Upgant-Schott

Upgant -Schott is a municipality in the Brookmerland and is in the district of Aurich in East Friesland. Districts of Upgant -Schott are Mühlenloog where the Upganter and Marie oats windmills, also Ihlingswarf, Osterupgant and Kolhörn.

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Origin of the name

Was mentioned for the first time Upgant -Schott as Cuppargent in 945 in gift register of the monastery of Fulda. The name Upgant presumably refers to a small river named Gant, made ​​over the course of several assumptions. So he can be ( a 1969 eingemeindeten place ) Coming over the Bollandswater west of Schottjer Grode in the Abelitz, a tributary of the Old Greetsieler Sieltiefs, flowed from Siegelsum; however, it can also come from the lying east of Upgant raised bog and be identical with the modern Upganter Zugschloot. This is suggested by the name Upgant ( ostfriesisch: up de Gant, German: on / over the Gant ). The Schott label is from the Low German scheten: her interpreted ( German throw ). The thrown out of a ditch earth lay as a kind of Wall on the edge and was formerly Schott.

History

Incorporations

On 1 July 1972, the community was incorporated Siegelsum.

Policy

Parish council

The Council of the Municipality Upgant -Schott Council consists of 15 women and councilors. This is the set number for the member community of integrated municipality with a population of 3,001 to 5,000 inhabitants. The 15 council members are elected through local elections for five years. The current term of office began on 1 November 2011.

The last local elections on September 11, 2011 gave the following result:

The turnout in the local elections of 2011 was 52.36 %, just below the Lower Saxony average of 52.5 %. For comparison - in the previous local elections on 10 September 2006, the turnout was 57.34 %.

Attractions

In the southeast of the town is Ulferts Börg, one of the few preserved medieval stone houses of East Friesland.

Sons and daughters

  • Dieter Eilts - Former German soccer player and coach today
  • Reint de Boer - German engineering scientist
  • Gerd Constapel - Low German poet
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