Half moon

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Coat of arms of the municipality of Halbemond
Half moon
Map of Germany, position of the municipality Halbemond highlighted

Coordinates: 53 ° 34 '  N , 7 ° 17'  E

Basic data
State : Lower Saxony
County : Aurich
Joint municipality : Hage
Height : 2 m above sea level NHN
Area : 6.55 km 2
Residents: 1005 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 153 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 26524
Area code : 04936
License plate : AUR, NOR
Community key : 03 4 52 010
Association administration address: Main street 56
26524 Hage
Mayor : Jann Bogena (Free Association of Voters (FWG))
Location of the community Halbemond in the district of Aurich
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About this picture

Halbemond is a municipality in the Samtgemeinde Hage in the Aurich district in East Frisia . Half moon has 1005 inhabitants and covers an area of ​​6.55 square kilometers.

In Halbemond there is the Motodrom Halbemond , in which speedway races (motorcycle racing) take place. The German motor sportsman Egon Müller became the first and so far only German speedway world champion there on September 4, 1983.

Surname

The place name Halbemond probably goes back to an incorrect Germanization of the East Frisian Halvemaanland (Half Allmendeland ). Another interpretation of the name derives from the crescent shape of the village.

politics

Municipal council

The council of the Halbemond congregation consists of nine councilors and councilors. This is the specified number for the member municipality of an integrated municipality with a population between 501 and 1000 inhabitants. The nine council members are elected by local elections for five years each. The current term of office began on November 1, 2016 and ends on October 31, 2021.

The last local election on September 11, 2016 resulted in the following:

Political party Proportional votes Number of seats Change voices Change seats
Free Association of Voters (FWG) 57.41% 5 + 0.63% −1
SPD 42.58% 4th +5.68% 0

The turnout in the 2016 local elections was 52.89%, below the Lower Saxony average of 55.5%. For comparison - in the previous municipal election on September 11, 2011, the turnout was 54.43%.

mayor

The council elected council member Jann Bogena (Free Voting Association (FWG)) as honorary mayor for the current electoral term.

coat of arms

Coat of arms of half moon
 Blazon : "The coat of arms of the place shows an unseen golden crescent in blue."

Web links

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

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. ↑ Oostfreesk Woordenbook: Maanland ; accessed on February 3, 2012
  3. ^ Karl Leiner: Panorama district north. Pictures, coats of arms, people, notes , Norden 1972, p. 173
  4. ^ Lower Saxony Municipal Constitutional Law (NKomVG) in the version of December 17, 2010; Section 46 - Number of MPs , accessed on December 31, 2016.
  5. ↑ a b Municipality of Halbemond - overall results of the 2016 municipal council election , accessed on December 31, 2016.
  6. ↑ hna.de: Local elections: All information, all results , accessed on December 31, 2016.
  7. ^ Community Halbemond - overall results of the 2006 local council election , accessed on December 31, 2016.
  8. ↑ Samtgemeinde Hage - Gemeindeorgane , accessed on January 22, 2017