Freren

Basic data
State :	Lower Saxony
County :	Emsland
Joint municipality :	Freren
Height :	39 m above sea level NHN
Area :	48.93 km 2
Residents:	5085 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	104 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	49832
Area code :	05902
License plate :	Tbsp
Community key :	03 4 54 012
LOCODE :	DE FR3
; City administration address :	Markt 1 ; 49832 Freren
Website :	www.freren.de
Mayor :	Klaus Prekel ( CDU )
Location of the city of Freren in the Emsland district

Freren is a small town in the western part of Lower Saxony . The basic center is in the former district of Lingen , which today includes the southern part of the greater district of Emsland .

In the city, which covers 48.99 sq km, over 5,000 live inhabitants . Freren has been the seat of the joint municipality of the same name since 1974 . Freren received city rights in 1723 from the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm I , the oldest documented mention of the settlement dates back to the 9th century.

geography

Railway line

Freren was a train station on the Quakenbrück-Rheine railway line .

location

Freren is located in the Emsland district near the border with North Rhine-Westphalia , south-east of the Lingener Höhe and directly on the B 214 .

The cities of Lingen (15 km; west-northwest), Ibbenbüren (26 km; south-southeast), Rheine (23 km; south-southwest) and Fürstenau (11 km; east-northeast) are in the immediate vicinity . The closest major city is Osnabrück in the east-southeast.

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities in the north are the community Lengerich in the joint community of the same name , in the east the community Andervenne , the city Fürstenau in the joint community Fürstenau in the district of Osnabrück and the community Hopsten in the district of Steinfurt in North Rhine-Westphalia , in the south the community Schapen in the joint community Spelle and in the west the communities Beesten , Messingen and Thuine .

Community structure

The former, self-governing farming communities Lohe-Venslage , Geringhusen , Lünsfeld , Suttrup , Ostwie , Setlage and overwater are the city districts since 1974. Andervenne also belonged to the former farmers' groups in Freren and developed into an independent municipality.

History of the city of Freren

Protestant church

Catholic St. Vitus Church

The oldest finds from the Freren area date from the Mesolithic Age (approx. 8300-4500 BC). Characteristic for this period are projectile tips, which are made from several small flint chips, so-called microliths . Mesolithic (Middle Stone Age) burials are rather rare. The z. The megalithic graves found in Freren and Thuine , for example, date from the Neolithic Age (approx. 3500–2800 BC) and were built by the people of the Funnel Beaker Culture. The Lohe treasure trove was made nearby.

The origin of the name Freren (old: Friduren 890, Friderun around 980, Vrideren 1100, later Vrederen 1150, Fredderen 1195) is not certain. The defining word is possibly derived from the Indo-European pri, Germanic fri, and then means to love (a place of worship). According to another explanation, frede, vride from Old Saxon frethu, frithu could stand for an enclosed space (the Saxon term for an open-air court). The endings -ina, -ini, -ine, -inun, -enan, -enun, -um, -un, -ene, -en appear in numerous place names instead of a final basic word. There is a general basic word meaning "settlement".

Freren emerged from an ancient settlement that probably existed long before Christianization. After Charlemagne (* probably April 2, 747 or 748; † January 28, 814 in Aachen) from 780 AD onwards nine mission districts for the Christianization of the subject Saxons were established, Abbot Gerbert Castus from the Visbek mission cell founded the first parishes in the area. One of these was the Gaukirche Freren in Venkigau . In the lift tab of the convent Corvey 976-979 a deed is off Friderun included in the convent. With this deed, a certain Gelthard gave away two pieces of farmland to Corvey. Every year Corvey had to pay 1.5 marks, a cart, 10 jugs of honey, 5 measure of cheese and 1 pot of butter. The serfs also had to deliver 35 rams and 16 pieces of cloth. Friderun probably received the first church in Venkigau, a mother or baptismal church with the prerogative of a broadcasting court . Even before the castle was built and the city of Lingen was founded, Freren was the center of the Venkigau and the seat of a Gogericht near Hofschulten. This was moved to Lingen in 1662.

In the Middle Ages, Freren belonged to the county of Tecklenburg . After the defeat of the Tecklenburg Counts in the Schmalkaldic War , Freren became part of the County of Lingen in 1548 .

In December 1605, the plague claimed many victims. In addition, the village was repeatedly devastated by Spanish and Dutch mercenaries as well as by Swedes, Hesse and Lüneburgers during the Thirty Years' War . In 1633 the entire place was sacked . Under King Friedrich I , Freren became part of Prussia in 1702. In 1724 Freren was granted city rights by the Prussian state due to its central importance for the region . After the French occupation under Napoleon, Freren came to the Kingdom of Hanover in 1815 . After being downgraded to a rural community in 1852 , Freren only rose again to town in 1950.

On June 12, 2012, Gunter Demnig laid 27 stumbling blocks at 6 addresses .

Origin of the names of the districts and their history

Lohe-Venslage (old: Vennislay 1000, Vinslaghe 1350) first appeared in the Werden levy register around 1000. The determiner is uncertain. The derivation of vini = moor is possible. Another assumption is that the word Feme is in the name. That would be a place where the Feme met. Landgöding was held in the Lohe (dt. Grove ) farmers , where disputes over borders, inheritances, taxes, etc. were decided. The village of Lohe-Venslage originally belonged to Thuine as a farming community. An important treasure trove from Roman times was made in Lohe in 1847 .

The name Geringhusen is derived from the former full heir Gerdinck, whose farm was split up into separate parts a long time ago.

Lünsfeld (old: Lunsveld 1350) is probably named after the Lunß-Hof.

Suttrup (old: Suddorphe , also Susdorphe = Süddorf) is mentioned as early as 1000 in the Werdener Urbar as part of the Venkigau. In the Corveyer Heberegister the names Abbo, Sidac, Eligo and Immigo are named as taxpayers. In 1456 the village received permission to build its own chapel on the old Suttrupper Kirchhof (today farmer Hüsing). This chapel no longer exists today. The Suttrup farmers belonged to Thuine until 1974.

Ostwie (old: Ostwidi 1000) is interpreted as a village in the east.

Setlage (old: Zetlage , also Settlage ) is also mentioned in the Werden Urbar around 1000. The name is derived from siet = low. So it was a low location on the Aa. The place used to belong to Ostwie, but later formed an independent municipality.

Hang . First mentioned around 1000. The "Haus Hange" is also part of the Setlage , which according to old feudal books already existed in the 14th century. At that time it was called the house of Herr von Zetlage.

Overwater was above the water, that is, across the Aa.

Uphusen refers to the houses located "upwards".

Andervenne (old: Anderveni 1047). The name comes from a moor ( Venn = moor) that lay in the east of Andervenne and was used for peat extraction. Andervenne is mentioned in the Corveyer Heberegister in the 11th century. The former farmers of Freren, which developed into an independent municipality, belonged to the integrated municipality of Freren after the regional reform.

Development of the place

Old rectory on Goldstrasse. Today it houses the Catholic Public Library (KÖB) Freren and the Deanery Youth Office Freren.

population	1789	1805	1844	1861	1880	1885	1900	1925	1933	1939	1950	1961	1970
Freren	314	393	449	570	612	630	679	868	1828	1883	2711	2418	2576
Lohe-Venslage	k. A.	k. A.	k. A.	k. A.	331	k. A.	331	k. A.	363	387	483	343	313
Suttrup	k. A.	k. A.	k. A.	k. A.	395	k. A.	419	463	482	477	596	479	477
Set location	k. A.	k. A.	k. A.	k. A.	248	k. A.	179	293	326	279	385	308	313
Andervenne N u. O	k. A.	k. A.	k. A.	k. A.	671	k. A.	789	760	877	832	1079	831	916

politics

Town hall with a fountain

mayor

The mayor is elected directly. Klaus Prekel is currently the mayor. On November 17, 2016, he was re-elected for a fourth term.

City council

In the local elections on September 11, 2011, they were dropped

14 seats on the CDU
3 seats on the SPD .

The municipal elections on September 11, 2016 led to the following result with a turnout of 56.63%:

list	Share of votes	+/-	Seats
CDU	73.58%	- 10.13% p.p.	11
SPD	16.73%	+ 0.45% p	2
AfD	6.18%	+ 6.18% p.p.	1
Individual applicants	3.50%	+ 3.50% p	1

The electoral term began on November 1, 2016 and ends on October 31, 2021.

City arms

The city's coat of arms shows three leaves of a water lily on a yellow background. Above the coat of arms is a five-pointed, golden crown with red jewels on the main edge. The five-pointed crown is reminiscent of the Lords of Vredderen. The field color gold should indicate the location of the place on a sand hill on the edge of the former swamps of the Aa area, the leaves of the water rose should indicate the three Aa, namely the Deeper Aa, the Settruper and the Schaler Aa, which are located near the Unite the good slope to the Great Aa. According to the coat of arms, the flag of the city of Freren is colored green, gold and white.

Attractions

Kneipp facility on the south-west bank of the Saller See

The area around the Saller lake in the north of the village is 2,008 to a " Skike - Park " have been expanded. The Skike Park is the oldest of its kind in Germany. The Saller holiday home area and a Kneipp facility are also located on the south-west side of the Saller See, which is part of the town of Freren .

More Attractions:

Old manor "Hange"
Protestant church
Jewish Prayer House Memorial
Geringhusener market square with "weather station"
Large stone grave in the Alt Frerener Forest (station 11 of the " Route of Megalithic Culture ")
Home house Freren
cath. St. Vitus Church , built 1895–99 based on plans by Alexander Behnes

Culture

Cultural institutions

Kulturkreis impulse Samtgemeinde Freren e. V.
Spuk - games and art, Samtgemeinde Freren e. V.

Personalities

Honorary citizen

1997: Bernhard Fritze (born April 29, 1925), teacher and local researcher

Sons and daughters of the church

Franziskus Demann (1900–1957), Bishop of Osnabrück
Erwin Jaenecke (1890–1960), German Colonel General
Josef Meiners (1931-2020), German politician (CDU)
Ernst Middendorp (* 1958), German football coach
Helmut Siepenkort (1937–2007), Provost of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Lübeck (1990–2007)

literature

in order of appearance

Teachers' association of the Diocese of Osnabrück: The Lingen district. Contributions to local studies of the Osnabrück administrative district, volume I. R. van Acken, Lingen / Ems 1905.

Hermann Abels: The place names of the Emsland, in their linguistic and cultural-historical significance. Ferdinand Schöningh Verlag, Paderborn 1929.

Christoph Oberthür, Franz Busche, Franz Barth, Heinrich Dünheuft: Home map of the Lingen district with statistical information. Publishing house R. van Acken, Lingen / Ems 1953.

Hans Slemeyer: Freren. From the past of a small rural town in Emsland [Lingen district]. In: Yearbook of the Emsländisches Heimatverein , ISSN 0421-1405 , Vol. 12 (1965) pp. 156–170.

Bernhard Fritze (Ed.): Freren. Small town in the Emsland. Van Acken publishing house, Lingen 1994.

Karl Rekers: The end of the war in our homeland in 1945. With pictures from Spelle, Lünne, Dreierwalde, Ibbenbüren, Salzbergen, Listrup, Hopsten, Rheine, Lingen, Freren, Voltlage and many other places in the area and war diaries of British units (= Speller Schriften, Vol. 5). Spelle, 2nd, supplemented and enlarged edition 1998.

Hans Behrens: Agricultural history board for Weser-Ems. Data from 300 years of association work. Isensee Verlag, Oldenburg 2000, ISBN 3-89598-681-X .

Lothar Kuhrts: Their names are alive. In memory of the former Jewish citizens in Freren . Jewish history workshop “Samuel Manne”, Freren 2013.

Sebastian Kreyenschulte: An early medieval forgery of documents and the effects on the mission history of the Emsland as well as the church and local history of Emsbüren and Freren : In: Emsländische Geschichte , vol. 22 (2015) pp. 51–75.