Garrel

Garrel is a municipality in the district of Cloppenburg, in Lower Saxony.

  • 3.1 Mayor
  • 3.2 municipal
  • 3.3 community partnership
  • 4.1 The Catholic Church of St. John Baptist Garrel
  • 4.2 Evangelical Lutheran church Garrel
  • 5.1 Regular events
  • 6.1 traffic
  • 7.1 freeman
  • 7.2 honorary award winners
  • 7.3 Sons and daughters of the town

Geography

Geographical location

The community Garrel, located in the immediate vicinity of Thülsfelder dam and the natural park Geest is located 28 km south of the city of Oldenburg, and 13 km north of the town of Cloppenburg.

Climate

Temperate maritime climate influenced by moist northwesterly winds from the North Sea. In the long-term mean air temperature reaches in Garrel 8.5 to 9.0 ° C and there are about 700 mm of precipitation. Between May and August can with an average of 20-25 days of summer ( climatological term for days on which the maximum temperature exceeds 25 ° C ) can be expected.

Community structure

This municipality is politically comprised of the following twelve counties:

  • Beverbruch
  • Citizens Moor - basement level
  • Falkenberg
  • Kaifort
  • Garrel Esch -
  • Garrel -site
  • Peter Forest
  • Nikolausdorf
  • Peter field
  • Tweel / Tannenkamp America
  • Varrelbusch

Neighboring communities

Neighboring municipalities in Cloppenburg:

Meteorite impact in Beverbruch

On September 10, 1930 at 14.15 clock struck in the district Beverbruch one a meteorite. It is part of Oldenburg meteorite, which broke in about 4 km altitude above the village Döhlen in at least two main parts which Beverbruch and Bissel (municipality Großenkneten ) went down. The larger fragment Beverbruch with a weight of 11.73 kg is now in private hands, after 1995, the daughter of the owner Konrad Meyer offered it from the permanent loan to the Museum Cloppenburg for sale. The fragment Bissel is also in the collections of the museum village, but there is not on public display. Also in Beverbruch no memorial stone at the site of the impact is erected.

Policy

Mayor

Mayor of Garrel 's Andreas Bartels ( CDU), who was able to prevail against his opponent in a runoff election on 24 September 2006, 51 -vote lead. Against the validity of the election two Garreler citizens have sued in an administrative court proceedings. In the first instance, the Administrative Court Oldenburg decided by judgment of 3 July 2007 that the election is valid. The appeal against that judgment before the Lower Saxon Higher Administrative Court in Lüneburg had on 26 March 2008 success. The Higher Administrative Court held the election invalid; an appeal against this decision appeal was not granted. Against the refusal of the appeal, the Council of Garrel municipality and the mayor have lodged a complaint and found by the Federal Administrative Court of encouragement. The Next course the matter is now dependent on a decision of the Federal Administrative Court. The legal process has thereby be done, that the plaintiff has withdrawn his complaint. The mayoral election has thus become final.

Parish council

Community partnership

Garrel has a partnership with the French community Bléré. Every second year is due to the partnership instead of a youth exchange, participate in which mainly young people between 12-17 years.

Parishes

Catholic Church of St. John Baptist Garrel

The Catholic Church of St. John the Baptist is one of the youngest parishes in the diocese of Münster Offizialatsbezirk Oldenburg. On 24 October 2004, she was raised by the Bishop of Münster, Dr. Reinhard Lettmann. Made was the parish of St. from the old parish Peter and Paul Garrel and the three chapel communities Beverbruch, Falkenberg and Nikolausdorf. The parish comprises therefore, up to the district Varrelbusch, the total area of the political community. Parish church of St. Peter and Paul in Garrel. The parish has about 7,800 Catholics, or 62 % of the population. Overall, around 75 % of the population are Catholic. The parish of St. Mary in Varrelbusch counts about 1500 believers.

Pastor of the church community is dean Paul Horst, who is also dean of the deanery Friesoythe. The pastoral care team consists of vicarius cooperator Father Thomas, pastor em. Albert Holzenkamp, Deacon August Boeckmann, Deacon Hubert Looschen and pastoral consultant Dagmar Haake. The main bodies of the church are the parish council with the property committees responsible for the different parts of municipalities local committees ( Garrel, Beverbruch, Falkenberg and Nikolausdorf ) and the Church Committee.

The parish maintains a variety of facilities in all districts.

Garrel:

  • Education work Garrel eV
  • Kindergarten St. Peter and Paul
  • Library of St. Peter and Paul
  • Canisius pin - sister's house
  • John House - Pfarrheim
  • Caritas welfare center

Beverbruch:

  • Josefshaus - Pfarrheim
  • Library of St. Joseph
  • Kindergarten St. Joseph

Falkenberg:

  • Marie House - Pfarrheim

Nikolausdorf:

  • Kindergarten St. Nicholas
  • Library of St. Nicholas
  • Pfarrheim

In addition, the church has in each district of its own cemetery. More cemeteries of other parishes or the political community does not exist.

Evangelical Lutheran Church congregation Garrel

In 1950, the " Church of Peace " was built as a community center of Bartning- emergency churches - D type. It was declared a National Monument. An ever increasing number of community members made ​​it necessary to create new space for the community. Therefore, the church was moved to another location within Garrels and connected with a totally new community center. On 13 December 2009, the first service was held at the new location.

Culture and sights

  • Thülsfelder dam
  • Burn Museum Nikolausdorf

In Nikolausdorf annual population answered the settlement honorary letters that are addressed to the ( Holy ) Nicholas. In 2010 reached 7,500 letters to Santa Claus Village. In fact, the place is named after the Grand Duke of Oldenburg Nikolaus Friedrich Peter ( 1827-1900 ).

Regular events

  • Marksmen
  • Fair
  • Free market
  • Arts and Culture Days
  • Garreler race day ( 1st Sunday in July )
  • Christmas Market

Economy and infrastructure

In Garrel particularly firms in the food industry, agriculture, and the printing industry have settled. The group Heidemark is one of Germany's largest producer and marketer of poultry products and has its corporate headquarters in Garrel, as the animal feed producer Fleming coils and the leeches AG.

Traffic

Garrel is between the national road 72 and the motorway 29 The A 1 is accessible via the access and exit Cloppenburg and over the motorway junction Ahlhorner Heath. Previously there was a rail connection to the railway line Cloppenburg Ocholt, but which is now sometimes used only by the Friesoyther Railway Museum and private rail companies for timber transport.

Personalities

Freeman

  • Georg Lanfermann (Senior ), Nikolausdorf

Honorary award winners

Each year, chosen on the proposal Garreler citizens personalities who have distinguished themselves in their lives by one or more honorary positions in clubs, associations or congregations. These are appointed as " honorary award winners " by the mayor. The following year, they are then invited to all official events of the political community as guests of honor.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Heinrich Timmer Evers ( b. 1952 ), Auxiliary Bishop in the Diocese of Münster and prosecuted ex officio of the Episcopal Münstersche Offizialats
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