Wettrup
Wettrup is a municipality in the Emsland district, in Lower Saxony in Lengerich.
- 3.1 Development of the place
- 4.1 municipal
Geography
Geographical Location
Wettrup is located about 20 km east of the Ems and the town of Lingen almost exactly halfway between the cities Haselünne and Fuerstenau. It is a small village with about 650 inhabitants and an area of 13 square kilometers on the eastern outskirts of the district Emsland, directly on the border with the district of Osnabrück. In the east, extends an arm of the Wiehengebirge and to the north is the Hahnenmoor. The nearest large town of Lingen is about 25 km to the west. Meppen is located 30 km northwest and 40 km northeast of Cloppenburg Wettrup.
Neighboring communities
Neighboring municipalities are in the north of the city and the community Haselünne Drilling in the heart Samtgemeinde Lake, to the east the mountains and communities Bippen both in the Samtgemeinde Fuerstenau in the district of Osnabrück, in the southwest of the community Handrup.
Origin of the name
In the lifting tab of the monastery Will from the year 890 the first time the village under the name Wethonthorpe appears. What this word means exactly is not to say with absolute certainty. Anyway, there are three versions of this.
The first stems from Schriever, who wrote a history of the circle Lingen. He led Wethon from Anglo-Saxon Widon from, which means as much as graze, and so came to the interpretation of Willow Village.
According to another version, the name is derived from the Old German word Vitu = Woe, indicating a slight trees, can be in the pastured.
Finally Wettrup is associated with the Anglo-Saxon word wet that low, wet means in connection. The basic word refers to a settlement or a village. It could mean a settlement in a relatively wet terrain.
This last interpretation seems the more plausible, because in fact Wettrup is quite low and had to fight in the past repeatedly with high water; in particular, but probably because the neighboring village Handrup, which is actually higher, is referred to by its name as a high-lying village. In this respect, the two villages form a kind of a pair: Handrup the higher-lying village and Wettrup the lower situated village.
History
Development of the town
Policy
Parish council
The Municipal Council has nine elected members, who continue to belong solely to the CDU after the local elections of 11 September 2011. The next local elections in 2016.
Trade
The commercial area Eikhof adjacent to the busy B 402, so that the straßenverkehrliche connection can be considered optimal. Since the community Wettrup adjacent directly to the district of Osnabrück, commercial business connections can be made easily and circular cross here. A very good inter-regional connectivity in addition to the B 402 in the north - south direction ensured also on the L 60 in east west direction. The new industrial park Eikhof has a total area of 4.25 ha and is sold by the municipality Wettrup on favorable terms and the blank at resettlement willing companies as needed. If necessary, it can be enlarged.
Residential development
Adjacent to the village in the early 1990s was released a new area for residential development. This is divided into three construction phases and it is just getting started with the development of the third section.
Sports
The sports club Wettrup 1968 eV is the sporty flagship of the small town. The club members are mostly Wettruper, but also play many Handruper in the club. The first football seniors team currently plays in the 3rd district of Emsland class South. Besides football provides the SV Wettrup also badminton and volleyball and maintains a shooting sports group.
Traffic
Wettrup is located on the B 402 between Fuerstenau and Haselünne. The motorway junctions Holdorf and Osnabrück North / Bramsche of A 1 are about 45 Km from Wettrup. The junction of the A31 Lingen / wages is about 35 km away.
Clubs
As in many other rural communities of the Emsland, a large part of the activities is determined by the club life in Wettrup.
- Home and Cultural Association Wettrup
- Catholic Women's Community Wettrup
- Catholic Rural Youth Wettrup
- Low German theater group Wettrup
- Dance group Wettrup
- Senior group Wettrup
- Sports club SV Wettrup e.V.
Fire department
The volunteer fire department Wettrup was founded in 1942. But it is much earlier have given here a fire engine, which was alarmed by the ringing of bells, and then pulled by a team of horses for use. The Fire Station, attached directly to the east of the community center, includes 2 car boxes, a training room, a small workshop and the associated sanitary facilities. This complex of buildings ( municipal and fire station ) was built in 1996 after the previous building had burned down the year before. The fire then only the vehicle box of Löschgruppenfahrzeuges LF 8 could be saved from the flames. For a fleet LF 8 belongs to a Mercedes- Benz chassis (built in 1991), as well as an equipment cart GW special on a VW LT chassis ( Bj.1977 ). Currently, the fire department has 28 active comrades and 12 honorary members in the age division.