Spahnharrenstätte

Spahnharrenstätte is a municipality in the Emsland district, in Lower Saxony in Soegel ( Germany ).

The municipality, which covers 36.07 km ² in area, has about 1,400 inhabitants.

• 3.1 municipal

Geography

Location

The community Spahnharrenstätte located in the eastern part of the Hümmling, a wooded moraine ridge in Emsland.

Neighboring communities

Neighboring municipalities are in the north west, the municipality Börger, in the north the municipality Lorup in Samtgemeinde Werlte, in the east the communities Rastdorf and Werlte ( Samtgemeinde Werlte ), in the south the municipality Soegel and to the west the town Werpeloh.

History

The community Spahnharrenstätte stems from the already mentioned in the first millennium places Spahn and Harren site. Many prehistoric artifacts and remains of megalithic ( Poldenhünensteine ​​) or cemeteries ( Männige mountains ) are witnesses to the pre-and early history in the field of the two Hümmlinggemeinden. The common church building in 1866 at today's "New Town" was the starting point for the 1966 sealed merger of the two communities.

In Spahnharrenstätte a common school was built shortly afterwards, the children of the classes are taught 1-4 in today. A spacious sports facility and a gymnasium contribute to a sufficient leisure activities.

Policy

Parish council

The council has 11 elected members. Him since the local elections on 11 September 2011 belong to two parties or voter communities:

• CDU - 8 seats
• UWG ( Independent voters Community ) - 3 seats

The next local elections will take place in 2016.

Economy and infrastructure

Although many citizens are employed in the commercial and industrial area, the townscape is largely influenced by the traditional agriculture. The community will continue to strive in the future to obtain this village structure. This occurs mainly in the form of restriction of construction law. Thus, one must have lived only seven years in Spahnharrenstätte before a house can be built. For the guest offer in and around Spahnharrenstätte large forest and marsh areas to rest on.