Schweindorf

Schweindorf is a municipality in the district Holtriem Witt mouth in Lower Saxony. The community had in 2010 about 710 inhabitants and covers an area of ​​only 5.44 square kilometers. This is Schweindorf both in terms of population as well as on the surface, the smallest municipality in the district Witt mouth.

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Policy

Parish council

The Council of the Municipality pig village consists of 9 women council and councilors. This is the set number for the member community of integrated municipality with a population of 501-1000 people. The 9 Women Council and councilors are elected by a municipal election for five years. The current term of office began on 1 November 2011.

The council chose the alderman Hans Schuster ( WG) as honorary mayor for the current parliamentary term.

The last local elections took place on September 11, 2011. All elected Council members include the voter community WG on.

The turnout in the local elections of 2011 was 58.28 %, well above the Lower Saxony average of 52.5 %. For comparison - in the previous local elections on 10 September 2006, the turnout was 64.04 %.

Culture and sights

In Schweindorf there is a wedding Forest. 1697 all spouses were with her ​​marriage obliged to plant an oak tree in Harlingerland by the royal decree of the sovereign Christian Eberhard. During the time of this high time forest is formed.

The small community has two Dutch windmills. The 1907 -built Klaas Hensche mill was shut down in 1965 and fell progressively. In 1992, the mill club Schweindorf founded eV and restored the windmill. The second also in 1907 resulting mill Wiebersiek is obtained as a stump grinder with octagonal and is now used as private accommodation.

In 1948 on a farm in the municipality discovered Runensolidus of pig village is one of the " oldest language monuments in the coastal area of the Netherlands and Germany." It is in the possession of the East Frisia Landesmuseum Emden.

Economy and infrastructure

Opened in 1998, the wind farm Holtriem lies in part on the territory of the municipality Schweindorf. The output from wind farms comprising 52.5 megawatts and was at his opening of the largest wind farms in Europe.

Traffic

The municipality is located on the regional road between 6 Westerholt and Utarp.

Culture and sights

See: List of monuments in Schweindorf

Coat of arms

Since 2014 also Schweindorf leads a coat of arms. It shows a blue oblique wave beams, top left, a red Galerieholländer windmill next to a green sloping left beblattete ear of corn and a two-bladed, green oak branch on golden background. The former name ( 1564) Zwyndorp refers to the determination of word Zwin as an old name for a tidal creek. The slanted blue wave bar is promote the watercourse Zwin. The windmill and the ear of corn stand for the symbol of the village, known as Klaas Hensche mill. The oak branch stands for the many wooded areas in pig village and the old wedding custom, which is attributed to a disposition of Prince Christian Eberhard von Ostfriesland from 1697, which excludes newly wed couples would have to plant an oak tree. This custom is maintained with the wedding forest in Schweindorf today. The Wappentinkturen green, red and gold to symbolize its membership of the Samtgemeinde Holtriem, which also leads these colors in their coat of arms.