Högel
Högel (Danish: hogel, Frisian: Höögel ) is a municipality in the district of North Friesland Schleswig -Holstein.
- 3.1 Municipal Council
- 3.2 Mayor
- 3.3 Coat of Arms
Geography
Geographical location and neighboring communities
Högel is in the range of Schleswig Geest 's about 6 km east of Bredstedt. Neighboring municipalities are:
Districts
Within the municipal territory includes the following districts:
- Högelfeld
- Høgelund ( only partially )
- Mirebüll
History
The place name derives from the word for hill. As of 1923, the power of the local through a jointly established windmill.
Policy
Municipal council
Of the nine seats in the municipal council voters Community WGH A had since the municipal election 2008, five seats and the voter community WGH B four. In the local elections on May 26, 2013, the voter turnout was 60.9 percent. On the WGH A accounted for 54.7 percent, on the WGH B 45.3 percent. The distribution of seats remained unchanged.
Mayor
For the election period 2013-2018 Ernst Peter Carstensen ( WGH A) was re-elected mayor.
Coat of arms
Blazon: " shared lowered by a left upward slightly rounded golden wedge, in a slightly tilted lying red thing rod of green and blue, top left, a silver twelve -bladed windmill. "
Economy and Transport
The community is predominantly agricultural. The production of renewable energy by means of a Freichflächen photovoltaic system and a civic wind farm. Locally -based traders are predominantly in the crafts and agriculture upstream and downstream areas of the home. The holiday rentals are also offered.
The moderate traffic connection is mostly for private motorized transport. From southwest to northeast, the municipality is crossed by the national road 12. It connects the municipalities Bredstedt (connection with State Road 5) and Wanderup ( transition to state road 200) in Flensburg each other. In the district Högelfeld branches off from it a county road in the direction of the neighboring village Joldelund from.
In public transport, the village is connected among other things with a remote bus of the company car power with Bredstedt and Flensburg. In Bredstedt is following the Marschbahn.