The sum

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	Coordinates: 52 ° 58 '  N , 7 ° 17'  E
Basic data
State :	Lower Saxony
County :	Emsland
Joint municipality :	Dörpen
Height :	7 m above sea level NHN
Area :	28.57 km 2
Residents:	1443 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	51 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	26906
Area code :	04963
License plate :	Tbsp
Community key :	03 4 54 007
Address of the municipal administration:	Hauptstrasse 1 26906 Dersum
Website :	www.dersum.de
Mayor :	Hermann Coßmann ( CDU )
Location of the municipality of Dersum in the district of Emsland

Dersum is a municipality in the Emsland district in Lower Saxony and belongs to the combined municipality of Dörpen .

geography

Geographical location

The municipality of Dersum lies between the Ems in the east and the border with the Netherlands in the west. The town of Haren is about 15 miles south, and Papenburg is about 17 kilometers northeast of Dersum.

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities are in the north the community Heede , in the east the communities Dörpen and Kluse , in the south the community Walchum .

history

origin of the name

The origin of the name Dersum (old: Dersinun ) is not known. But it is close to a Chaukisch / Frisian origin. The names of Frisian foundations often end with "- um ". The endings ina , ini , ine , inun , enan , enun , um , un , ene , en appear in numerous place names instead of a terminated basic word, without it being possible to decide whether they go back to the same or several original, old words. There is a general basic word meaning "settlement". The um, which is common in Emsland, is a younger form that has partly replaced the older one, for example in Baccum instead of Baccamun , Walchum for Walkiun .

Incorporations

On January 1, 1973, the neighboring community Neudersum was incorporated.

politics

Municipal council

2011 municipal election

Turnout: 73.78% (2006: 77.87%)

 %

80

70

60

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

78.63%

12.12%

6.27%

2.98%

CDU

Fire ^b

SPD

FDP

Gains and losses

compared to 2006

 % p

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

+ 2.20  % p

-2.57  % p

-2.61  % p

+ 2.98  % p

CDU

Fire ^b

SPD

FDP

Remarks:

^b Individual nomination for fire

The municipal council has eleven elected members. Since the local elections on September 11, 2011, it has consisted of two parties and a single applicant.

• CDU : 9 seats (+1)
• Individual applicant brand: 1 seat (± 0)
• SPD : 1 seat (± 0)

The next local elections will take place in 2021.

mayor

• since 2011 Hermann Coßmann (CDU)
• 1999–2011 Hermann Schwarte (CDU)
• 1952–1973 Wilhelm Albers (CDU)

Economy and Infrastructure

Established businesses

The Hero-Glas company is based in Dersum.

traffic

The A 31 motorway with the Dörpen junction runs through the municipality . The B 70 runs east of the Ems .

The nearest regional train station is in Dörpen on the Münster - Emden route ( Emsland route ).

Personalities

• Harmen Gansevoort (around 1634-1709), former settler in North America
• Anne Ross (* 1985), singer

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 )

Web links

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

• www.dersum.de

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. ^ 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. 252 .
3. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from January 19, 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.  
4. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from March 5, 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.  
5. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from March 5, 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.  
6. ↑ https://www.noz.de/artikel/174856/35-erverbindsjahre-fur-dersum On December 9, 2011 in Neuer Osnabrücker Zeitung: "35 years of success for Dersum !; accessed on September 24, 2018
7. ↑ https://www.noz.de/lokales/doerpen/artikel/757075/grun-weiss-dersum-feiert-60-jahre-vereinsgeschichte In Neuer Osnabrücker Zeitung on August 11, 2016: "Grün-Weiß Dersum is celebrating 60 years Club history "; accessed on September 24, 2018