Börßum

Börßum
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Börßum within Wolfenbüttel district
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Coordinates: 52°04′N 10°34′E / 52.067°N 10.567°E / 52.067; 10.567
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Wolfenbüttel
Municipal assoc.	Oderwald
Government
• Mayor	Andreas Hauenschild
Area
• Total	30.74 km2 (11.87 sq mi)
Elevation	88 m (289 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[1]
• Total	2,896
• Density	94/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	38312
Dialling codes	05334
Vehicle registration	WF

Börßum is a municipality in the district of Wolfenbüttel, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

Börßum lies only a few kilometers north of the Harz Mountains, north of Schladen, on the east bank of the Oker, 11 km south of Wolfenbüttel. It is not far southeast of the Oderwald.

Parts of its municipality are Börßum, Achim, Bornum, Kalme and Seinstedt.

Börßum already had a lot of names: 1135 Borsne, 1310 Borssen, 1338 Borssem, 1422 Groß Borsem, 1581 Borsum, 1652 Börsumb, around 1770 Borsheim, 1765 Boersheim, since 1762 Börßum.^[2]

On November 1, 2011, the municipality of Achim was incorporated into Börßum.

• 1 November 2011: Incorporation of the municipality of Achim which included Kalme und Seinstedt
• 1 March 1974: Bornum

In Börßum there is the Protestant Peter-und-Paul-Kirche, the parish belongs to the parish association Börßum-Achim-Bornum of the provostry Schöppenstedt.

In 1954, the Catholic Curacy of Börßum was founded by the merge of the two parochial vicariates of Hornburg and Semmenstedt. In 1959/60 the Catholic church of St. Bernward was built. In 2011, the church was desecrated, most recently it belonged to the parish of St. Petrus in Wolfenbüttel. Today, the nearest Catholic church is in Heiningen, two kilometres away.

Börßum offers a primary school (built 1899, rebuilt 2002/03), a kindergarten, two doctors, a pharmacy, a pub, an optician, restaurants and since 2009 a diner. Furthermore, many sports activities (football, basketball, etc.) are offered.

An Edeka market has been under construction since 2021, which is due to be completed in 2022.^[3]

Börßum has a passenger stop, which (as of February 2022) is served hourly. Historically, Börßum was also a regionally important railway junction.

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