Dersum
Dersum is a municipality in the Emsland district, in Lower Saxony and belongs to Samtgemeinde Dörpen.
- 2.1 Origin of the name
- 2.2 Amalgamations
- 3.1 municipal
- 4.1 Established businesses
- 4.2 traffic
Geography
Geographical Location
The community Dersum lies between the Ems to the east and the border with the Netherlands in the west. The town lies about 24 kilometers south Haren, and Papenburg is located about 17 kilometers northeast of Dersum.
Neighboring communities
Neighboring municipalities are in the north, the municipality of Heede, in the east the communities Dörpen and Kluse, in the south the municipality Walchum.
History
Origin of the name
The origin of the name Dersum (old: Dersinun ) is not known. However, it is close to a chaukisch / Frisian origin. The names Frisian -ups often end in " -um ". The endings ina, ini, ine, inun enantiodifferentiating, enun to, un, ene, en come in numerous place names in front instead of a abgeschlissenen basic word, without that it can be decided whether to go back to einunddasselbe or more original, old words. Inside is a general basic word meaning "settlement ". The frequent in Emsland order is a more recent form, which is converted to parts to the place of older, such as Baccum instead Baccamun, Walchum for Walkiun.
Incorporations
On January 1, 1973, the neighboring community Neudersum was incorporated.
Policy
Parish council
The city council has eleven elected members. Him since the local elections on 11 September 2011 belong to two parties as well as a single applicant.
- CDU: 9 seats ( 1)
- Individual candidate fire: 1 seat ( ± 0)
- SPD: 1 seat ( ± 0)
The next local elections will take place in 2016.
Economy and infrastructure
Established businesses
In Dersum the company Hero - glass is located.
Traffic
Through the municipal area, the A 31 motorway runs to the junction Dörpen. To the east of the Ems B runs 70
In Dörpen is the nearest regional railway station on the route Münster -Emden (Emsland route).
Personalities
- Anne Ross ( born 1985 ), singer