Leezdorf

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 53 ° 33 '  N , 7 ° 18'  E
Basic data
State :	Lower Saxony
County :	Aurich
Joint municipality :	Brookmerland
Height :	1 m above sea level NHN
Area :	8.45 km 2
Residents:	1811 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	214 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	26529
Area code :	04934
License plate :	AUR, NOR
Community key :	03 4 52 015
Association administration address:	Am Markt 10 26529 Marienhafe
Mayor :	Manfred Wirringa ( SPD )
Location of the community Leezdorf in the district of Aurich

Leezdorf is a municipality with 1811 inhabitants in the joint municipality of Brookmerland in the Aurich district in East Friesland .

history

Leezdorf is one of the youngest communities in Brookmerland . It was not until 1765, after the “Reclamation Act” made intensive settlement possible, that the first bog colonists moved to the newly created place.

In the fall of 1793 occurred in Leezdorf after a very rainy summer with strong rainfalls led to a Moor outbreak . Around 57 hectares of peatland, some of which were already cultivated or dug up for cultivation, were buried.

In 1869 Leezdorf finally became independent, when it was branched off at the request of Osteel and the local council had given its approval. The President of the Province of Hanover also approved this procedure and Leezdorf was declared an "independent political municipality" with an announcement in the official gazette on April 20, 1869.

In contrast to many other villages, a scattered settlement emerged in Leezdorf , which can still be seen today in the settlement structure. In the meantime, however, there is a town center with a large market square, around which village and mill festivals take place regularly ( Leezdorfer Mühle ).

politics

Municipal council

The council of the community Leezdorf consists of eleven councilors and councilors. This is the specified number for the member municipality of a joint municipality with a population of 1001 to 2000 inhabitants. The eleven council members are elected by local elections for five years each. The current term of office began on November 1, 2016 and ends on October 31, 2021.

The last local election on September 11, 2016 resulted in the following:

Political party	Proportional votes	Number of seats	Change voices	Change seats
SPD	45.8%	5	−16.1%	−2
Brookmer Voting Association (BWG)	29.5%	3	+ 20.2%	+2
CDU	20.9%	2	−7.8%	−1
Alliance 90 / The Greens	3.8%	1	+ 3.8%	+1

The turnout in the 2016 local elections was 52.9 percent, just below the Lower Saxony average of 55.5 percent. For comparison - in the previous local elections on September 10, 2011, the turnout was 52.05 percent.

mayor

The mayor of Leezdorf is currently Manfred Wirringa.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "In blue over three two-to-one six-pointed golden spur wheels, threegolden cattails in a fan shape."
	Justification for the coat of arms: The bulrushes are reminiscent of the moor, the three spur wheels indicate that it belongs to the Norderland.

Web links

Commons : Leezdorf  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Homepage of the joint community Brookmerland

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony, LSN-Online regional database, Table 12411: Update of the population, as of December 31, 2019  ( help ).
2. ↑ Fridrich Arends: Earth description of the principality of East Friesland and the Harlingerland . Emden 1824, p. 401 ff., Textarchiv - Internet Archive .
3. ^ Lower Saxony Municipal Constitutional Law (NKomVG) in the version of December 17, 2010; Section 46 - Number of MPs accessed on December 31, 2016.
4. ↑ ^{a b} Samtgemeinde Brookmerland - Leezdorf municipal council election 2016, accessed on December 31, 2016.
5. ↑ Local elections: All information, all results . hna.de; accessed on December 31, 2016.