Firrel

Firrel is a municipality in the district of Leer in Lower Saxony in Hesel.

History

The community was founded in 1762 as a colony after operation of Heuer people from the community Bagband. The Firrel was chosen as the name for a sand ridge in a swampy area. The colonists had to prove that they had ordered fields in the area. 1790 32 houses have already been counted in the Moor colony. Their number increased over 50 (1802 ) to 74 in 1807. The area of ​​the houses and the adjoining land was 170 ha However, the development was significantly slower in the following decades: until 1841 the number of houses was only 89, has risen to 1862, to 92, as the Moor colonists adjoining Moor already more and more had abgetorft. For new Kolonate lacked the expansion possibilities. Consequently, it came from the mid-19th century, a wave of emigration, especially to the USA. Only from about the turn of the 20th century it came to population increases. The population numbers back this up: in 1811 counted 311 inhabitants of the place. Their number rose above 346 (1823) to 524 in 1848 After a decrease was observed. 1858 there were only 485 inhabitants, 1880 even had until after the First World War ( 1919) only 418 the number of inhabitants with 521 again the level of 1848 reached.

Religion

The oldest church community in the village is the Baptist church. Its origins date back to 1865. Since 1899 exists in Firrel also Evangelical Lutheran church, the parish was officially connected to its independence on 1 April 1950 with the parish Hesel. It includes the Lutherans of localities Neufirrel and Schwerinsdorf. It has about 1600 members. The Lutheran. St. Andrew's Church was built in 1907.

Policy

Parish council

The Council of the Municipality Firrel Council consists of 9 women and councilors. This is the set number for the member community of integrated municipality with a population of 501-1000 people. The nine council members are elected through local elections for five years. The current term of office began on 1 November 2011.

The last local elections on September 11, 2011 gave the following result:

The turnout in the local elections of 2011 was 69.3 % significantly above the Lower Saxony average of 52.5 %. For comparison - in the previous local elections on 10 September 2006, the voter turnout was 77.5 %.

Mayor

The mayor is elected in member communities of collective municipalities directly by the members of the Council. At the inaugural meeting of the Council of the municipal council chose the municipal councilor Johann Aleschus ( CDU) as honorary mayor for the current parliamentary term.

Education

Firrel belonged in the first 150 years since the founding of the parish Hesel that was initially responsible for the schooling. Already in 1765, three years after founding the Moor colony, a secondary school was established in Firrel 1804 eventually built its own building for Firreler students. A first tenured teachers but there was only since 1821. Nine years later an extension was added to the existing school building. For the village teacher, a teacher's apartment was furnished in 1859, four years later the place got a new school building. Was his cage, one time taught, that is, that students of all grades were taught in a class. The cultivation of a second class, and thus the establishment of a second teaching job only took place in 1925. Firrel In was taught until 1966, since then the students go daily to Hesel to school. The old school building was converted into a community center.

Clubs and Associations

Since 1955 there are in Firrel again a volunteer fire department. The Sports Club Grün-Weiß Firrel is a relatively recent creation: It exists since 1973 THe Green-Whites play in football mostly on the Leer district level. . The annual sports week of the club attracts a mostly four-digit number of audience because the organizers commit themselves in almost every year a higher class gambling team, including repeatedly Werder Bremen and - during his time as a third - or fourth division - also annually Ostfrieslands then hochklassigster club Kickers Emden.

Personalities

• Bernhard Weerts (1858-1929), a Baptist clergyman