Emstek

Emstek is a municipality in the district of Cloppenburg, in Lower Saxony.

  • 2.1 Emstek in sources
  • 2.2 Name development
  • 2.3 Political affiliation
  • 3.1 Catholic
  • 3.2 Evangelical
  • 3.3 Other
  • 4.1 Mayor
  • 4.2 municipal
  • 4.3 Coat of Arms
  • 5.1 Attractions
  • 5.2 Sports
  • 6.1 traffic
  • 6.2 Media

Geography

Geographical location

The municipality is situated on the Soeste in Oldenburger Munsterland, immediately east of Cloppenburg. In the northeast, the municipality ends at the Lethe, the nature reserve Ahlhorner fish ponds flows in this part. The northernmost part of the municipality Emstek part of the Natural Park Geest.

Community structure

The municipality consists of the following eight peasantry:

  • Bühren
  • Drantum
  • Emstek
  • Garthe
  • Halen
  • Höltinghausen
  • Hoheging
  • Westeremstek

The main towns are Emstek, followed by Höltinghausen, Halen and Bühren.

History

Emstek in sources

After from 780 AD by Charlemagne; nine missions Sprengel to Christianize the conquered Saxons were built ( probably April 2 * 747 or 748 † January 28 814 in Aachen, Germany ), were of the mission from Abbot Gerbert cell Visbek Castus - the Apostle of the Oldenburger Munsterland country - the first churches established in the area. Of those was in the parish church Lerigau Emstek.

The village Emstek was 872 first mentioned, the resort Halen, from which also Höltinghausen formed, 890 High Blogging is a founding as a colony from 1910, and Westeremstek was first mentioned in the year 1259th The parish Emstek belonged to the end of the French occupation 1814 to rule Vechta.

Name development

  • 947: " emphstece "
  • 1014: " emstecki "
  • 1159: " emstice "
  • 1218: " emestecke "
  • 1350: " emesticke "
  • 1696: " emstecke "

" Emp " meaning "the place on the river". In the hamlet of Garth springs the Soeste which the name Emstek is due.

Political affiliation

  • To 1252: membership in the county Vechta - Ravensburg
  • 1252: Prince-Bishopric of Münster
  • From 1803/1815: Duchy of Oldenburg, Cloppenburg simultaneously assigned to the Office

Religions

Catholic

  • St. Aloysius, Höltinghausen
  • St. John, Bühren
  • St. Margaret, Emstek
  • St. Mary's, Halen
  • St. Mary's, High Ching

Protestant

  • Lawrence Church, Emstek: The Evangelical Lutheran inhabitants of local communities and Emstek Cappeln are the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Parish Emstek - Cappeln together. In Cappeln the Lutheran gather. Community members in the Martin's Church, in Emstek in St. Lawrence Church. Emstek - Cappeln part of the Oldenburg State Church.

Other

  • Free Gospel Christian community Emstek e.V.

Policy

Mayor

In April 2007, the first time a full-time mayor was elected. The CDU candidate Michael Fischer received 74.9 % of votes at 36.7 % turnout.

Parish council

Emstek is considered community with the highest CDU voters ( 90 %) in Germany. In the last elections to the council came to the following conclusions:

The current council was reduced to three seats compared to the previous council.

1 The SPD received after the election result 4 seats in the municipal council ( 2 persons choice / 2: List selection). But since the election proposal contained only two candidates can not be occupied two seats.

Distribution of seats 2006

Coat of arms

On a red shield a castle in silver with blue pointed roof and golden ball. Right and left of the building two stylized trees ( hawthorn and lime ) in gold. Before the final arc of the castle gate on a string an ornamental capsule ( " Desum - Knop " ) in gold.

The coat of arms is reminiscent of the Desum Court, which met for centuries on the Desum in Emstek. Namely, it contains the same motives as the seal of the Court on the Report Creation Montgoger Desum. This seal, made to adopt the " Vechtischen court order" on February 26, 1578 for the Desum Court, led by the Episcopal Münster Gografen. In common with the Wild Hauser Desum Earl, he took still the "steve union " four court days old real thing instead on the Desum true, but his material more important role courts he held on the " freedom from the castle Vechta below the Hagedorn from.

The latter situation corresponds to the seal image of 1578th It does not represent the thing chair on the Desum, but the castle Vechta, flanked by two trees, the " Linde " and the " Hagedorn " ( hawthorn ). Interestingly, the seal is through his " canting " additional motif. The ornamented ball is a " Desum - Knop " ( Bisamknopf, one filled with " desem " Boisam Musk container ).

The colors of the emblem express the various sovereign affiliation of community Emstek. First, it belonged to the county Vechta - Ravens mountain (Red and Silver), 1252, she came to the diocese of Münster (Red and Gold) and 1803 Duchy of Oldenburg ( red, gold, blue). In the same year the municipalities Emstek and Cappeln were allocated to the district of Cloppenburg.

The community Emstek requested on January 28, 1930 Seal image with the motifs identified above on a design by Ministerial smoke box. The Ministry of the Interior in Oldenburg approved it on June 23, 1930. According to the documents of the archives located Emstek not tried after the Second World War, first a coat of arms.

On June 30, 1969, the above coat of arms was adopted by the council, which approved of the President of the Government of the District Government Oldenburg on 27 August 1969.

Culture and sights

The hospital (Saint Anthony's pen) was in 2008 by the initiative of Germany - Land of Ideas named one of the "365 Landmarks in the Land of Ideas".

Attractions

The community Emstek offers a number of attractions and leisure destinations. These include the Halener lake, the forest tree way that left the Lethe lying parts of the nature reserve Ahlhorner fish ponds, the Gogericht on the Desum and the water mill Kokenmühle in Gartherfeld.

Sports

The women's team of SV Höltinghausen currently playing ( season 2007/ 08) in the Football Regional.

Economy and infrastructure

The economic structure of the community Emstek is dominated by small and medium-sized companies from the plastics processing, metal working, plumbing and ventilation systems, environmental, construction and electrical industry, food and feed production, horticulture, lime production and energy production.

Agriculture, despite the structural change in recent years a dominant role in the community (as in the entire Oldenburger Munsterland ). The farms form the basis for the further processing of the regional food industry.

In the community Emstek the inter-municipal industrial park is ecopark.

Traffic

Through the community, the Reuterweg, an old military road runs from the Ems to the Elbe. Modern transport links made ​​by the highway access to the A1 between Bremen and Osnabrück, as well as to the A 29 also has Emstek a further connection to the trunk road network with the ring road B 72 ( European route E 233 ), other federal roads in the municipality are the B 213, and the B 69

Media

  • Münsterländische newspaper
  • Oldenburgische People's Daily
  • Northwest newspaper
  • New newspaper for the weekend

Personalities

  • Vorwerk Franz (1884-1963), Episcopal Cathedral shear Offizial
  • Manfred Carstens ( born 1943 ), Parliamentary Secretary, Member of the Bundestag (CDU )
  • Gisbert Richard ( b. 1949 ), ophthalmologist
  • Franz -Josef Holzenkamp (* 1960), CDU politician, Member of Parliament
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