise Ebert (née Rump), wife of Friedrich Ebert, the 9th chancellor and first president in the Weimar period.
• Katja Riemann, actress
• Heinrich Rumsfeld, great-great-grandfather of Donald Rumsfeld, former United States Secretary of Defense