Roklum

Roklum is a municipality in the district of Wolfenbüttel, in Lower Saxony. It belongs to the Samtgemeinde aces, which has its headquarters in the town of Remlingen.

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Geography

Roklum located in the southeast of the district.

History

For the first time the municipality in 1159 was mentioned.

Roklum was incorporated on 1 August 1941 in the wake of the restructuring of the Salzgitter area together with Hornburg and Isingerode from the district of Wernigerode ( Province of Saxony ) off and on in the Wolfenbüttel district.

Policy

Parish council

The municipal council of Roklum consists of seven council women and councilors

• SPD 4 seats
• CDU 3 seats

(As at municipal election on September 11, 2011)

Mayor

The honorary mayor Ute Heider was elected on 9 September 2001.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was awarded on May 23, 1939 by the Chief President of the Province of Saxony.

Blazon: " Argent, a growing Harzer Fuhrmann with black pants, a blue shirt and black silver embroidered, embroidered cap, in the hands of a whip diagonally keeping to the left. "

The coat of arms was designed by the graphic artist living in Osterweddingen Willy Wise.

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

The Federal Highway 79 Wolfenbüttel - Halberstadt runs right through the town.

Personalities

From 1828 to 1835 the writer and theologian Heinrich Andreas Pröhle ( 1797-1875 ) was a minister in Roklum.

1890 here was born Reinhold Eggers, who became known as a security officer of the officer camp Oflag IV -C at Colditz Castle.