Kleve (Dithmarschen)

Kleve is a municipality in the north of the circle Dithmar in Schleswig -Holstein. Kleverweg, North Field and Westermoor lie in the municipality.

Geography

The name comes from Kleve cliff, cliff. The slope of the moraine to Eider march, a relic of the last ice age, acts as if the march on its edge simply torn down and slipped. The highest point of Kleve is the Muhlenberg with 15 m above sea level. NN, the lowest point lies in the Eider march at Lütjenmoor -0.6 m MSL.

History

Kleve was in 1447 for the first time mentioned. Many finds from the Stone Age, as flint knife blades, stone axes, spindle whorls, earthen vessel sherds demonstrate a significant early settlement of the region.

Policy

Since the local elections of 2013, the voters Community WGK has all nine seats in the municipal council.

Coat of arms

Blazon: " From Red and Silver divided by rounded left oblique step. Above, a rising silver horse, down two blue wave beams. "

The division of the emblem is the name interpretation of Kleve symbolize and at the same time describes the distinctive topographic situation of the village on the northern edge of the Dithmarsch Geest in the transition to the Eider valley, the natural space of Eiderstedter and Lower Eider march. The growing horse should symbolize the importance of horse breeding and equestrian sports for Kleve. Through the municipal area leads a tight riding and driving trails. The two shaft threads in the sign refers to the Eider as the northern border river and the Broklandsau that shape the landscape of Kleve. The colors blue, white and red refer to the national colors as well as white and red at the same time the color of the circle Dithmar.

People

• Johann Frahm (1901-1946), SS sergeant in the Neuengamme concentration camp and deputy leader in the Neuengamme camp outside the Bullenhuserdamm.