Berge, Lower Saxony

Mountains is a municipality within the Samtgemeinde Fuerstenau on the northwestern border of the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony.

• 2.1 Amalgamations
• 2.2 Population development

• 3.1 Coat of Arms

• 4.1 traffic
• 4.2 Established businesses
• 4.3 Education

• 5.1 Sons and daughters of the town
• 5.2 Persons who are in touch with the community

Geography

Geographical Location

Mountains located within northern Germany in the northwestern district of Osnabrück, in the northern foothills of the Geest Ankumer height and is part of the Natural Park Northern Teutoburg Forest Wiehengebirge. Just north and east of the natural spatial unit Artland closes as flat Geest, which is mainly dominated by bogs and swamp forests. In addition, the cultivation of maize crops plays a further role in the landscape. West of the village you pass through the Börsteler forest as part of the Ankumer height, turn west of the forest area concurs with the district Grafeld and the Emsland.

Neighboring communities

Mountains bordered to the north Menslage, to the east by Kettenkamp and Eggermühlen, to the south Bippen and in the west to the Emsland district with communities Wettrup, Drilling and Heart Lake.

Community structure

Parts of communes:

• Formants
• Mountains
• Dalvers
• Grafeld
• Hekese
• Börstel - pin Börstel

Climate

The municipality mountains lies in the temperate zone, in addition in the area of ​​direct influence of the North Sea. Overall fall in annual average 700 mm of rainfall, followed by the maritime influence can be seen. In addition, be achieved in the summer months rather rare summer days (so we define a maximum temperature of> 25 ° C). During winter, the temperatures are often higher than further inland, so stately snow cover are more of a rarity. Autumn storms example, however, are not uncommon. The nearest weather stations are located in Meppen, Lingen, Loeningen and Diepholz.

History

In the area of ​​the municipality are the relatively well-preserved megalithic sites of Hekese, about a kilometer south of the village. The facilities ( 883 and 884 after Sprockhoff ) unusually large (19 or 20 feet long ) and in a unique way for Germany joined the passage grave type are a 53 -meter-long, but not more complete row of blocks. Those systems also happens the road of megalithic which connects numerous megalithic tombs in northern Germany together. Mountains is a stage in the street of the megalithic culture.

Incorporations

The current community mountains was formed at the local government reform 1 July 1972 from the communities of musicians, mountains, Dalvers, Grafeld and Hekese.

Population Development

The following overview shows the numbers of inhabitants of mountains in each state and territory on December 31.

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.

Policy

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

The following table shows the local election results since 1996.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was approved on 16 May 1978 the county.

Blazon: "In gold, a red - silver double row geschachteter beams, superimposed above shortened and pointed red pile. "

The geschachtete bar to commemorate the Cistercian Order, who led those in the coat of arms; belonged to him which is in the municipality former monastery, save current pen Börstel. The stake is in color and form the "red pillar " that is establish a frontier post in the municipality, to the kinds of stories. Both figures together make up the Christian cross.

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

From 1904 to 1952 had mountains through the small railway Lingen -mountain Quakenbruck a railway connection, stations were located in mountains and even in today's district Dalvers. The Berger station was until 2008 the seat of the municipality, on the former platform area remember two freight cars as a memorial to the little train.

The nearest links to the network of the Empire or Federal Railroad from 1879 was the station of the previous RhE in Bippen in about 5 km away. Here, the passenger and freight transport in 1969 1978 has been set.

Today, the public transport is provided in the mountains and the surrounding area by the Transport Community Osnabrück buses, mountains is achieved by four lines, in which the line 640 ( Fuerstenau -mountain Quakenbruck ) constitutes the main link.

Mountains located on the tourist route Artland route.

Established businesses

In the mountains the company sailors conveying systems Maschinenfabrik GmbH manufactures with 77 employees handling systems for various industries.

The company August Bruns GmbH & Co. KG is building passive houses under the brand name EVO | Passive House.

Education

In mountains can be found next to the elementary school and junior high school principal mountains with about 340 students. The nearest high school is located in the Emsland in Handrup, and the Artland Gymnasium in Quakenbruck.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

• Willi Stöve ( born February 4, 1860 in the mountains ), politician, member of the Reichstag

People who are connected with the community

• Paul Freytag, painter and illustrator, lived on the estate since 1926 Hengholt