Mildstedt

Mildstedt (Danish: Mildsted, Frisian: Melst ) is a municipality in the district of North Friesland Schleswig -Holstein. The village Rosendahl ( Danish: Rosendal or Hundeshale ) is located in the municipal area.

Geography and transport

Mildstedt located southeast of Husum in the Geest area bounded by the rivers to the east and treene Arlau in the north. Directly on the western edge touches the highway 5, the municipality in north-south direction. Belongs to this community of Naturerlebnisraum Mühlenau / Mildstedter firs.

History

Mildstedt, located on the border between Frisian and jütischer settlement was first mentioned in 1304. The church of St. Lamberti was built before 1200. The place was in the Middle Ages a commercial center in the Southshore Goes Harde, and he had his time is more important than Husum, the only received in 1431 a chapel.

During the Great Northern War (1700-1721) Swedish troops marched under Field Marshal Magnus Stenbock in January 1713 in the Duchy of Schleswig. In the course of these movements Swedish soldiers had erected in the Mildstedter firs hills, which are on today's Ostenfelder highway. On January 31, 1713, Russian troops crowded then the Swedish army in the Holstein - Gottorp belonging to Fortress Tonning. There Magnus Stenbock was included in February 1713 with 11,000 men of a superior force, Danish, Russian and Saxon troops and forced after three -month siege on 16 May 1713 surrender.

After the founding of the Prussian province of Schleswig -Holstein in 1866, a parish rural municipality was created from parts of the parish Mildstedt: It included the nine village communities Ipernstedt, Mildstedt, Oldersbek, Easter Husum, Rantrum, Rosendahl, North Husum, Rödemis and Südermarsch.

The village community was incorporated in 1929 by North Husum Husum. 1934 was followed by a resolution of the parish of rural communities and the now eight village communities were autonomous rural communities. The municipalities Easter Husum and Rödemis were incorporated to Husum 1938 and 1 July 1974 at Ipernstedt after Rantrum. Already on February 1, 1974 Rosendahl was incorporated into the municipality Mildstedt.

Policy

Of the 17 seats in the municipal council, the SPD was 2008, seven seats at the municipal election. The CDU and the FDP had six and voters Community AWM two.

After the local elections on May 26, 2013 was found for the 17 seats following composition: The SPD got eight seats awarded ( 44.2 %), the CDU could occupy four seats ( 23.9 %), as the voter community AWM (23, 7%) and the FDP won a seat ( 8.2%).

Coat of arms

Blazon: " is inserted in Gold over two wavy blue bar with the tip of a downward- forward red iron plow, by which a slanting, upright red plow Stock. "

Economy

In the originally agricultural community wins by being close to Husum, the residential use more and more important.

Attractions

In the list of cultural monuments in Mildstedt are registered in the list of monuments of Schleswig- Holstein cultural monuments.

Good Templars Museum

The Museum in Mildstedt represents the history of the Good Templars and is the only Guttempler Museum in Germany. There are only in Boston another museum of its kind