Weyhe

Infobox German Location
Art = Gemeinde
Name = Weyhe
Wappen = Weyhe_Wappen.jpg
lat_deg = 52 |lat_min = 59 |lat_sec = 37
lon_deg = 8 |lon_min = 52 |lon_sec = 24
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Niedersachsen
Landkreis = Diepholz
Höhe = 7
Fläche = 60.25
Einwohner = 30378
Stand = 2006-06-30
PLZ = 28844
Vorwahl = 04203, 0421, 04294
Kfz = DH
Gemeindeschlüssel = 03 2 51 047
Gliederung = 9 districts
Straße = Rathausplatz 1
Website = [http://weyhe.de/ weyhe.de]
Bürgermeister = Frank Lemmermann
Partei = SPD

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 Willehard 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