Dörpstedt

Dörpstedt (Danish: Dørpsted ) is a municipality in the district of Schleswig -Flensburg, in Schleswig- Holstein.

Geography

The road Dörpstedt village lies in the marshes at the treene and Rheider Au. The districts Bünge and Klove lie in the municipality.

History

The town was first mentioned in 1462 as Dorpstede (village center). Since 1970, the village belonged to the Official Kropp and since 2008 she is part of the follow - Office Kropp Stapelholm.

Policy

Municipal council

Of the nine seats in the municipal council had the voter community AWG since the local elections 2008, four seats, the voter community KWG three and the voter community ADB two. In the local elections on May 26, 2013, the turnout was 53.3 percent. On the ADB accounted for 31.3 percent, 34.4 percent and the AWG on the KWG 34.3 percent. Each of the voter communities won three seats.

Mayoress

For the election period 2013-2018 Inca Gottburg Heuer (AWG) was elected mayor. It followed Klaus -Peter Neumann, who was in office since 2003.

Coat of arms

Blazon: " split in the shaft section of silver and green. Above, a naturally tinged black grouse in Imponierhaltung, below under half silver cartwheel. "

The landscape of the community Dörpstedt is characterized by extensive moors and through the lowlands of treene. Not only the green shield color, but also the black grouse symbolize the large bog areas in the municipality. This highly threatened by the removal of the natural landscape in its portfolio bird has been able to get into the agriculturally not or hardly used parts of the district Dörpstedts in greater numbers. The wavy line shows the location of the community on the treene. The half cartwheel on green background is a symbol of agriculture, which is the main source of income of the inhabitants even today.

Economy

The community is predominantly agricultural.