Leck (Nordfriesland)

Leakage (Danish: LAEK, Frisian: Leek ) is a municipality in the north of the district of North Friesland. The community is a sub- center in terms of the regional plan for the State of Schleswig -Holstein.

• 2.1 religions
• 2.2 Amalgamations

• 3.1 Municipal Council
• 3.2 Coat of Arms
• 3.3 partnerships

• 4.1 traffic

Geography

The community leakage is a few miles south of the Danish border, about 30 kilometers west of Flensburg and about 20 kilometers east of the North Sea coast. The town lies on the western edge of Schleswig Geest back. This position was decisive for the development of the place. It is assumed that the Wadden Sea and thus also filed the waters of the North Sea over the centuries up to the embankment up to the Geestrand. The Yummy Au, now a small river of many places no more than six meters wide and one meter deep, was navigable as far as leakage and beyond with ships of earlier constructions. An indication of the former harbor is the anchor in the arms of the municipality leak.

Neighboring communities

The municipality leak is surrounded by the municipalities Achtrup, Tinningstedt, Suderlugum, Klixbüll, Risum -Lindholm, Enge-Sande, stadum and Sprakebüll. The places Klintum and Osterschnatebüll (Danish Øster Snattebøl ) are in the municipal area.

Climate

With an average of 82 days below 0 ° C leakage is one of the " coolest " places in Schleswig-Holstein.

History

The first mention was made in 1231 as a royal estate in medium size in Erdbuch of the Danish King Waldemar II At that time belonged to the Duchy of Schleswig leak. Because of this deed was in 1981, the 750th anniversary of the town are celebrated. Leak is the old main church, administrative and market the Karrharde, the area north and south of the community.

Archaeological finds date the castle Leckhuus to the 11th century. She served as a royal Vogt hostel and weir system for monitoring the Western ox road that went through Ribe and Tønder in Denmark as well as leakage in Northern Friesland and Husum Wedel near Hamburg. On a painting by the artist Hans Peter Feddersen from Westerschnatebüll the western Ox Road in leakage in the years 1869 and 1894 was documented. The generally rather well-known eastern Ochsenweg (Danish Hærvejen, Low German Ossenpadd ) led over Viborg and Hadersleben to Flensburg and Schleswig passed to Wedel. Research lead to the assumption that broke up in the middle of the 1st millennium England drivers also from the port of leak and the leak Au, past the islands of Fohr and Amrum, the North Sea reached. The port lost its importance in the 15th century due to silting. Nevertheless, the market has steadily increased.

In 1689 the town by the then Duke in the gottorf between shares in the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein, Christian Albrecht, market justice was granted in a document. The craft and commercial establishments were numerous and diverse. It settled saddler, blacksmith and wheelwright, dyers, tailors and shoemakers, carpenters, turners and other professionals. Also, there was a hospital, pharmacy, post office and school. With the development of the steam engine, a machine factory, a mill and a cloth factory came to leak.

During the Second World War, the then Imperial Air Force was established in leakage of the air base leak. In 1959 the parish of Leck was a garrison again. By hereby triggered strong population growth with young families with children, the community was facing major challenges in local politics. The Reconnaissance Wing 52 with 44 stationed in leak reconnaissance aircraft McDonnell RF-4E ( "Phantom ") was dissolved in 1993. With significantly reduced staffing levels then took the air defense missile group 39 the airfield leak. Meanwhile, the air defense missile groups were 11 and 39 combined for antiaircraft missile Group 25 and stationed in leakage and stadum. According to the plans of the Bundeswehr in 2013 to a partial area of the airfield, which here present on the Klixbüller Chaussee Patriot position, are submitted to the Federal Agency for Real Estate.

Leak was from 1889 to 1966 the seat of the homonymous administrative district or office. With resolution of the Office leak was municipality and with its own full-time administration.

On 1 January 2008 the municipality has formed along with the city Niebüll and the communities of the offices Bökingharde, Karrharde, Suderlugum and Wiedingharde the Office Südtondern.

Religions

In leak there is an Evangelical Lutheran congregation, which owns the 800-year- old St. Willehad Church in the town center. This has a two-winged altar ( reredos ) from the workshop of Clausberg.

The Catholic church is affiliated with the Niebüller parish, but has its own small church available. Leak is part of the Catholic Deanery Flensburg in the archbishopric of Hamburg.

The Danish Lutheran church has a small church in the village.

Incorporations

On January 1, 1974, the former municipalities were integrated Klintum and Easter Schnatebüll.

Policy

Municipal council

Since the local elections of 2008, the municipal council had 19 seats. Of the seven CDU voters Community UWL five, the four SPD and the SSW had three seats. The choice on May 26, 2013 was as follows: CDU eight, UWL six, five SPD and the SSW four seats. The turnout was 42.4 per cent last. By overhang mandates, the number of elected representatives increased to 23

For the election period 2013-2018 Andreas Deidert was re-elected citizens head.

Coat of arms

Blazon: "In gold, on a blue wave beams in the sign, a black wattle fence, behind two green lime trees, between whose tops a red, down introspective anchor floats. "

Partnerships

• Birštonas, Lithuania

Business, education and infrastructure

The printing Clausen & Bosse is one of the largest industrial companies in the region and one of the largest book manufacturer in Germany. Around 600 people are employed here. The rise began in 1950 with the paperback printing for Random House.

The Central Tax Office North Friesland also has its headquarters in leakage.

The village has a primary and a community school and a Danish comprehensive school. The nearest high school is located in the neighboring Niebüll.

Leak is the seat of the North Sea Academy, a state-funded educational institution of the German border association.

Traffic

Leak is located on the main road 199 The North Sea is 20 km, to the Baltic Sea near Flensburg and the Danish border 30 km 20 km away. Bike paths are available at the B 199 to Flensburg and Klixbüll of Klixbüll continue on the main road 5 to Niebüll and the Danish border, at the L 5 by Enge-Sande at the L 212 after Medelby. Otherwise, you will find more well-developed, slightly -used trails that are suitable for cycling.

The north west location airbase leak of the Air Force is no longer used for military flight operations.

Leak was still important intermediate station of the railway line Flensburg- Soft -Lindholm, which was shut down in 1981. For strategic reasons (NATO concept) the route was first obtained. Today, these motivations are omitted; nevertheless, the route is still passable. A reopening of the railway line has been considered several times, but never put into action. This is partly due to the parallel bus, which better connects the villages, including leak. However, one can take a trolley from leak until after Unaften.

Attractions

In the list of cultural monuments in leakage (North Friesland ) are registered in the list of monuments of Schleswig- Holstein cultural monuments.

Personalities

• Ludolf Conrad Hannibal Bargum (1802-1866), President of Schleswig- Holstein State Assembly and Mayor in Kiel, was born in Leck
• Roderich Cescotti ( born 1919 ), former Air Force officer, was stationed in leak
• Peter Aniol ( born 1938 ), former Air Force officer, member of the Landtag of Schleswig- Holstein ( to 1992)
• Jochen Miss Feldt ( born 1941 ), former Air Force officer and writer, was stationed in leak
• Gerhard W. Back ( born 1944 ), former Air Force officer, was stationed in leak
• Karlheinz Viereck ( born 1951 ), former Air Force officer, was stationed in leak