Groven
Mangroves is a municipality in the district of Dithmarschen in Schleswig-Holstein.
- 3.1 Coat of Arms
- 5.1 traffic
- 5.2 Public bodies
- 6.1 Sons and daughters of the town
Geography
Geographical Location
The place is right on the Eider. In the meantime, after a displacement of the flow of the district Nesserdeich was an island Wollersum was even in 1593 and 1601 torn from the Eider quite in depth. Until the construction of the Eider Barrage in 1973 extensive protective measures were necessary to prevent a recurrence.
Community structure
It is divided into the districts Flehderwurth, Groven, Mahde, Nesserdeich and Wollersum.
History
Its history has been shaped by its proximity to the Eider. The ferry in Wollersum served until the construction of the Eider River Railway Bridge in 1877 as an important link between Dithmar and North Frisia. Probably will also find many of the grave stones were delivered on the Lundener gender cemetery.
Mangroves originated in 1936 from the merger of today's five districts.
Policy
Since the local elections in 2013, the voters Community WGG all seven seats in the municipal council.
Coat of arms
Blazon: " About Wellenschildfuß silver, is a blue fish, green with a silver, black aufgezäumter horse's head. "
Culture and sights
The landscape is pleasant, especially for hiking and cycling. In Wollersum, on the old Fähranlagestelle, is a rather idyllic bathing place of the Eider.
Economy and infrastructure
Traffic
The community can Groven by highway (A23 ) can be approached in case of 5 Hemme or Karolinenkoog on the feeder road highway.
Public institutions
About the Schöpfwerk Nesserdeich much of East Dithmarschens drained.
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the town
- Elizabeth Bruhn (1893-1944), resistance fighter, comes from the village of Nesserdeich