Breddenberg

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 52 ° 57 '  N , 7 ° 36'  E
Basic data
State :	Lower Saxony
County :	Emsland
Joint municipality :	Northern humpback
Height :	12 m above sea level NHN
Area :	8.92 km 2
Residents:	800 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	90 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	26897
Area code :	05954
License plate :	Tbsp
Community key :	03 4 54 006
Address of the municipal administration:	Hauptstrasse 25 26897 Breddenberg
Website :	www.breddenberg.de
Mayor :	Hermann Hanekamp ( CDU )
Location of the municipality of Breddenberg in the district of Emsland

Breddenberg is a municipality in the northeast of the Emsland district in Lower Saxony ( Germany ). It belongs to the combined municipality of Nordhümmling , which has its administrative seat in the municipality of Esterwegen .

The community, which extends over 8.92 km², has 800 inhabitants .

geography

Geographical location

Breddenberg lies on the northern edge of the hilly geest landscape of the Hümmling between Papenburg and Löningen . The Ohe flows through the place.

Neighboring communities

Neighboring municipalities in the northeast are the Esterwegen municipality , in the southeast the municipality Lorup in the joint municipality Werlte , in the southwest the municipality Börger in the joint municipality Sögel and in the northwest the municipality Surwold .

history

The community emerged in the 18th century as a Veenkolonie (settlement of peat cutters). It was mainly settled from Börger . It was first mentioned in a document in 1788.

politics

mayor

Hermann Hanekamp (CDU) has been the mayor since November 2016.

Municipal council

The local council from Breddenberg consists of 9 councilors. After the local elections on September 11, 2011, two parties belong to it .

• CDU - 6 seats
• SPD - 3 seats

The next local elections will take place in 2016.

coat of arms

Blazon : “In silver on a curved green shield base, a red stone with the silver number 1788 between two green oaks growing out of the outside of the shield base and disappearing into the edge of the shield; the base of the shield is covered with a silver wave bar. "

The coat of arms was designed by the municipal heraldist Jörg Mantzsch and decided on March 13, 2013 by the municipality to be a guide. It refers to the so-called foundation stone, which bears the founding year of the municipality, whereby the number is not considered a written statement, but heraldically as an element of the monument. The arched base of the shield and the wave beam symbolize the mountain (place name) and the river Ohe. The oaks are a characteristic tree population that lines the exit roads.

The colors of the community are: red and white.

Culture and sights

Museums

• Heimathaus Breddenberg

Natural monuments

Moist biotopes in the Ohetal

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Breddenberg can be reached via the federal highway 401 .

education

Breddenberg has a library, a primary school and a kindergarten.

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.
• Liborius Engbers: The foundation of the Breddenberg colony and the development of the community up to approx. 1830 , in: Emsländische Geschichte vol. 8, Haselünne 2000, pp. 132–167.

Web links

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

• Website of the joint community

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. ↑ Jörg Mantzsch : The coat of arms of the municipality of Breddenberg, documentation on the identification of the coat of arms , deposited with the municipality of Breddenberg and with the local authority of the district of Emsland, 2013