Badbergen

Badbergen is a member municipality of the velvet municipality Artland in the north of the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony and is located in the Artland as part of the recreation area Hasetal.

• 2.1 Amalgamations
• 2.2 Population development
• 2.3 name interpretation

• 3.1 municipal
• 3.2 Town twinning

• 5.1 traffic
• 5.2 Established businesses

• 6.1 Sons and daughters of the town

Geography

Geographical location

Badbergen lies within the North German Plain in the center of the alluvial plain of the Artland, a sprawling flatness, which is divided only by weak Talsandplatten and humid lowlands.

The river flows Hare, from the south of the Teutoburg Forest Coming to the Cloppenburg Geest to and is forced through the grounds rise to the west.

Geology and hydrogeology

In the lowlands north of a tertiary ridge in the glacial valley of the hare, the river has an inland delta ( the so-called rabbit attack ) at Quakenbruck formed. The surface of this inland delta is almost identical with the region of Artlands and consists mainly of glaziofluviatilen, ie during the Ice Age by the action of glacial meltwater leading flow resulting sediments. Because of the low gradient, the hare formed several branches of the river and there was the hare - inland delta, is in the center of which Badbergen.

Drilling has shown that the soil consists primarily of clayey and sandy deposits of the Pleistocene. The top soil layer has a thickness of five to seven meters and is underlain by one to ten meter thick clay and marligen sediment layer. Sandy layers at a depth of 25 to 30 meters form a productive aquifer for groundwater extraction. The uppermost aquifer is at a depth of two to six meters.

Expansion of the municipal district

Badbergen is a range village, whose center lies on both sides of the B 68, the eastern side has a plurality of rows of mostly residential buildings, while lying on the western side street behind the buildings between long-established farms several factories. With the rail link, which the village was in 1876, some factories settled and developed from the farming village a village of artisans and merchants. Nevertheless, the community of the problem of rural-urban migration could not completely escape.

The farms are located mainly in the members of the community unit districts Badbergen Grönloh, United Mimmelage, Grothe, Langen, Lechterke, Vehs, Wehdel and Wulften.

Neighboring communities

Badbergen bordered to the south by Gehrde and Bersenbrueck, on the west by Nortrup and Menslage, on the north by Quakenbruck and on the east by Dinklage and Holdorf (both in Vechta).

Community structure

The community part of the unified community are:

• Badbergen - Seat of the municipality
• Grönloh
• Great Mimmelage
• Grothe
• Langen
• Lechterke
• Vehs
• Wehdel
• Wahld
• Wulften

Climate

Badbergen located in the temperate climate zone of Lower Saxony in the transition zone between the maritime climate of the North Sea coast and the continental climate in the south and east, and is characterized by temperate maritime climate, influenced by moist northwesterly winds from the North Sea, embossed.

In the long-term mean air temperature reaches in Badbergen 8.5 to 9.0 ° C, and there are about 616 millimeters of precipitation (compared to the German average is about 800 millimeters ). The warmest months are July and August with an average of 17.2 or 16.9 ° C and the coldest January and February of 1.6 and 2.2 ° C on average. Most precipitation falls during the months of June and July, with an average of 69 and 75 millimeters, the lowest in February and March with an average of 36 or 42 millimeters. Between May and August can be expected with an average of 20 to 25 summer days. The number of rain days is ten highest in December, while the precipitate with 49 millimeters more in the middle.

History

In a document of Count Simon of Tecklenburg of 1175 Padberge is called; a deed of 1188 uses the place name Batbergh.

Other farming communities of the parish are already known much earlier. Rise to the formation of the parish village, a road engzeiligen village was probably founded here in 1235 canons. Its further development and former importance as a trading Badbergen probably due to its location at the intersection of two important trade routes. The north - south trunk connection is still made by the federal highway 68 that leads to the chagrin of local residents through the town and has a very lively traffic.

Incorporations

On 1 July 1972, the municipalities Grönloh, United Mimmelage, Grothe, Langen, Lechterke, Vehs, Wehdel and Wulften were incorporated.

Population Development

The following overview shows the numbers of inhabitants of Badbergen in the respective territorial status and December 31 respectively.

The figures are extrapolations of the State Office for Statistics and communication technology Niedersachsen based on the census of 25 May 1987.

The figures from 1961 (June 6 ) and 1970 (May 27 ) is the census results, including places that were incorporated on 1 July 1972.

Name interpretation

A final interpretation of the name has not yet been done. The place name may be derived from Padberg pad for path and mountains for hostel, refuge. Another interpretation refers to the Old Saxon personal name Bathard, after which the place name Batbergh could be based.

Policy

Parish council

The council currently has 15 members from four parties or groups. Mayor Dietmar Berger (SPD).

The following table shows the local election results since 1996.

Twinning

• Hédé - Bazouges, Ille -et -Vilaine, Brittany, France
• Jonkowo, powiat Olsztyński, Warmian -Masurian, Poland

Culture and sights

Much of the sights Badbergens be reached via the scenic route Artland route. The impressive, listed building Artländer farms are also known ( see cultural treasure Artland ) and their oak grove, which can be found in almost every yard. Additional points of interest

• The Evangelical Church of St George, with its octagonal Romanesque tower base
• The Catholic Church of St. Mary

Both in the town center

• The restored windmill in Great Mimmelage
• The Eselhof in Langen.

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

The federal road B 68 crossed until 20 December 2013, the center of Badbergen in north-south direction. On August 28, 2008, however, the plan approval process for construction of a bypass was initiated. On 20 December 2013, the bypass road was opened after a 16 month construction period.

Today's Northwest train line Osnabrück -Oldenburg crosses the municipality from south to north. At the opening of this route in 1876 existed in Badbergen a railway station but no more and is now operational. In addition, the disused railway line Quakenbruck - Rhine runs through the municipality.

There are bus services of the transport association Osnabrück Badbergen to Quakenbrück.

Established businesses

The largest employer in the village is the Artland Convenience GmbH with 340 employees.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

• Karl Allöder, German sculptor and painter
• Tale Rantzen, high medieval clerk, mentioned in a document in the parish archive