Bockhorst
coat of arms | Germany map | |
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Coordinates: 53 ° 2 ′ N , 7 ° 35 ′ E |
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Basic data | ||
State : | Lower Saxony | |
County : | Emsland | |
Joint municipality : | Northern humpback | |
Height : | 7 m above sea level NHN | |
Area : | 18.19 km 2 | |
Residents: | 959 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density : | 53 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Postal code : | 26897 | |
Area code : | 04967 | |
License plate : | Tbsp | |
Community key : | 03 4 54 004 | |
LOCODE : | DE BKH | |
Association administration address: | Poststrasse 13 26897 Esterwegen |
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Mayor : | Manfred Mönnikes ( CDU ) | |
Location of the municipality of Bockhorst in the district of Emsland | ||
Bockhorst is a municipality in the northeast of the Emsland district in Lower Saxony . It belongs to the combined municipality of Nordhümmling , which has its administrative seat in the municipality of Esterwegen .
geography
location
Bockhorst is located on a narrow ridge of midst of huge marshes on Küstenkanal .
Neighboring communities
Neighboring communities in the north are the communities Rhauderfehn and Ostrhauderfehn in the district of Leer , in the southeast the community Esterwegen and in the southwest the community Surwold and in the east the Saterland in the district Cloppenburg .
history
The community was first mentioned in a document in 1598. The name Bockhorst comes from Middle Low German and means “settlement near the beech trees”. Therefore the coat of arms of the municipality shows three beech leaves. Today's Bockhorst community was formed on October 1, 1931 in what was then the Hümmling district from parts of the Esterwegen community .
politics
Municipal council
The local council in Bockhorst consists of eight councilors. After the local elections in September 2016, it includes three parties.
mayor
The honorary mayor has been Manfred Mönnikes (CDU) since November 2016.
Culture and sights
Buildings
- Church in Bockhorst
In 1908/1909 a church in neo-Gothic style was built in Bockhorst for the first time. In 1969 this was torn down and a new church was built in the same place.
Museums
- Heimathaus Bockhorst
Parks
- Bockhorst recreational lake, about 28 hectares in size, with fishing opportunities.
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
Bockhorst can be reached via the federal highway 401 . There is still a motorway connection to the Federal Motorway 31 and Federal Motorway 28 . In addition, the community has an inland port on the coastal channel that crosses the community to the south.
tourism
- Holiday home area at Lake Bockhorster.
- Esterweger Dose moorland
Personalities
- Caspar Memering (born June 1, 1953), former German national soccer player, born in Bockhorst
- Bernhard Ficken (born September 13, 1924 in Bockhorst; † October 8, 2007) was a German local poet and painter, born in Bockhorst
Web links
- Website of the joint community
- Bockhorst in the Westphalia Culture Atlas
literature
- Werner Kaemling: Atlas on the history of Lower Saxony . Gerd J. Holtzmeyer Verlag, Braunschweig 1987, ISBN 3-923722-44-3 .
- Hermann Abels: The place names of the Emsland, in their linguistic and cultural-historical significance . Ferdinand Schöningh Verlag, Paderborn 1929.
- Ernst Förstemann, Hermann Jellinghaus (editor): Old German name book . Volume II, 1 and 2: Place names . Bonn 1913/1916 (reprint: Volume II, 2, Hildesheim 1967/1983, ISBN 3-487-01733-4 ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony, LSN-Online regional database, Table 12411: Update of the population, as of December 31, 2019 ( help ).
- ↑ territorial.de: District of Hümmling
- ^ Members of the Bockhorst parish council . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 30 kB)