Dinklage
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Coordinates: 52 ° 40 ′ N , 8 ° 8 ′ E |
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| State : | Lower Saxony | |
| County : | Vechta | |
| Height : | 27 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 72.66 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 13,095 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 180 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postal code : | 49413 | |
| Area code : | 04443 | |
| License plate : | VEC | |
| Community key : | 03 4 60 003 | |
| LOCODE : | DE DKG | |
| City structure: | 6 districts | |
City administration address : |
Am Markt 1 49413 Dinklage |
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| Mayor : | Frank Bittner (independent) | |
| Location of the city of Dinklage in the district of Vechta | ||
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Dinklage is a town in the district of Vechta , Lower Saxony .
geography
Geographical location
Dinklage is located in the North German Plain in the so-called Dinklager Basin , a large lowland area about 100 km south of the North Sea coast, about 60 km east of the Dutch border and almost halfway between Bremen and Osnabrück . To the east and north-east there are larger moor areas, in the north-west the Cloppenburger Geest borders, in the south-east the Dammer Mountains border, in the west the Hasetal and further west and south-west the Ankumer Höhe .
The landscape is varied and is loosened up by numerous rows of trees and hedgerows.
Geology and hydrogeology
Dinklage lies in the North German Plain. The area around Dinklage consists mainly of glazio-fluvial sediments , which consist primarily of loamy and sandy deposits from the Pleistocene . Drilling has shown that the top soil layer is approximately 5–7 m thick. This layer is underlain by an approximately 10 m thick loamy and marl-like sediment layer. Sandy layers at a depth of 25 to 30 m form a productive aquifer for pumping groundwater. The top aquifer is at a depth of 2 to 6 m.
Hydrology
In an east-west direction near the center of Dinklage, several surface waters flow from the right to the Dinklager Mühlenbach , namely (from south to north) the Trenkampsbach , the Dinkel and the Hopener Mühlenbach . The Dinklager Mühlenbach flows in a northerly direction to the city limits of Dinklages, where it joins the Grenzbach Aue, also coming from the east, to form the Hase camp and together with this it releases its water over the Hase and Ems to the North Sea . Flows from the left to the Dinklager Mühlebach the Bünner Bach to.
The Handorf Mühlenbach flows, coming from the southeast from the Dinklager farmers' association Langwege , into the Bünne-Wehdeler Grenzkanal , which delimits Dinklage and thus the district of Vechta in the west. This canal flows north of Quakenbrück into the Essen Canal , an arm of the Hase Inland Delta , which joins the Hase camp west of Essen / Oldenburg .
topography
The entire area of the city of Dinklage is very flat, gently sloping from the southeast to the northwest. The highest elevation ( 32 m above sea level ) is located near the southern city limits in the Langwege farming community, near the federal motorway 1 and the federal highway 214. The lowest point ( 24.8 m above sea level ) is in the northwest City area in the Wulfenauer Mark. The built-up city center is about 26–28 m above sea level. NN .
Community structure
The city Dinklage comprises a closed center (including the neighborhoods Wiek and listening), live in the approximately 85 percent of the population, as well as six farming communities : Bahlen, Bünne, Höne, long ways Schwege and Wulfenau.
Neighboring communities
* Distance information relates to the distance to the town center.
| Quakenbrück (11 km) | Essen (Oldb) (14 km) | Bakum (10 km) | |
| Badbergen (10 km) |
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Lohne (7 km) | |
| Gehrde (14 km) | Holdorf (8 km) | Steinfeld (10 km) |
climate
Temperate maritime climate influenced by humid northwest winds from the North Sea. On a long-term average, the air temperature in Dinklage reaches 8.5–9.0 ° C and around 700 mm of precipitation falls. Between May and August, an average of 20-25 summer days (climatological term for days on which the maximum temperature exceeds 25 ° C) can be expected.
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Average monthly rainfall for Dinklage
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history
Origin and development
Around the year 980, the Counts of Calvelage (today Brockdorf) built a castle in Dinklage, the Ferdinandsburg. It was the residence of the counts Bernhard I (around 980), Hermann I (around 1020), Bernard II (around 1051) and Hermann II (around 1075) in what was then Dersagau .
Dinklage was first mentioned in a document in 1231 ( Thinclage , later Dynclage , from 1270 Dinklage ). In 1231 the castle came into the possession of the family of Johan von Dinklage, a former administrator in the service of the former count.
The place name - especially its ending ( location ) - suggests a clearing settlement from the 11th to 12th centuries, possibly with a court (Thinc, Thing, Ding). The owners of the land and land were the lords of Dincklage . In the middle of the 14th century, Dinklage also became its own parish , previously it belonged to the parish of Lohne.
When the Lords of Dinklage tried around 1372 to establish an independent rule, they were defeated by the Bishop of Münster, Florence of Wevelinghoven, with great efforts. The castle (Ferdinandsburg), which was destroyed during the siege, was replaced by four new castles elsewhere in 1400, of which only Dietrichsburg remains in a later architectural style. In 1588 the castle became the private property of the Ledebur family. The only reminder of the Johannsburg, Herbordsburg (until 1677) and Hugoburg (until 1840) are the former Rentei and the castle chapel. The first church was consecrated on June 4, 1349. This separates the parish of Dinklage from the mother parish of Lohne. Wolterus becomes the first pastor in Dinklage. The plague raged in Dinklage and the region in 1360. The robber knight's castle, Ferdinandsburg, was stormed after a 15-week siege and destroyed on September 17, 1374. 20 years after the first outbreak of the plague, she came back to Dinklage and the region again in 1380. The Vechta officials invaded the parishes of Gehrde and Badbergen. As an immediate counter-reaction, there was looting in Dinklage. A large plague epidemic was brought in from Bremen in 1505 and lasted for years.
From the Reformation to the end of the Thirty Years War
Johann von Dinklage supported Martin Luther's Reformation in 1543. As a result, Dinklage became Protestant. A major crop failure in the region, combined with a subsequent famine, was triggered in 1556. In 1575 there was a major fire. The plague broke out again in Dinklage in 1557 and in the region in 1577. 1613 was the beginning of the Counter Reformation and the majority of the population became Catholic again. The Counter Reformation was rejected by the majority of the population and took place only hesitantly.
Mansfeld arrives in the area in 1622 with marauding troops from East Frisia. From autumn 1623 to spring 1630 Dinklage was occupied by foreign troops. Tilly von Altenoythe destroyed the troops of Mansfeld in 1623. In 1630 the Vicar General Nikolatius reported during his inspection tour that the condition of the Dinklager Church was very bad after the troops had withdrawn. Church insignia had been stolen by the war hordes, the floors of the churches had been destroyed, so that the church looked more like a barn or a stable. The tabernacles, one of which was paved with clay, stood wide open. The weapons of the Lords of Dinklage hung over the altar instead of images of saints. Pigs grazed in the churchyard, and skeletal bones lay everywhere. Due to the war conditions and the behavior of the Lords of Dinklage, the church could not be repaired. In 1641 the bishop of Münster sent his confidante Heinrich von Galen to Dinklage, who was given the title Drost von Vechta. The Latin school was first mentioned in 1652. The Swedish troops left the Amt Vechta as the last legacy of the Thirty Years' War. A few years (1655) after the end of the Thirty Years' War, the church was restored under the direction of the Counts of Galen .
In 1667 the plague broke out again.
Von Galen family
In 1667, Prince-Bishop Christoph Bernhard von Galen acquired the Dinklager goods belonging to the impoverished Lords of Dinklage for his brother Heinrich von Galen, the Drosten von Vechta. The von Galen family moved their family seat to Dietrichsburg. The Herbordsburg was used as a warehouse, while the Hugoburg consisted of a storage room, a court room and two dungeons. In 1677, Dinklage and the Brockdorf farmers were united, from which the free territory "Glory" emerged, with its own place of jurisdiction and administration.
The purchase of a noble estate enabled the von Galen family to appear on an equal footing with the local noble families. In 1671 all of Galen's possessions were combined in the Amt Vechta as a Fideikommiss ; this meant that these goods remained inalienable and indivisible in the hands of the family (the respective head of the family). In 1677, Christoph Bernhard von Galen transferred the rights of von Galen in Enniger to the parish of Dinklage with the village of Brockdorf and on Esterwegen in Hümmling. The so named glory Dinklage was created .
Within a few decades, the slowly crumbling rule of the von Dinklage family had become a closed glory among the non-residents of von Galen. The decisive force behind this change was the strong Münster prince-bishop and sovereign Christoph Bernhard von Galen. In 1671 Wulfenau and parts of today's Bünne came to the parish. Under him, his family was able to establish themselves in Münster's Niederstift and occupy a strong position: until the end of Münster's rule in 1803, the imperial barons (from 1665) remained at the same time drosten of the Vechta office, and for years after that they held the special position in their glory .
Dinklage is the birthplace of the Bishop of Münster and Cardinal Clemens August Graf von Galen ( Lion of Münster ). He was born in 1878 at Dinklage Castle, ordained bishop in 1933 and cardinal on February 18, 1946. He died on March 19, 1946.
The water castle, in which he was born is, since 1949, when his nephew Christoph Bernhard von Galen (1907-2002) it to the Order of the Benedictines gave that Klosterburg Dinklage .
Glory Dinklage
In 1677, in the area of today's town of Dinklage and the neighboring village of Brockdorf, a structure resembling a small state, the so-called Herrlichkeit Dinklage, was built . The von Galen family, in their glory, had administrative sovereignty and jurisdiction; all taxes, fines and other income fell into the hands of the manorial treasury. Dinklage severed the feudal bond with the Prince Diocese of Münster from a truly small state . The Dinklager Church was expanded in 1720; the expansion was completed in 1727. On March 17, 1826, Matthias Graf von Galen and the Oldenburg government councilor Carl Friedrich Ferdinand Suden signed and sealed a contract that meant the end of glory for Dinklage .
Beginning of the Oldenburg period
After the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte occupied and annexed the German territories on the left bank of the Rhine, the secular German princes sought compensation for the parts of the country they had lost. They found him in the ecclesiastical principalities of the old empire, which were dissolved and divided up in the Regensburg Reichsdeputationshauptschluss 1803. The offices of Cloppenburg and Vechta - with Dinklage - of the Principality of Münster were awarded to the Duke of Oldenburg.
French period
In 1810 Napoleon's troops occupied the Duchy of Oldenburg and thus also Dinklage. Serfdom was dissolved by the French government on December 9, 1811, and was initially reversed by the Duke of Oldenburg, and later it was finally dissolved. A year later it was incorporated into the French Empire . Dinklage immediately belonged to the department of the Upper Ems and the district of Quakenbrück. Together with the parishes of Lohne and Steinfeld, it formed the canton of Dinklage with its seat in Dinklage. The former parish bailiff became the mayor of the place. French laws now applied to all residents. How far they have actually penetrated, however, is difficult to assess. At least with regard to taxes and duties, the French seem to have rigorously enforced (see Contributions to the History of Glory Dinklage , by Vicar Hörstmann).
The commitment of young men to military service was also new and depressing. Some dink camps lost their lives in the wars of the French emperor. As early as April 1811, citizens from the Dinklage canton had to do military service with Napoleon's troops. He requested sailors for his warships. On May 7, 1811, 25 young people left Lohne and traveled via Quakenbrück to Antwerp and then to Toulon , where they served as sailors on the admiral ship Commerce de Paris . The French army also called in soldiers. On August 28, 1811, the Quakenbrück arrondissement provided a contingent of 303 men, including 30 people from the canton of Dinklage.
In June 1812, Napoleon moved towards Russia with the largest army in history. Many men tried to flee. Deserters were ruthlessly punished. Those who helped deserters were jailed for up to six months. Anton Tapehorn hid together with the farmer Hugo Westendorf in Bünne in order to evade military service.
The French era ended in 1813 . The Duke of Oldenburg returned towards the end of 1813. The time of bondage ended in Dinklage around 1850. The farmers were able to buy their farms from the landlord in exchange for money.
The Dinklage Catholic library opens in 1852.
emigration
In the 19th century in particular, there was a rural exodus due to great poverty among the peasant classes of day laborers and hirers. As a result, many dink camps emigrated to North America. There they settled in particular in the states of Ohio, Kansas, Michigan, Wisconsin and Illinois.
After the First World War , some dink camps also emigrated to Brazil, and there in particular to the southern federal states (states Rio Grande do Sul, Parana, Santa Catarina).
Dinklage has close ties to North and South America to this day.
First council
The first Dinklager parish council began its work on May 1, 1856. Council members were Zeller Renze zu Bahlen, Zeller Többe-Schwegmann zu Schwege, Zeller Klöcker to Langwege, Kötter Brunkenkel near Dinklage, landlord Hörstmann to Dinklage, Zeller Diers-Bünnemeyer in Bünne, Zeller Böckmann near Dinklage, Kötter little sextro to Langwege, Zeller Schulte zu Langwege Schwege, Zeller Hörstmann zu Schwege, Zeller Meyer zu Höne, Zeller Gr. Bornorst in Bahlen, Kötter Niemann zu Höne, Zeller Hugo in Bünne, pharmacist Keppel from Dinklage.
The previous mayor Johann Ostendorf was confirmed in his office.
Industrial development
The industrial development of the place began in the 19th century. In 1837 there were four schnapps distilleries, eight breweries, eight oil mills, a tobacco factory, a candle factory and three flour mills in Dinklage. It must have been a small family business. The "Private Rector's School" (later the Higher Citizens' School (1936) and Middle School (1940)), later the Realschule and today's Oberschule, is founded in 1868. August Hannemann, from Münster, began building the current Catholic church “St. Catharina “started. The church was completed three years later and consecrated in 1884. In 1904, Dinklage was connected to the Lohne – Dinklage small railway . The sports club Turnverein Dinklage was founded in 1904. The Workers 'and Soldiers' Council was founded on November 17, 1918, the first free municipal council election took place on April 16, 1919.
The pioneers of industrialization in the 19th century were the companies van der Wal (textile industry, until 1978) and Holthaus (later Wehrhahn, mechanical engineering, founded in 1850, until 1976).
National Socialist rule
In the last semi-free elections in Dinklage , the NSDAP received just under 6 percent of the vote. Nevertheless, after the takeover of power, the number of members and sympathizers of the NSDAP also grew in the Oldenburger Münsterland and thus also in Dinklage. Many people were impressed by Hitler's measures to reduce unemployment and the agricultural crisis. Hitler's supposed church-friendly stance at the conclusion of the Reich Concordat with the Holy See on July 20, 1933 and his initial commitment to positive Christianity also met with approval . However, the anti-religious character of the National Socialist worldview soon became apparent, and this encountered resistance from the large majority of the population who supported their church.
The political representation - the Center Party - was soon eliminated by the rulers, but the Catholic Church, represented by the official in Vechta and the Bishop of Münster from Dinklage - Clemens August Graf von Galen - took on an intermediary role. A certain internal resistance manifested itself publicly, for example in the Kreuzkampf of 1936 and almost made the National Socialists despair. In 1938, for example, the NSDAP appointed a party member from North Oldenburg as the new mayor because it considered their own compatriots in South Oldenburg and the population in general to be too insecure.
Dinklage was only slightly destroyed during the Second World War . There was no fighting in Dinklage. Only a few houses in the town center were destroyed by rocket fire from the British troops advancing from the west (Badbergen). A US Army plane crashed over the Burgwald. The place surrendered without resistance.
It is unclear whether Jews lived in Dinklage before or during the time of National Socialist rule or whether Jews were deported during National Socialist rule. In 1945, Dinklage was liberated from National Socialist rule by British troops.
post war period
Even if hardly any living space was destroyed in Dinklage during the Second World War, there was also a severe shortage of living space there in the post-war period. Refugees, especially from Silesia, but also from East Prussia and Pomerania, had to be accepted. At times, the proportion of refugees in the total population of the municipality was around 30 percent. Therefore, many new houses and apartments were built in the 1950s. Many war refugees settled in Dinklage. Many of them or their descendants still live in Dinklage today. Street names such as Königsberger Straße, Glatzer Straße or Breslauer Straße still remind us of this today.
present
Since about 1990 Dinklage has experienced a strong increase in population. On September 16, 1995, Dinklage was named "City". In the last few years there has been a comprehensive renovation of the inner city. Heinrich Moormann became the first full-time mayor of the city of Dinklage in 2001. In August 2002, the DB expanded the connecting point in Lohne. On December 15, 2003, the city council of Dinklage decided to close the inactive small railway company. A rapid cycle path was created between Dinklage and the city of Lohne.
Cardinal Clemens August Graf von Galen was beatified in Rome in 2005. Frank Bittner has been the new full-time mayor since 2014.
History of Dinklager districts
The city of Dinklage today comprises a closed city center (including the districts Wiek and Hörst), in which around 85 percent of the population live, as well as six farmers: Bahlen (221 inhabitants), Bünne (306), Höne (242), Langwege (521) , Schwege (192) and Wulfenau (8207).
In 1939 the town of Dinklage was divided into the following districts: Auf der Hörst (now part of the town center), Bahlen, Bünne, Dinklage Castle (Gut), Dinklage, Freienschwege (now part of Schwege), Höne, Landeskrone (now part of Bünne), Langwege, Ostendorf (today part of Schwege), Schwege, Vossdiek (today part of Langwege), Wulfenau.
Bünne
The oldest district of Dinklage is the Bünne peasantry west of the town center. It was first mentioned in a document in 872 ( Bunni ).
On October 17, 872, Count Walbert notarized the foundation of the St. Alexander Monastery in Wildeshausen. He reserved the patronage for himself and his family. The foundation was equipped with goods in Holtrup, Holzhausen, Farnthorpe, Ertithorpe, Ebersheide, Sage, Hanstedt, Düngstrup, Lutten , Hollwedel, Bergfeine and Bunne. This was the first time that the town of Bünne was mentioned in a document.
The connection to Wildeshausen was broken later. On April 3, 1280, Propst Dietrich, Dean Johannes and the whole chapter in Wildeshausen sold goods in Bünne, Dinklage community, among other things.
One can assume a long tradition wherever - as in Bünne - a Meierhof is or was. The majority of the Meierhöfe were laid out in the time of Charlemagne around 800. They were manned by Frankish officials called Meier. Originally you had mainly military professional duties and were supposed to ensure peace and order. The residents of the Meierhöfe had a special position. They were also frequently cited as witnesses to public notarizations. They usually added their first name to the name of the place where their farm was located. It can be assumed that the persons mentioned in old documents with the addition of de (from) Bunne were the owners or roommates of the Meierhof in Bünne. Fixed family names did not develop until later.
For Bünne were named: 1224 and 1235 Ludolf de Bunne, 1229 Ortgisus de Bunne, 1242 Wernerus de Bunne, 1254 and 1259 Wolterus de Bunne, 1300 Manna and Arnoldus de Bunne.
In a document dated September 27, 1350, it is listed as Bunne in parochia Dinglaghe . After the Reformation it was mixed denominationally. In 1682 there were 94 Protestants there. Until 1671, half of it belonged to the Badbergen parish. The western part of today's farmers came to the parish of Dinklage in 1671.
In later centuries Bünne was not spared the turmoil of the Reformation and the fate of a border community. With the exception of the western part, it has always belonged to Dinklage.
In 1703 the dean Ribbers complained in Dinklage that the Wulfenau farmers and half of the Bünne farmers, who were formerly Badbergisch-Osnabrück and are now Münster, had no place in the church and were therefore forced to stay away and go to the Lutheran church in Badbergen where they would have places.
On July 4, 1925, Bishop Friedrich von Münster enfeoffed Johann von Bockraden with half of the Meierhof in Bünne. There should be no doubt that the Arns-Bünnemeier and Diers-Bünnemeier farms formed the original Meierhof in Bünne. Both farms were still full heirs after the division.
Schwege
The district of Schwege, located southwest of the town center, consists of the former districts of Schwege, Freienschwege and Ostendorf. Schwege was first mentioned in a document in 1160 (Svege). The name Svege refers to pasture and farm areas for cattle (cattle). In 1985 there were extensive celebrations for the town's 825th anniversary, and in 2010 the celebrations for its 850th anniversary.
In 1652, shortly after the Thirty Years' War , Schwege had around 120 inhabitants, in 1721 there were 296, in 1837 there were 443, and in 1905 there were 359. After the Second World War (1950), 408 residents and 215 people displaced from the east lived in Schwege.
Long distances
A small part of the village used to be called Ostendorf or Ossendörpe , with the former farms Rolf-Ostendorf and Schulte-Ostendorf. The Schulte-Ostendorf farmyard (today Schulte) still exists today.
The Langwege district, located south of the town center, was first mentioned in documents in 1402 (Lancwede). In 2002, extensive celebrations took place to mark the 600th anniversary of the farming community.
Wulfenau
Wulfenau, northwest of the town center, was first mentioned in 1390 as Wuluenowe ( Wolfswiese ). Before the Thirty Years War, Wulfenau was part of the Badbergen parish. In 1671 Wulfenau came to the parish of Dinklage (together with the western part of Bünne) . The grave of the von Rössing family is located in the cemetery near the Evangelical Church in Wulfenau . Ernst Conrad Christian von Rössing inherited the manor Lage in 1810 . Although this belonged to the office of Cloppenburg , whose district administrator von Rössing was at the time, it was assigned to the Protestant parish of Wulfenau. The last male name bearer of the Lage des Aristocratic family died in 1934. The estate remained in family ownership until 1948.
Bahlen
The Bahlen farmers, north of the town center, have only borne their name since the 19th century. Before it was called Bahlingen and before that it was called Bollingen, or simply Bollen, that is a flat elevation in the landscape. Around 1500 there were around 15 farms here.
Hones
Höne is northwest of the town center. The name Höne is said to have something to do with the name hoene veld , the high field, which means that it denotes an elevation in otherwise damp lowlands.
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North-eastern part of the Dinklager town center.
You hear
Southern part of the town center. The Hörst is one of the oldest parts of the settlement in the town center. The area, which is named after a raised ground with forest, used to belong directly to the castle. Owned by the "Dinklage gentlemen" lay here, the office building of von Galen stood until the 19th century and the servants of the castle lived here.
Population development
At the beginning of the 20th century (1905) the community of Dinklage had 4223 inhabitants. Before the Second World War (1939) the place had 5200 inhabitants.
Since about 1990 Dinklage has experienced a strong increase in population. Around 13,600 people currently live in the city. The graphic here, based on the data from the Lower Saxony State Office for Statistics, shows a significant increase in the population between around 1995 and 2000 in the young town on the Burgwald , as it calls itself.
Religions
Denomination statistics
According to the 2011 census , a majority of 67.4% of the population was Roman Catholic , 18.1% Protestant and 14.4% were non-denominational , belonged to another religious community or did not provide any information. As of January 1, 2019, 62.7% of the 17,060 inhabitants are predominantly Roman Catholic, 16.8% Protestant and 20.5% are non-denominational or belong to another religious community. The number of Protestants and Catholics has therefore decreased in the observed period.
Christianity
- Catholic parish of St. Catharina Dinklage
- Evangelical Lutheran parish in Dinklage and Wulfenau
- Benedictine Abbey of Burg Dinklage
politics
City council
The council of the city of Dinklage consists of 24 council women and councilors. The stipulated number for a city with a population between 12,001 and 15,000 is usually 30 councilors. The city council decided that this number was reduced by six. The 24 people 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 full-time mayor Frank Bittner (independent) is also entitled to vote in the city council.
The last local election on September 11, 2016 resulted in the following:
- CDU : 55.7% - 13 seats
- SPD : 20.8% - 5 seats
- Citizens' forum Dinklage BFD : 19.4% - 5 seats
- Alliance 90 / The Greens : 4.1% - 1 seats
mayor
The full-time mayor of the city of Dinklage is Frank Bittner (non-party). In the last mayoral election on May 25, 2014, he was elected with 69.7% of the vote. His opponent, the previous incumbent Heinrich Moormann (non-party), received 30.3%. The turnout was 60.6%. Bittner began his tenure on November 1, 2014.
- Community leader before 1945
- Johann Ostendorf (around 1855)
- Rudolf Ostendorf (1890–1922 (?))
- Franz Diekmann (1922–1938)
- Anton Geltjen (1938–1945, appointed by the NSDAP)
- Mayor since 1945
- Julius Mäckel (1945–1946)
- Ludwig Middendorf (1946–1948)
- Georg Meyer (1948–1952)
- Josef Haverkamp (1952–1956)
- Josef Hachmöller (1956–1964)
- Heinrich Hoymann (1964–1968)
- Heinrich Kollbeck (1968)
- Gerhard Peuker (1968–1981)
- Josef Kathe (1981-2001)
- Heinrich Moormann (2001-2014)
- Frank Bittner (since November 2014)
coat of arms
Description : In gold, a red wolf tang accompanied on the right by the red St. Andrew's cross and on the left by a red rose with a golden tug .
The lords of Dinklage adopted the Schragen and the rose , and the von Galen family adopted the red wolf angel as motifs for the coat of arms of the city of Dinklage. "The combination of these essential motifs from the coats of arms of the most important families in the city is a heraldic expression of the city's history."
Town twinning
Dinklage has had a close partnership with the French community of Épouville in Normandy since 1986 .
Culture and sights
museum
- In addition to the Schweger Mühle, the local history association “Herrlichkeit Dinklage” maintains an exhibition barn with the permanent exhibition “From grain to bread”, a changing special exhibition and a grain trail.
Buildings
Castle chapel
Former pension company
Schweger mill
The Dinklage Castle ( Dietrichsburg ) is the largest moated castle in the Oldenburg Münsterland. It was built in the 15th century. In 1588 the Dietrichsburg inherited into the possession of the von Ledebur family. In 1641 Heinrich von Galen, Drost of the Office in Vechta, leased the heir from the von Ledebur family and took up residence at Dietrichsburg. In 1663, on the occasion of an inheritance dispute in the von Ledebur family, the Prince-Bishop of Münster, Christoph Bernhard von Galen, gives the Dinklager property to his brother Heinrich, the tenant, under compulsory administration. The Ledebur family is suing in court. It was not until 1801 that an amicable agreement was reached between the heirs of the von Ledebur family and Clemens August Freiherrn von Galen (who was raised to the rank of count in 1803). In 1941, Count Christoph Bernhard made Dinklage Castle available to the Benedictine nuns of Vinnenberg as a refuge, and in 1945 they returned to Vinnenberg. A group of Benedictine women from the St. Gertrud Priory in Alexanderdorf have lived in the castle since 1946, which became their property in 1949.
The castle chapel was built in 1844 and is not far from Dinklage Castle ("Dietrichsburg"). Many members of the von Galen family are buried in the Dinklage castle chapel. The Hugoburg was located here until 1840 .
The former rentier is not far from Dinklage Castle ("Dietrichsburg"). Herbordsburg was located here until 1677 .
The Schweger Mühle (also called Bäukens Möhln or Holländer Galeriemühle ) was built in 1848. In the first half of the 19th century, another mill was needed in the Dinklager room; there was only the count's water mill by the castle and the Holthausmühle for Höne and Bahlen, which were still in operation. The farmers often had to wait a long time before their grain could be ground in the mill. Therefore, in 1848, farmer Franz Heinrich Große Böckmann decided to build a new windmill in the Wiek near Dinklage. He owned a farm near the castle (the small forest at the entrance to the castle forest is still called Bäukens Busk ). The count did not allow a new mill to be built on this property. Two reasons were decisive for this: Firstly, the close proximity to the Count's watermill and, secondly, the wind conditions in the immediate vicinity of the forest were certainly not the best for operating a windmill. Franz Große Böckmann therefore teamed up with farmer Clemens August Schulte-Ostendorf in Schwege; Together they built the windmill in Schwege (Ostendorf) on Schulte's property next to his wage houses , where good wind conditions were expected and it was convenient for customers. Since the farmers were interested in the mill being completed and put into operation soon, they helped the team to get the building material up. Schweger Mühle has been a station on the Lower Saxony Mühlenstrasse since 2008 .
The Evangelical Church of Wulfenau , which is surrounded by tall trees , is a one-room church with a gable roof and brick cladding in a simple decor. It is an early historical chapel church that was consecrated in 1852. The west tower with a towering pointed hood was added in 1894.
The Catholic Church of St. Catharina was built in 1878. At 72 m, the church tower is the tallest church building in the Oldenburger Münsterland . Clemens August Graf von Galen , who later became Bishop of Münster and cardinal, was baptized here in 1878 .
The town hall of Dinklage was built in 1903 as Villa Dr. Meyer erected.
The old train station was built in 1907. After completion of the Lohne – Dinklage railway line , the representative station building was erected. Today, after the railway operations were closed, it serves as a local museum.
The Villa Holthaus is a manufacturer's villa built in 1918. This Wilhelminian style villa was used as an administration building by the Holthaus and Wehrhahn companies until the 1970s.
St. Catharina
Town hall Dinklage, formerly also Villa Dr. Meyer
Old station building
Villa Holthaus
Evangelical Church Wulfenau
Top art
In the course of the new construction of the Dinklager Ring, several roundabouts were built . These and the gyro Sanderstraße / Samskamp / Goethestraße were roundabout art facilities. The steel sculpture "Mutkugel" at the southeastern beginning of the Dinklager Ring is intended to commemorate Cardinal Clemens-August Graf von Galen. The second person to be honored with spinning top art at Dinklager Ring is Bernhard Romberg (in the middle of the Dinklager Ring / Märschendorfer Straße roundabout).
"Courage ball of the Cardinal von Galen Foundation on the roundabout Lohner Straße / Dinklager Ring"
Image of Bernhard Romberg on the roundabout Dinklager Ring / Märschendorfer Straße
Sculpture “Figures outside” by Jonas Kötz on the roundabout Sanderstraße / Samskamp / Goethestraße
Scenically interesting areas
The area around the city of Dinklage offers a variety of scenic areas. Which includes:
- the castle forest area as a large contiguous forest area, partly under nature protection (NSG Burgwald Dinklage ), partly under landscape protection ,
- the Bockhorster Moor nature reserve ,
- the Wulfenau Heath ,
- the Höner Heide ,
- the Bünner Wohld .
Parks, green spaces and show gardens
- Bürgerpark
- Zoo in the Burgwald
- Grain garden Schwege
Recreation / tourism
- Dinklage is located on the 142 km long holiday route called Artland Route , the pit stop route and the Lower Saxony Mühlenstrasse .
- The Abbey of Burg Dinklage is the end of the Kardinalsweg , a 24 km long pilgrimage route from the former Benedictine monastery in Damme to Dinklage, inaugurated on October 28, 2018 .
- 110 km of cycling tours around Dinklage
- Over 200 beds in hotels and inns
Alley of beeches near Dinklage Castle
Fallow deer in the game reserve of the Burgwald Dinklage
Iron stele at the end of the Cardinal's Path at Dinklage Castle
Sports
The largest sports club is the Turnverein Dinklage (TV Dinklage), which was founded in 1904. In addition, TV Dinklage is the largest sports club in the Oldenburger Münsterland with over 5000 members. There is also a tennis club (398 members), a pony club (208 members), a riding club (297 members), DLRG (470 members) and the integrative wheelchair sports community Dinklage e. V.
Several sports fields and sports halls, a squash hall, several tennis courts, a swimming pool, several riding arenas and riding arenas as well as a shooting range for marksmen and an archery facility are available to the athletes. Outdoor sports such as jogging and walking are also possible in the extensive castle forest area.
Regular events
- January 1st: WSC Ritzer bobsleigh
- Langweger Schützenfest (Whitsun)
- German Mill Day (Schweger Mill, Whit Monday)
- Dinklage summer fair (first Sunday in July)
- Dinklager Schützenfest (fourth Sunday in July)
- Schweger Mill Festival (first Sunday in August)
- Beginning of August: international two-day hike
- Dinklager Fettmarkt (third Sunday in October)
- Dinklager cultural summer
- Dinklager breed rabbit show
- Christmas Market
- Christmas baker at Schweger Mühle (second Advent)
Economy, infrastructure, traffic
economy
From an economic point of view, the greater Dinklage / Vechta area is strongly influenced by agriculture . Pig and poultry farming, in particular, are an important economic factor. In addition to the agricultural processing industry such as feed companies and stable equipment companies, the corporate structure of the city of Dinklage is characterized by a variety of industries and an orientation towards service. Numerous companies from the delicatessen , food, veterinary drugs, plastics, mechanical engineering, toolmaking, metal construction, plastics recycling, furniture, peat products, agricultural equipment and brickwork products sectors are located in the Dinklage area. In addition, many craft businesses and service companies are based in the city and the surrounding area.
Agriculture and Forestry
- utilized agricultural area: 5181 ha
- Forestry area: 783 ha
Infrastructure
Streets
- State and district roads: 35 km
- Local roads 131.5 km
Street lighting
1375 pieces, power consumption: 163,000 kWh / a
Sewage treatment plant / sewerage
- Sewage treatment plant: 700,000 m³ / year
- Wastewater canal: 58.923 km
- Wastewater penstocks: 10.107 km
- Rainwater canal: 57.994 km
- Rainwater penstocks: 0.285 km
traffic
Dinklage is a town west of the federal highway 1 ( Hansalinie ) almost halfway between Bremen and Osnabrück . To reach them is via the motorway - junction 65 (Lohne / Dinklage). The federal highway 214 runs in the south of the urban area .
The nearest train stations are in the neighboring towns of Lohne and Quakenbrück .
The Dinklage – Brockdorf – Lohne bus route (661) runs on weekdays and Saturdays.
The district- wide on- call bus project moobil + started in autumn 2013 . To this end, over 70 stops have been set up in the city of Dinklage. The moobil + buses connect Dinklage and the city districts on weekdays with the municipality of Holdorf (line 633, every 2 hours), the city of Lohne (line 660, every hour) and the city of Quakenbrück (line 638, every 2 hours). Another “moobil +” line (line 630, every 2 hours) to the district town of Vechta started operations in August 2016.
The nearest airports are Bremen Airport (70 km north) and Münster / Osnabrück Airport (80 km south). The nearest major international airport is Amsterdam Airport (Schiphol), about 250 km to the west. Further international airports within a radius of 200 km are the airports of Hanover (150 km), Dortmund (150 km), Hamburg (200 km) and Düsseldorf (200 km). The closest airfield is in Damme .
Health care, education
Healthcare
- four specialist practices
- two general medical practices
- five dental offices
- three pharmacies
- a competence center for the back and joints
- six physiotherapy, occupational therapy / physiotherapy
- two speech therapy / speech therapy
- a retirement and nursing home
- a hospice
- two social station / care services
education
- five kindergartens (including one kindergarten with integration groups for physically handicapped children),
- two pedagogical after-school care centers (32 places)
- two curative education groups (16 places; St. Anna children's home)
- Child day care (16 child minders, 60 supervised children)
- two primary schools (Cardinal von Galen School; Höner Mark Primary School)
- Special school (Kardinal-von-Galen-Haus: focus on physical and motor development with an attached boarding school, sponsor: Josefs-Gesellschaft )
- Oberschule (partial all-day school that combines all three types of school; high school branch up to 10th grade)
- Music School (Romberg Music School)
- Adult Education Center (Clemens August Werk)
General education and technical high schools are located in the neighboring towns of Lohne (Lohne high school ; Lohne commercial high school, Lohne technical high school), Quakenbrück ( Artland high school Quakenbrück) and Vechta ( high school Antonianum Vechta , Liebfrauenschule , college St. Thomas ). There are vocational schools in Vechta, Bersenbrück and Lohne. Colleges and universities are located in Vechta, Oldenburg, Bremen, Osnabrück, Hanover, Diepholz and Münster.
Public and social institutions, media
Public facilities
- cath. St. Catherine public library
- outdoor pool
- youth club
- Romberg Music School
- Clemens-August Werk Dinklage eV
- Meeting place
- Several sports halls and sports fields
- Bürgerpark
Social institutions and organizations
- health Center
- Retirement home St. Anna
- Dinklage-Steinfeld-Mühlen welfare station
- pro vita - for life
- Social service for catholic women and men
- Caritas clothing store
- Kreuzbund (self-help group for addicts)
- Rheumatism League
- Maltese relief service
- St. Anna Hospice
- Outdoor living group from Johannesstift eV Vechta
- Day group Dinklage of the VSL (Association for Social Pedagogical & Learning Therapy Aids) e. V.
- Family and child service office
- Dinklage volunteer fire department
The Catholic hospital was founded in 1852 and currently continues as the St. Anna Hospice.
media
The Oldenburgische Volkszeitung (Vechta) and the Nordwest-Zeitung (Oldenburg) appear on working days .
The television station regiotv broadcasts information about the region. From 3 p.m., pictures from the city of Dinklage can also be seen on the slot on channel N24.
Personalities
Sons and daughters
- Friedrich Christian von Galen zu Assen (1689–1748), cathedral dean in the Principality of Münster
- Wilhelm Ferdinand von Galen zu Assen (1690–1769), hereditary treasurer and dean in the Vechta office
- Bernhard Romberg (1767–1841), cellist and composer
- Klemens von Korff (1804–1882), manor owner , district administrator and member of parliament
- Bernard Neteler (1821-1912), theologian
- Josef Wilhelm Schulte (1854–1937), farmer and member of the state parliament of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg (1896–1904)
- Clemens August Graf von Galen (1878–1946), Bishop of Münster 1933–1946 and cardinal from 1946 ; critical of the National Socialist dictatorship. Beatified on October 9, 2005 in Rome, March 22nd is the day of remembrance
- Heinrich Fröhle (1879–1966). Farmer and Politician (Center)
- Franz von Galen (1879–1961), member of the Prussian state parliament (1932/1933); resigned his mandate in protest of the Enabling Act; 1944 Sachsenhausen concentration camp
- Julius Mäckel (1887–1953), first mayor after the Second World War and former district administrator (1946–1948)
- August Wegmann (1888–1976), member of the Reichstag (1924–1933); dismissed from civil service by the National Socialists; after the Second World War Lower Saxony Minister of the Interior and Deputy Prime Minister, later Lower Saxony Finance Minister, Administrative President of the Lower Saxony administrative district of Oldenburg
- Franz Mäkel (1901–1960), former district administrator (1952–1960)
- Hans Micheiloff (1936–1993), table tennis player. He was two-time German champion in doubles.
- Hubert Blömer (born November 15, 1939 - † March 10, 2011 in Athens (Ohio) ), geographer, professor at Ohio University
- Jochen Arlt (* 1948), writer, today Cologne, editor in charge of the "Rhineland Reading Book"
- Helmut Middendorf (* 1953), painter (" Die Neuen Wilden "); lives and works in Berlin and Athens.
- Hannes Möller (* 1954), painter; lives and works near Frankfurt am Main.
Personalities who have worked in the city
- Christoph Bernhard von Galen (1606–1678), Prince-Bishop of Münster (1650–1678)
- Ferdinand Heribert von Galen (1831–1906), member of the Landtag (1872–1875) and member of the Reichstag (1874–1903)
- Friedrich Mathias von Galen (1865–1918), member of the Westphalian provincial council; Member of the Reichstag (1907–1918)
- Josef Hürkamp (* 1914 in Suhle; † 1991 in Dinklage), local history researcher and local writer
- Sister Hildebranda, nun of the Clement sisters and holder of the Federal Cross of Merit
- Ulrich Kirchhoff (* 1967), show jumper , Olympic champion in Atlanta (individual and team, 1996). Growing up in Dinklage, he started his riding career as a teenager in Dinklage
- Michael Timme (* 1971), lawyer and university professor, worked in Dinklage
- Timo Glock (* 1982), racing car driver (including Formula I), lived in Dinklage
- Kristina Bröring-Sprehe (born October 28, 1986), dressage rider, a. a. World champion (team, 2014, Normandy) and Olympic champion (team, 2016, Rio de Janeiro) (born in Lohne, grew up in Dinklage, lives in Dinklage)
- Madita Kohorst (* 1996), handball player, lives in Dinklage
Dinklager originals
- Willi Beiderhase ("Pöttken Willi"; * July 6, 1906; † April 30, 1961)
- Clemens Meyer ("Pöttkers Clemens"; * December 28, 1894; † October 30, 1972)
- Elisabeth Nietfeld ("Ipi", born April 9, 1907; † August 2, 1981)
- Heinrich Willenborg ("Brückamps Heini"; * February 5, 1889, † April 23, 1970)
- Augustin Kreutzmann ("Pingel-Augustin"; * April 12, 1880; † December 14, 1961)
- Heinrich Wehebrink ("Bäukens Möller"; May 18, 1868; † February 16, 1951)
- Bernhard Wittrock ("Bur"; * October 13, 1906; † April 9, 1967)
- Anna Nösing ("Änne"; * July 25, 1913; † January 21, 2009)
literature
- Heimatverein Herrlichkeit Dinklage (Hrsg.): Communications of the Heimatverein Herrlichkeit Dinklage. Booklets on the history, natural history and local history of the community of Dinklage . Vechta: Vechtaer Druckerei und Verlag, 1953–1960 and 1971–1972, IDN 020937482.
- Andreas Kathe and Heinrich Rammler: Dinklage. The young city in the Burgwald. An illustrated book with texts on the history and current development of the city . Vechta: Oldenburgische Volkszeitung, 2001, ISBN 978-3-88441-181-0 .
- Andreas Kathe: Dinklage in old views . Zaltbommel: European Library, 1998, ISBN 90-288-6554-3 .
- Bernhard Heimann: Dinklage through the ages . Edited by the Dinklage MGV civil association table from 1860. Löningen: Friedrich Schmücker, 1985.
- Michael Rademacher: The district leaders of the NSDAP in the Gau Weser-Ems. Recruitment and function of the district leaders of the NSDAP as the ideological educational elite of the Third Reich using the example of the Weser-Ems Gau 1932-1945 . Dissertation at the University of Osnabrück. Marburg: Tectum, 2005, ISBN 3-8288-8848-8 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony, LSN-Online regional database, Table 12411: Update of the population, as of December 31, 2019 ( help ).
- ^ Vechta district: floodplain of the camps Hase and the Dinklager Mühlenbach
- ^ Vechta district: floodplain of the Trenkampsbach
- ^ Vechta district: Dinkel floodplain (Lk Vechta)
- ^ Vechta district: Floodplain of the Hopener Mühlenbach
- ^ Vechta district: floodplain of the floodplain (Lk Vechta)
- ↑ District of Vechta: Floodplain of the Handorf Mühlenbach from the village of Handorf to the west of the village of Langwege
- ^ DWD - mean values for the period 1961 to 1990. In: dwd.de. German Weather Service , accessed on July 12, 2007 .
- ^ German Weather Service , 1961–1990
- ^ MGV Bürgerliedtafel from 1860 (Ed.): Dinklage in the course of time. Dinklage 1985
- ↑ Osnabrück University Library, Volume I, No. 46.
- ↑ Lower Saxony State Archives Oldenburg: Good location
- ^ City of Dinklage Religion , 2011 census
- ↑ Figures, data & facts about the city of Dinklage. In: City of Dinklage. Retrieved March 20, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Overall results of the 2016 municipal election , September 11 , 2016 , accessed on February 1, 2017
- ^ Lower Saxony Municipal Constitutional Law (NKomVG) in the version of December 17, 2010; Section 46 - Number of Members , accessed on March 22, 2015.
- ↑ Individual results of the direct elections on May 25, 2014 in Lower Saxony ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 9, 2014
- ^ City of Dinklage - the young city on the Burgwald. (No longer available online.) In: dinklage.de. City of Dinklage, archived from the original on December 5, 2002 ; Retrieved July 9, 2007 .
- ↑ From grain to bread , accessed April 12, 2012.
- ↑ Mühlenstrasse working group id Mühlenvereinigung Niedersachsen – Bremen e. V .: "Schweger Mühle", Dinklage www.niedersaechsische-muehlenstrasse.de .
- ↑ Northern district Vechta: Evangelical Church Wulfenau
- ↑ Wolfgang Stelljes: Einkorn, Dinkel, Emmer and GommerDer Getreidegarten by Paul Arlinghaus , in: Kulturland Oldenburg , published by the Oldenburg landscape , Oldenburg (Oldb), issue 173 (issue 3/2017), p. 44f. ( online )
- ↑ Verbund Oldenburger Münsterland e. V .: Pit stop route in the Oldenburger Münsterland Pit stops in Dinklage www.boxenstopp-route.de .
- ↑ Map of the mills in the Vechta district www.niedersaechsische-muehlenstrasse.de .
- ↑ In honor of Blessed Clemens August Cardinal von Galen: New pilgrimage route in the district is opened . made-in-dinklage.de
- ↑ Dinklage family guide on www.total-lokal.de (last accessed: April 28, 2018)
- ↑ Bernhard Romberg ( Memento of the original of March 8, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Accessed: May 22, 2009.
- ↑ Hubertus Bloemer article on: www.athensmessenger.com of March 11, 2011 (English).
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