Neulehe
Neulehe is a municipality in the Emsland district, in Lower Saxony. It belongs to the Samtgemeinde Dörpen, which has its headquarters in the town of Dörpen.
- 3.1 municipal
- 4.1 Structures
- 4.2 Regular events
- 5.1 traffic
Geography
Geographical Location
The community Neulehe located in the northern part of the district between empty and Meppen on the coast channel.
Neighboring communities
Neighboring communities, the city of Papenburg, in the east the municipality Surwold in Samtgemeinde Nordhümmling, in the south the municipality Dörpen and to the west the town Lehe in the north.
History
Neulehe was founded in 1788 by the Münster Prince Bishop Maximilian Franz of Austria as peat northeast of Dörpen. She was named after the nearest existing village Lehe.
As part of the development of the settlement rechtsemsischen Moore A was founded by 11 settlers points 1936/37. This actually belonged to the municipality Surwold - Börgermoor. Neulehe in 1939 associated with the settlement of A under the new name Eggershausen.
Neulehe was up to the Lower Saxon town of reform, which came into force on 1 January 1973, a member municipality of the velvet municipality ash Village / Ems. Since the local government reform it is a member municipality of the velvet municipality Dörpen.
Policy
Parish council
The municipal council of Neulehe consists of nine council women and councilors. After the local elections on September 11, 2011 It is composed of two parties or groups.
- CDU - 6 seats
- UWG - 3 seats
The next local elections will take place in 2016.
Culture and sights
Structures
- Church of the Madonna of the driving people
Regular events
Marksmen, on the last weekend in June (Sunday and Monday ).
Economy and infrastructure
Traffic
The national road 62 from ash Village / Ems to Börger runs right through the town. Federal highway 401 runs to the south of the municipal boundary parallel to the coast along the canal. About this federal road of about 15 kilometers west location motorway connection, the federal highway 31 in Dörpen can be achieved.