Holtland

Holtland is a municipality in the district of Leer in Lower Saxony in Hesel. The municipality has 2207 inhabitants and covers an area of ​​14.66 square kilometers.

• 3.1 municipal
• 3.2 Mayor

• 4.1 traffic

Geography

Community structure

The municipality consists of the town next to Holtland the districts Nücke and Siebestock.

History

The village Holtland originated more than 1000 years ago as Geestendorf. Located in the center we find the three hundred year old Dutch mill as a symbol of the community.

In the Middle Ages Holt land belonged to the Hooge Loogen in Ostfriesland.

Policy

Parish council

The Council of the Municipality Council Holtland consists of 13 women and councilors. This is the set number for the member community of integrated municipality with a population of 2001-3000 people. The 13 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 54.3 %, slightly above the Lower Saxony average of 52.5 %. For comparison - in the previous local elections on 10 September 2006, the voter turnout was 61.8 %.

Mayor

The mayors of the member communities of the velvet municipality Hesel are not directly elected, but by councilors in the inaugural meeting of the Council. Mayor Karl - Heinz Groß from the SPD, Deputy Mayor Manfred Schlömp. Community director is Uwe Themann.

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

Due to the community run the federal highways 72 ​​and 436 south of the village in Brinkum there is a connection to the federal motorway 28

Personalities

• Andrea Bunjes ( born February 5, 1976), Hammer Throw