Garthe (Emstek)

Garthe Emstek municipality Coordinates: 52 ° 50 ′ 6 "  N , 8 ° 12 ′ 47"  E
Height :	61 m
Area :	23 km²
Residents :	313  (Aug 3, 2017)
Population density :	14 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	49685
Area code :	04473

The coke mill on the Aue in Gartherfeld

Garthe is a farming community in the municipality of Emstek in the district of Cloppenburg in the Oldenburger Münsterland region in Lower Saxony .

history

Garthe, first mentioned around 947 AD, is likely to be one of the first settlement areas in the municipality of Emstek. Garthe is first mentioned as a villa (village) in 1351. Egterholz, the oldest part of the municipality, is also part of Garthe. The extensive areas of the Garther Heide are characteristic of Garthe. One of the sights is the historic coke mill in Gartherfeld in the northeast corner of the municipality of Emstek.

literature

• Dieter Zoller: Archaeological investigations on the Garther and Lether Burg as well as on the Citadel Vechta . In: Yearbook for the Oldenburger Münsterland 1984 . Vechta 1983, pp. 105-117

Web links

• Official website of the municipality of Emstek

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The place Garthe ( Memento of the original of February 24, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at www.emstek.de, last accessed: December 23, 2011