Langenhorn (Nordfriesland)
Long Horn (Danish: Long Horn, Frisian: Hoorne ) is a municipality in the district of North Friesland Schleswig -Holstein. It extends as a typical street village with a length of 6.5 km on the border between March and Geest. The community is a resort since 2005.
Geography and transport
Long Horn is located about 20 km southeast of Niebüll in a forest and heathland and has a station on the route Hamburg - Westerland. To the east runs the main road 5 of Niebüll to Husum.
History
Long Horn is first mentioned in documents in 1352. Its centrality is particularly emphasized by the granting of market rights. Since 1681 Long Horn was allowed to hold a cattle, horses or Krammarkt three times a year.
The St. Lawrence Church was built around 1240. 1684 began with the renewal of the interior. For the following years come altar, pulpit and baptismal font. 1721/22 the Gothic core has been extended by a square cultivation in the south eastern part of the extended 1759 and 1838, newly blinded. 1761 donated born as Sönke Ingwersen in Long horn and in the East Indies to Come assets Seneca Inggersen the church organ. Coffered ceiling, wood panels and the stalls complete the church since 1898.
After the annexation of Schleswig-Holstein by Prussia a country parish community was in the area of the parish Long Horn formed. It included the four village communities Loheide, Mönkebüll, Easter Long Horn and Wester- Long Horn.
1934, the parish rural communities were dissolved and out of the village communities of the parish rural municipality Long Horn rural communities were formed, but were again combined in the same year to the municipality Long Horn.
In 2009 it came to the biggest political debate in the recent history of the village. It was the citizens' initiative " Liveable Long Horn " was founded with the aim to prevent the formation of 8 wind turbines immediately before West Long Horn. Four plants are now under construction, for another four stops the debate.
On September 16, 2012, the inauguration of Friedrich Paulsen memorial with a memorial service in the neighboring Long Horner St. Lawrence Church was. In this context, the market square in the district of West Long Horn in Friedrich Paulsen Square was renamed.
Policy
Municipal council
- Of the 17 seats in the municipal council voters Community AWG and the CDU had since the local elections 2008 six seats, the SPD and the FDP and the three SSW each have a seat
- In the local elections on May 26, 2013, the AWG was 49.4 percent, nine seats. The CDU came to 29.9 percent and received five seats. On the SPD accounted for 20.7 percent and four seats. An overhang mandate 18 mandates were assigned to. The turnout was 51.3 percent.
Mayor
For the election period 2013-2018 Horst Petersen ( AWG) was re-elected mayor.
Coat of arms
Blasonierung " cleaved by gold and blue, with two covers interconnected grindlos horns of which the front red, the rear is tinged gold. "
The coat of arms shows a single figure two with the tips pointing upward, downward merging into one another, thus forming a unit figurative horns. The coat takes in this way with respect to the name of the community, or more precisely on its second part, the horn. By combining the elements of the coat of arms figure ( horns ) and the consequent extension of the same arises in the viewer of the arms beyond the visual impression of a long horn, so that the first part of the place name is represented pictorially. Through the exclusive connection to the place name itself, the coat of arms Long Horns primarily as " canting " or " speaking " coat of arms. Perhaps this refers to the form of the oldest, destroyed in the 13th century dike line, likely probably the residents Long horn had the elongated shape of the place on Geestrand, on the retreat after the abandonment of old Koog. The tincture of the emblem in the colors red, blue and gold (so-called Fries colors) does indicate clearly that the crest leading municipality is located in the countryside of North Friesland.
Economy
In the community, a large number of service industries is located. In addition, carry a relatively large number of craft your contribution to the economic development of the village.
In the district Mönkebüll a producer of windows and doors is a resident. Next to it is a planning office for renewable energy in the community.
To date, in addition, agriculture plays an important livelihoods. Much of the land is used for agricultural purposes. The company ATR country trade is represented on the site with a receipt of goods.
At this range, the renewable energy production has joined in recent years. In recent years, wind farms and bio-energy projects have been implemented on the exterior Langenhorner age polder. Against the recently emerged Bürgerwindpark in the border area neighboring community Ockholm a citizens' initiative was formed in the village. The biogas plant is located on the northern arterial road towards the hamlet Efkebüll.
Long Horn is also responsible for close to residential care of the population. For this purpose, located in the district Mönkebüll two hypermarkets company Aldi Nord and Edeka. Banking services are offered in Long Horn of the Nord-Ostsee Sparkasse and the VR Bank Niebüll. Both operate each institution a bank branch in town.
Attractions
In the list of cultural monuments in Long Horn (North Friesland ) are registered in the list of monuments of Schleswig- Holstein Cultural Monuments
Personalities
- Söncke Ingwersen (1715-1786), as Seneca Inggersen Count of Wiedergeltingen
- Friedrich Paulsen (1846-1908), educator
- Christian Giencke (1896-1967), German politician
- Harald Jacobsen ( born 1960 ), author