Lütetsburg

The community Lütetsburg ( East Frisian - Low German Lütsbörg ) is a member of the Association of Municipalities in the district of Aurich Samtgemeinde Hage Ostfriesland in northern and lies between the town of Norden and the spots Hage. Special attraction of the place is a moated castle with adjoining landscaped gardens.

Geology and Geography

The municipality is situated mostly rise on gley podzol soils with Plagge edition in Lütetsburg up to heights of up to 2.3 meters above mean sea level ( MSL ). To the east and west borders an area with Plagge Esch ( underlain by podzols gley ) to, in the north, an area with gley reason. Overall, the district covers an area of ​​16.73 square kilometers. The scattered settlement located about two kilometers west of Hage and about three kilometers east of north. The municipality Lütetsburg still belong next to the eponymous capital of the minor places, colonies and residential places Hilgenbur, mud squad, Sandhöchte, Tidofeld and Westekelbur. Overall, the community has 782 inhabitants.

History

In Lütetsburg before 1373 was a " Uthof " ( = Bailey ) the chief race Manninga. This built Lütet Manninga in 1400 from the castle. He thus became the namesake of the evolving around the estate village. This is first mentioned in 1433 as Lützborch, Lutzborch or Lutetzborch. The present name is officially since 1852. Lütetsburg is since 1588 the seat of the Counts of Inn and Knyphausen.

In 1965 the communities Berum, Blandorf - gravity, Hage, Lütetsburg and West Village merged to form a Samtgemeinde. On 3 May 1965, the Council of the patch Hage told his accession. The municipality Lütetsburg belonged nor the district Bargebur, which was ceded in 1972 to the city of the north as part of the administrative and territorial reform.

Policy

Parish council

The Council of the Municipality Lütetsburg Council consists of 9 women and councilors. This is the set number for the member community of integrated municipality with a population of 501-1000 people. The nine council members are elected through local elections for five years. The current term of office began on 1 November 2011.

The last local elections on September 11, 2011 gave the following result:

The turnout in the local elections of 2011 was 56.06 % above the Lower Saxony average of 52.5 %. For comparison - in the previous local elections on 10 September 2006, the turnout was 60.92 %.

Coat of arms

" Split of black and green, topped with a gold- reinforced, goldgezungten and golden winning silver lion. "

Attractions

The Lütetsburg castle its name to the town, is a moated castle with bailey and significant park.

An extraordinary garden art depicts the 1790-1813 scale of Edzard Moritz Freiherr von Inn and Knyphausen landscape garden at Castle dar. With 30 acres of mature trees, rare exotics, rhododendrons and azaleas, he is one of the largest in Northern Germany. The Lütetsburg Park is one of the few remaining on the continent examples of early romantic garden type.