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Thölkes Hus

Thölkes Hus

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Thölkes Hus

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Location: Bötersen, Rotenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany

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Dirk

August 20, 2022

A breath of fresh air for "Thölkes Hus"

The tomcat Napoleon prowls vigilantly through his territory. He has long since gotten used to the hustle and bustle on his otherwise quiet farm. He doesn't have to worry about his future, because the beautiful old half-timbered house from 1808 will remain in the community, and the name will also be adopted: "Thölkes Hus".

Marianne Thölke, who knows that her parents' house is in good hands, is particularly pleased about this.

Together with the court stables restored by the municipality in 1998, the former Pflugköthner site no. 7 also forms another attractive village center for Höperhöfen.

The 2-stander house is considered a building worthy of preservation in the district and has been preserved almost in its original condition. Unfortunately, there are no grants from monument protection, but there are a lot of conditions, many applications have to be made, with the help of the architect Brigitte Haase, who also planned the Hofschafstall and Cohn's barn.

But not only the farmhouse itself is interesting, it also has an eventful and, above all, verifiable history. The troops of the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte were quartered here in April 1813, as documented by an original document discovered in an old secretary. Then, in December 1813, Russian officers arrived with their soldiers, who also had to be taken care of.

However, the oldest document dates back to 1695, a certificate of state taxes to be paid to the Sottrum office.

In 1879, the members of what was then the "free congregation of Höperhöfen", which later became SELK, gathered in Maria Fajen's house for their first church services.

Of course, Napoleon II was not impressed by this. After all, he still has a job to do, he thinks, and chases after a careless mouse.

Source: thoelkes.de/Thoelkes_Hus.html

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