Scholen
Scholes is a municipality in the district of Diepholz in Lower Saxony. The community belongs to the Samtgemeinde Schwaförden, which has its administrative headquarters in Schwaförden. Scholes is composed of three places: Scholes, block angle and Anstedt.
- 2.1 Amalgamations
- 3.1 municipal
- 3.2 Mayor
- 3.3 Coat of Arms
- 4.1 Structures
- 4.2 Natural Monuments
- 5.1 traffic
- 5.2 Education
- 6.1 Sons and daughters of the town
Geography
Geographical Location
Scholes is located south of the nature park Geest approximately midway between Bremen and Osnabrück and about in the middle between the small towns of Lower Saxony Bassum and Sulingen.
History
Incorporations
On March 1, 1974, the previously independent community Anstedt was incorporated.
Policy
Parish council
The municipal council of Scholes is composed of nine Council women and councilors.
- WGS 9 seats
(As at municipal election on September 11, 2011)
Mayor
The honorary mayor Karl -Heinz Schwenningen was elected on 9 September 2001.
Coat of arms
The coat of arms of the municipality Scholes shows the divided shield in red above the Church of Scholes with its characteristic central tower in the lateral view and the bottom in silver three red roses, each with five sepals and golden stamen.
Culture and sights
Structures
- Church
- Windmill. There is a gallery - Dutch mill with a height of 21 meters. Your base ( 10 mx 10 m) consists of bricks, while the stack and the hood are covered with wooden shingles. The blind wings have a length of 9.60 m.
Natural Monuments
- By the Linden Tree in the churchyard there is a court Linde. In it are merged to form one tree seven Linden.
Economy and infrastructure
Traffic
Directly by the municipality runs the federal highway 61, which runs from Bassum to Minden.
Education
- Since 1979, the 2 - to 3 - swift elementary school, in which also the children from Anstedt and new churches are being schooled at its present location. The building dates from 1957, extensions were made in 1990 and 1997.
- Since 1979, there is in scholas the travelers factory school which truants offers a real chance to make the university degree.
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the town
In today's district Vohrde were born:
- Diederich Logemann (1872-1959), German politician ( DNVP ), MdR
- Fritz Logemann (1907-1993), German politician (DP, FDP), MP, Member of Parliament (Lower Saxony), Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Agriculture