Fahrenholz was a village in the former district of Fallingbostel, located in the Heidmark

Heidmark

The Heidmark is an area of the Lüneburg Heath, much of which has not been accessible to the population since about 1935/1936. The establishment of a large military training area by the German armed forces, the Wehrmacht, as part of their rearmament and preparation for war resulted in the...

 in the German state of Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...

. It was abandoned in 1935/1936 when the German Wehrmacht

Wehrmacht

The Wehrmacht – from , to defend and , the might/power) were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the Heer , the Kriegsmarine and the Luftwaffe .-Origin and use of the term:...

 created the Bergen Training Area. Its inhabitants were resettled.

History

Fahrenholz lay in a valley and comprised several large farms. It was first mentioned in the records in 1226. For centuries the heath farmers lived off the land. Until the 19th century the keeping of moorland sheep, the Heidschnucke

Heidschnucke

The Heidschnucke is a group of three types of moorland sheep from northern Germany. Like a number of other types from Scandinavia and Great Britain, they are Northern European short-tailed sheep...

was the main source of income.

Over the course of time Fahrenholz was incorporated into the parish of Böstlingen

Böstlingen

Böstlingen was a village in the old district of Fallingbostel, located in the Heidmark in the north German state of Lower Saxony. In 1935/36 it was abandoned because the German Wehrmacht wanted to establish a major military training area, the Truppenübungsplatz Bergen on the heath and forest of...

 along with the villages of Pröbsten

Pröbsten

Pröbsten was a village in the former district of Fallingbostel, located in the Heidmark in the German state of Lower Saxony. Its inhabitants were resettled in 1935/36, because the German Wehrmacht wanted to establish a major military training area, the Truppenübungsplatz Bergen on the heathland...

 and Deil

Deil (Heidmark)

Deil was a farm in the old district of Fallingbostel, located in the Heidmark region in the north German state of Lower Saxony. In 1935/36 the farm was commandeered by the barracks built in the vicinity and served as an officers mess. There were probably several farms in a village called Deil in...

. At the time of its resettlement 208 people lived in the parish.

Cultural monuments

• Bronze Age
  Bronze Age
  The Bronze Age is a period characterized by the use of copper and its alloy bronze as the chief hard materials in the manufacture of some implements and weapons. Chronologically, it stands between the Stone Age and Iron Age...
  
   tumuli
• New Stone Age dolmen
  Dolmen
  A dolmen—also known as a portal tomb, portal grave, dolmain , cromlech , anta , Hünengrab/Hünenbett , Adamra , Ispun , Hunebed , dös , goindol or quoit—is a type of single-chamber megalithic tomb, usually consisting of...
  
   shortly before Krelingen

Sources

• Hinrich Baumann: Die Heidmark - Wandel einer Landschaft, Geschichte des Truppenübungsplatzes, Bergen 2006
• Hans Stuhlmacher: Die Heidmark, Schneeheide, 1939