Geeste, Emsland

Geestemünde is situated on the River Ems municipality in the central western part of the district Emsland in western Lower Saxony.

2.1 Early History
2.2 Amalgamations
2.3 Place Names

3.1 municipal
3.2 Mayor
3.3 Coat of Arms
3.4 Archives

Geography

Geographical location

Geestemünde located in the Emsland region in the north of Meppen and Lingen in the south. Immediately southeast of the municipality is the memory Geeste and a little further in this direction is the Lingener height.

Neighboring communities

In the northwest the municipality borders the municipality Geestemünde Twist, in the north on the town of Meppen, on the east by the city Haselünne and the Municipality Lengerich. In the south on the town of Lingen, as well as to the community Wietmarschen in the county of Bentheim.

Community structure

The municipality includes the districts Geeste Geeste, large and small Hesepe, Osterbrock, Bramhar, Varloh and Dalum with the settlement of Big Sandy.

History

Early History

About the prehistory and early history of human life on the territory of ( today's ) Emslandes give a variety of excavations and finds information. Here the huge stone tombs from the Neolithic period (3000 BC ) and archaeological finds from the middle and late Bronze Age are especially ( 1400-700 BC) to call. The references are to the dry ridge of the east of the Ems, mainly on the Hümmling. The former settlements in the area of today's community Geestemünde limited to the high ridge of in Hesepe, Dalum and Geestemünde. This " pagan ", ie pre-Christian settlements developed from individual farms to small groupings in the form of pile villages.

Incorporations

On 1 February 1971, the municipalities Dalum and Osterbrock were incorporated. On March 1, 1974 Bramhar, United Hesepe and Varloh were added.

Place names

Bramhar ( in Meppen): for the first time clearly mentioned in 1480 ( Holt Hing, Meppen ). Braom, Bram - har, Bram -haar: Broom on a hill, broom hill sand dune = / height.

The determination word bram = thorn, prickle; from indogerm. bhrom / bhrem = peak form; it describes the containment of a place. The basic word har / her hair = woman, goddess Ertha, Hera; from germ hera, see althochdtsch. / altsächs. / Old Norse. har designate a place of worship of the (earth ) goddess. It was thus believed to be an all around surrounded with thorns cult place where the Earth Goddess was worshiped.

Hesepe includes two stems of old age. The name comes first in the Corveyer registers to 1000 as Hasba ago, 1181 the place name already appears in its current form Hesepe. The basic word epe, old form apa, can be found throughout Germany, most of the Sauerland, and called everywhere a small watercourse. One believes in the Sanskrit Ambhas (water), Latin amnis, old ambnis, and look for the Greek ombros, Latin imber ( rain ) and also the Celtic- Irish dependent ( flow ), so short a indogerm. Urstammwort. More difficult to interpret is the determining word HAS or gift masquerade party ( always spoken lang: Häsepe ). The old form Hasba ( probably more correct Hasapa ) can be used for the Hesepe Has not derive from the river Hase, since then the knowledge is of any old place names foreign duplication. Has and Haas is found in place names often without allowing a single circuit. Most likely is = dark, fog to think about the importance of HAS, which fits well to the cooler water the rabbit.

Varloh in Meppen (far? Sheep cf. Faroe Islands, Sheep Islands ) and lo, loh also la ( bushes ), so a passed with shrubbery sheep pasture.

Policy

Geestemünde has the status of a united community.

Parish council

The municipal council consists of 26 Geestemünde Women Council and councilors. This is the fixed number for a municipality with a population 10001-11000. The municipal council is elected by a municipal election for five years. The current term of office began on 1 November 2011.

To vote in the City Council also is the full-time mayor Hans -Josef Leinweber of the CDU.

In the last local election for council 11 September 2011 it came to the following conclusions:

CDU: 18 seats
SPD: 7 seats
UWG ( Independent voters Community ): 1 seat

Mayor

In the municipal election held on September 10, 2006 Hans -Josef Leinweber (CDU ) was elected with 83.4 % of the votes in the first ballot unopposed for mayor.

Coat of arms

Blazon: In a green sloping left silver wave beams, accompanied above by a silver rig, down from a achtspeichigen silver cartwheel.

The community Geestemünde created by the merger of the above districts. All of the formerly independent communities are to the right and left of the Ems. Therefore, in the municipal coat of arms is a white wave beams as a sign of the Ems. The municipality is a rural community, so the background is green. In this community agriculture and oil production are of great importance, which is why a drilling rig and a cartwheel depicted in the coat of arms.

Tourism

Tourist destinations include:

The reservoir in Geeste, which is ideal for sailing, surfing and swimming
Emsland Moormuseum in Great Hesepe ( Moor center)
The historic, restored oil pump in Dalum
The nearby Emsblick
The many bike trails in and around Geestemünde
The ecumenical Highway Chapel "Jesus - Bread of Life " in the parking lot " Heseper Moor " in north-south direction on the federal highway 31 in the municipality of Geestemünde

The closest

Car: A 31/Abfahrt 23, B 70
Train: Geestemünde (RE " Emsland- Express" Münster -Emden (hourly) ) in the district Osterbrock
Ship: Dortmund- Ems Canal

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