Hilkenbrook

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	Coordinates: 52 ° 59 ′  N , 7 ° 42 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Lower Saxony
County :	Emsland
Joint municipality :	Northern humpback
Height :	10 m above sea level NHN
Area :	11.12 km 2
Residents:	773 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	70 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	26897
Area code :	04493
License plate :	Tbsp
Community key :	03 4 54 022
Address of the municipal administration:	Hauptstrasse 72 26897 Hilkenbrook
Website :	www.hilkenbrook.de
Mayor :	Bernhard Düvel ( CDU )
Location of the municipality Hilkenbrook in the district of Emsland

Hilkenbrook is a municipality in the northeast of the Emsland district in Lower Saxony . It belongs to the combined municipality of Nordhümmling , which has its administrative seat in the municipality of Esterwegen .

geography

Geographical location

Hilkenbrook is located between Papenburg and Friesoythe an der Ohe and the coastal canal .

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities in the north-west are the Esterwegen community , in the east the city of Friesoythe in the district of Cloppenburg , in the south the community Rastdorf in the joint municipality Werlte and in the southwest the community Lorup (joint community Werlte).

history

The Hilkenbrook settlement was built between 1932 and 1934. The name "Hilkenbrook" arose from the area names Helkens Barg and Brookwissken .

politics

Municipal council

The local council from Hilkenbrook consists of 9 councilors and councilors. After the local elections on September 11, 2011, it still only includes members of the CDU.

• CDU - 9 seats

Local election September 2016:

All 9 seats are held by the CDU:

mayor

The honorary mayor Bernhard Düvel was elected in 2011 .

Culture and sights

Museums

• Heimathaus Wilkens-Hus

societies

• Catholic women's community (Kfd) Hilkenbrook
• Sport fishing association Hilkenbrook eV
• Heimatverein Hilkenbrook e. V.
• Sports club Hilkenbrook eV
• Schützenverein Hilkenbrook eV
• Catholic rural youth movement (KLJB) Hilkenbrook
• Agricultural local association Hilkenbrook
• Country women's association Gehlenberg-Neuvrees-Hilkenbrook
• Kreuzbund Nordhümmling
• Kreuzbund Nordhümmling-Breddenberg
• Hilkenbrook Hunting Association
• Friends of the Hilkenbrook primary school

Music (clubs)

• Women's choir "Frohsinn" Hilkenbrook
• Men's choir "MGV Geselligkeit" Hilkenbrook
• Hilkenbrook Youth School

Clubs and groups

• Oldtimerclub Hilkenbrook of the Heimatverein
• Children's dance group Hilkenbrook of the Heimatverein
• Parent-child group Hilkenbrook
• Spinning and knitting group

Corporations

• Voluntary fire brigade Ndhlg.

traffic

The federal highway 401 runs north of Hilkenbrook .

literature

• 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 )

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. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from March 29, 2017 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. 
3. ^ Samtgemeinde Nordhümmling: Associations in the Samtgemeinde (on: nordhuemmling.de)

Web links

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

• Website of the municipality of Nordhümmling
• Internet presence of the municipality of Nordhümmling - "Hilkenbrook - small but nice!"