Garrel
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Coordinates: 52 ° 57 ' N , 8 ° 2' E |
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| Basic data | ||
| State : | Lower Saxony | |
| County : | Cloppenburg | |
| Height : | 20 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 113.31 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 15,139 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 134 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postal code : | 49681 | |
| Primaries : | 04474, 04471 | |
| License plate : | CLP | |
| Community key : | 03 4 53 008 | |
| LOCODE : | DE GAL | |
| Community structure: | 12 districts | |
| Address of the municipal administration: |
Hauptstrasse 15 49681 Garrel |
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| Mayor : | Thomas Höffmann (SPD) | |
| Location of the municipality of Garrel in the district of Cloppenburg | ||
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Garrel is a municipality in the district of Cloppenburg in the Oldenburger Münsterland in Lower Saxony .
geography
Geographical location
The municipality of Garrel is located 28 kilometers southwest of the city of Oldenburg and 13 kilometers north of the city of Cloppenburg . The Thülsfeld dam and the Wildeshauser Geest nature park are in the immediate vicinity . The area of the community belongs to the Südoldenburger marshland. In the south-western area of the municipality at the Thülsfelder dam you can also find the typical geest formations of the North German lowlands , consisting of heather areas, alternating with pine and spruce forests.
Community structure
Politically, the municipality is made up of the following eleven districts:
- Beverbruch
- Bürgerermoor-Kellerhöhe
- Falkenberg
- Behind the Forde / Kammersand
- Kaifort
- Garrel place
- Peterswald
- Nikolausdorf
- Petersfeld
- Tweel / Tannenkamp- America
- Varrel bush
Neighboring communities
Neighboring communities in the district of Cloppenburg are:
Neighboring municipalities in the Oldenburg district are:
climate
Temperate maritime climate influenced by humid northwest winds from the North Sea. In the long-term average, the air temperature in Garrel reaches 8.5 to 9.0 ° C and about 700 mm of precipitation falls. Between May and August, an average of 20 to 25 summer days (climatological term for days on which the maximum temperature exceeds 25 ° C) can be expected.
history
The first official records of the residents of Garrel can be found in a tax register from 1473 under the name "Gerdel". The first document about Garrel dates from 1479 in the Oldenburg document book. It is believed, however, that the origin dates back to pagan times and Garrel has a 1000-year history behind it.
Garrel has only existed as an independent political municipality since 1872. Before that, the place belonged to the municipality of Krapendorf in the Oldenburg district of Cloppenburg . The local area was part of the parish of Krapendorf since the Christianization .
Bernhard Eckholt ( NSDAP ) was Mayor of Garrel from 1938 to 1940 .
In 2000, Garrel hosted the 13th European Shooting Festival , an event organized by the European Community of Historical Shooting .
Meteorite impact in Beverbruch
On September 10, 1930 at 2:15 p.m., a meteorite struck the Beverbruch district . It is part of the Oldenburg meteorite , which broke up about 4 km above the village of Döhlen into at least two main parts, which fell in Beverbruch and Bissel (municipality of Großenkneten ). The larger Beverbruch fragment with a weight of 11.73 kg is now in private hands, after the owner's daughter Konrad Meyer offered it for sale on permanent loan in the museum village of Cloppenburg in 1995 . The fragment "Bissel" has been missing since 2012.
Religions
Denomination statistics
According to the State Office for Statistics, a total of 15,175 inhabitants lived in the municipality of Garrel as of September 30, 2019. Of these, 8,658 (57%) are Roman Catholics, 2302 are of Protestant denomination and 3698 inhabitants have other religions or none at all.
Catholic parish of St. John Baptist Garrel
The Catholic parish of St. Johannes Baptist was formed on October 24, 2004 by the Bishop of Münster, Reinhard Lettmann, from the parish of St. Peter and Paul Garrel and the three chapel parishes Beverbruch, Falkenberg and Nikolausdorf. The parish thus covers almost the entire area of the political municipality, with the exception of the Varrelbusch district. The establishment of a new parish is one of the first examples of the merger of parishes in the official district of Vechta. St. Peter and Paul in Garrel remained as the parish church . The most important bodies of the parish are the parish council with the material committees, the local committees responsible for the individual parts of the parish (Garrel, Beverbruch, Falkenberg and Nikolausdorf) and the church committee.
- Facilities
The parish maintains various institutions in all parts of the village.
Garrel:
- Bildungswerk Garrel e. V.
- Johanneshaus - parish home
- Kindergarten St. Peter and Paul
- St. Peter and Paul Library
- Canisiusstift - sister house
- Caritas welfare station
Beverbruch:
- Josefshaus - parish home
- Kindergarten St. Josef
- Library of St. Josef
Falkenberg:
- Marienhaus - parish home
Nikolausdorf:
- Parish home
- Kindergarten St. Nikolaus
- St. Nicholas Library
In addition, the Catholic parish maintains its own cemetery in each district. There are no other cemeteries from other parishes or from the political community.
Evangelical Lutheran Parish Garrel
In 1950 the "Friedenskirche" was built as a community center of the Bartning-Notkirchen- Type D. It was placed under monument protection. A steadily growing number of parishioners made it necessary to create new premises for the parish. As a result, the church was relocated within Garrels and connected to an entirely new community center. On December 13, 2009, the first service was celebrated at the new location.
politics
Municipal council
The council of the municipality of Garrel consists of 28 council women and councilors. The council members are elected for a five-year term by local elections. The current term of office began on November 1, 2016 and ends on October 31, 2021.
The full-time mayor Thomas Höffmann is also entitled to vote in the municipal council.
The last local election on September 11, 2016 resulted in the following:
| Political party | 11th September 2016 | September 11, 2011 | September 10, 2006 | ||||||
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| CDU | 60.8% | 10,985 | 17 seats | 82.1% | 12,828 | 23 seats | 86.4% | 14,378 | 24 seats |
| SPD | 12.2% | 2.211 | 4 seats | 9.8% | 1,536 | 3 seats | 7.0% | 1,165 | 2 seats |
| FDP | 8.1% | 1,459 | 2 seats | 8.1% | 1,259 | 2 seats | 6.6% | 1.104 | 2 seats |
| BfG | 18.9% | 3,421 | 5 seats | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| voter turnout | 57.7% | 53.5% | 61.0% | ||||||
mayor
The full-time mayor of the municipality of Garrel is Thomas Höffmann, who is supported as an independent candidate by the SPD, FDP and BfG and was elected as the new mayor on December 1, 2019 with 63.25%. Höffmann was able to prevail against three candidates. He succeeds Andreas Bartels, who resigned from his position in July 2019 after a vote of no confidence .
coat of arms
The coat of arms of the municipality of Garrel from 1969 shows a shepherd with a blue coat, red undergarment, black hat and shepherd's staff on a gold shield .
flag
The flag of the municipality of Garrel is blue / red with the municipality's coat of arms in the middle.
Parish partnership
Garrel has a partnership with 16 French municipalities in the canton of Bléré in the Indre-et-Loire department . The partnership was established on September 5, 1966 in Garrel and on June 25, 1967 in Bléré through the exchange of documents. As a result of this partnership, a youth exchange takes place every year, in which mainly young people between 12 and 17 years take part.
Culture and sights
In Nikolausdorf, residents of the settlement answer letters addressed to (Saint) Nicholas on a voluntary basis every year . In 2010, 7,500 letters reached Nikolausdorf. In fact, the place is named after the Oldenburg Grand Duke Nikolaus Friedrich Peter (1827–1900).
Regular events
Economy and Infrastructure
Companies in the food industry , agriculture and printing industry have settled in Garrel . The Heidemark Group is one of the largest German producers and marketers of poultry products and is based in Garrel, as is the animal feed producer Fleming + Wendeln . The Böseler Goldschmaus company, part of the Goldschmaus Group, is one of the largest pig slaughterhouses in Germany.
Garrel was the seat of a production facility of Lieken Brot- und Backwaren GmbH, which was closed at the end of 2018. Restructuring measures prompted the Lieken Group to take this step.
The headquarters of Lieken Brot- und Backwaren GmbH, including the data center and test bakery as part of Lieken AG, will remain in Garrel.
traffic
Garrel is located between the federal highway 72 and the federal highway 29 . The A1 motorway can be reached via the Cloppenburg entrance and exit as well as the Ahlhorner Heide motorway triangle . There used to be a rail connection to the Cloppenburg – Ocholt railway line , which is now only used by the Friesoyther Museum Railway and occasionally by private rail operators for transporting wood.
Personalities
Honorary citizen
- Georg Lanfermann (senior), Nikolausdorf
Honorary laureates
Every year, based on suggestions from Garrel citizens, personalities are selected who have distinguished themselves in their lives through one or more honorary positions in clubs, associations or parishes. These are named "honorary prize winners" by the mayor. In the following year they are invited as guests of honor to all official events of the political community.
Sons and daughters of the church
- Heinrich Timmer Evers (* 1952), auxiliary bishop in the diocese of Muenster and Offizial the Episcopal Münstersche Offizialats . Since April 29, 2016 appointed Bishop of Dresden-Meißen
- Karl-Heinz Bley (* 1952), politician, member of the Lower Saxony state parliament since 2003
- Eugen Gehlenborg (* 1947), Vice President of the German Football Association DFB from October 25, 2013 to September 27, 2019
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony, LSN-Online regional database, Table 12411: Update of the population, as of December 31, 2019 ( help ).
- ↑ Garrel: History of Garrel | Garrel parish . ( garrel.de [accessed December 30, 2016]).
- ↑ European Community of Historical Shooters
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- ^ Diocese of Münster: Experiences after the merger in Garrel. Achieved a lot together . www.kirchensite.de
- ^ Garrel municipality - result of municipal council elections 2016
- ↑ a b Main statutes of the Garrel municipality ( 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. , accessed September 25, 2014
- ↑ garrel.de - partner community ( Memento of the original from July 3, 2015 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. , accessed September 25, 2014
- ↑ 110,000 letters for Santa Claus and Nicholas . Hamburger Abendblatt . December 20, 2010
- ↑ nikolausdorf / homepage of the church village Nikolausdorf
- ↑ Pig: The ten largest slaughterhouses in Germany , agrarheute.com, January 2, 2015
- ↑ https://www.nwzonline.de/cloppenburg/lokalsport/garrel-frankfurt-main-fussball-gehlenborg-gibt-amt-als-dfb-vize-ab_a_50,5,4092214771.html
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