Emlichheim (Samtgemeinde)

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The Samtgemeinde Emlichheim is in the district of Bentheim in Lower Saxony.

History

The Samtgemeinde was issued in 1974 by the merger of the municipalities Emlichheim, Hoogstede, Laar and rings.

Religions

• Evangelical Reformed: 50.2 %
• Evangelical altreformiert: 16.8%
• Roman Catholic: 16.7 %
• Lutheran: 11.7%
• Other denominations: 1.5%
• Religious affiliation: 3.1%

Policy

Samtgemeinderat

Current composition of the total 30 seats counted Emlichheim Samtgemeinde Council since November 1, 2011:

• CDU - 17 seats
• SPD - 8 seats
• Grafschafter Citizens' Forum ( gbf ) - 3 seats
• FDP - 2 seats

(As at municipal election of 11 September 2011)

Coat of arms

Blazon: " In red a silver right shaft oblique bar top to the figure, accompanied by four (3: 1). Golden balls, down -looking pile of a golden sheaf of corn "

The silvery wave line represents the three watercourses that are for the Municipality of importance:

• The Vecht River, which flows through the area from southeast to west, and on the there was a lively ship operation until 1859,

• The 1878 - 1882 built - Coevorden Piccardie channel, which was important for the Torffuhren from the bog

• The Grenzaa, which rises in the Wietmarscher Moor and forms the northern boundary of the velvet municipality to the Netherlands from Twist to Coevorden.

The golden balls in Red are the arms of the noblemen, Counts and Princes of Bentheim taken; they make it clear that the integrated municipality area belonged always been to lower county of Bentheim, although the Gogericht Emlichheim, which was largely identical to the area of ​​today's integrated municipality, together with some other goods in the 14th and 15th centuries temporarily in the hands of the lords of Borculo and the lords of Gramsbergen was.

The number four of the balls has a double meaning: to remind you of the four Gildschaften Emlichheim, Laarwald, rings and Scheer horn that the four " Raedluden " represented " gemeene Kerspel " formed, which held the wind and mill right in the parish Emlichheim since 1448. These four Gildschaften were up to small deviations, the predecessor of today's municipalities Emlichheim, Laar, rings and Hoogstede who banded together in 1974 to Samtgemeinde Emlichheim. The Samtgemeinde is still largely dominated and mainly on agriculture; as a sign of this is the golden sheaf of corn.

The coat of arms was designed by heraldist Dr. Ulf -Dietrich grain from Münster.

Flag

The transverse rectangular cloth (length: height = 5: 3) vertical stripes of red and yellow and is on the top third line with the arms of the velvet municipality.

The bunting is red and yellow with the main colors of the velvet municipality coat of arms; there are also the colors of Arms of the county Bentheim.

Economy and infrastructure

In Emlichheim the Emsland Group is established as Europe's largest starch producer. It will be here more than 1,000,000 tons of potatoes, which are delivered from a radius of about 150 km around Emlichheim processed.

8 km west of Emlichheim is within the municipality Laar and the adjacent Dutch municipality of Coevorden, the cross-border industrial zone Euro Park. There is a large freight or container terminal called " Euro - terminal ", which is operated by the Bentheim railroad. Furthermore, it was built there by a Dutch investor the controversial incinerator Emlichheim.

Another economic factor of the velvet municipality Emlichheim is the plastics processing industry. These include Synco in Emlichheim and Bekuplast and Ringoplast in Neugnadenfeld ( Gem rings).