Boekzetelerfehn

Boekzetelerfehn municipality Moormerland Coordinates: 53 ° 19 ′ 51 ″ N , 7 ° 30 ′ 42 ″ E
Height :	1 m above sea level NN
Area :	6.75 km²
Residents :	748 (December 31, 2016)
Population density :	111 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1973
Postal code :	26802
Area code :	04954
	Moormerland in the district of Leer

Boekzetelerfehn is a village in the municipality of Moormerland in the district of Leer in Lower Saxony .

The formerly independent municipality has formed the municipality of Moormerland together with ten other villages since the municipal reform that came into force on January 1, 1973.

On December 31, 2016, the place had 748 inhabitants who lived on 6.75 km².

Between Boekzetelerfehn and Timmel (municipality of Großefehn ) lies the Boekzeteler Meer , an East Frisian low moor lake .

history

The settlement of the Geest strip at the "Boekzeteler Kloster" has been documented since around 1180, although the first settlement probably took place much earlier. After the decline of the East Frisian monasteries, monasteries and comrades from 1632, a " fen entrepreneur " named Paul Harsebroek ventured into the cultivation of the adjacent high moor and thus founded the "Boekzetelerfehn" in 1647.

politics

Boekzetelerfehn is politically represented by a five-member local council.

The local mayor is Georg Buß (CDU).

Web links

Individual evidence

^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 262 .
^ History of the community of Moormerland. In: moormerland.de. Retrieved June 21, 2017 .
↑ Moormerland - NBG current brochure, page 32 - An overview of the districts. In: PDF file (9.3 MB) on moormerland.de. Retrieved June 21, 2017 .
↑ Local council Boekzetelerfehn. Retrieved December 13, 2019 .

[1] Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 262 .

[2] History of the community of Moormerland. In: moormerland.de. Retrieved June 21, 2017 .

[3] Moormerland - NBG current brochure, page 32 - An overview of the districts. In: PDF file (9.3 MB) on moormerland.de. Retrieved June 21, 2017 .

[4] Local council Boekzetelerfehn. Retrieved December 13, 2019 .