Loeningen
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Coordinates: 52 ° 44 ' N , 7 ° 45' E |
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| State : | Lower Saxony | |
| County : | Cloppenburg | |
| Height : | 24 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 143.23 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 13,477 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 94 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postal code : | 49624 | |
| Primaries : | 05432, 05434, 05437, 05962, 05964 | |
| License plate : | CLP | |
| Community key : | 03 4 53 011 | |
| LOCODE : | DE LNI | |
| City structure: | 31 localities | |
City administration address : |
Lindenallee 1 49624 Löningen |
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| Mayor : | Marcus Willen ( CDU ) | |
| Location of the city of Löningen in the district of Cloppenburg | ||
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The state-recognized resort town of Löningen is a town in the Oldenburger Münsterland , located in the triangle between Oldenburg , Osnabrück and the border with the Netherlands , more precisely in the southwestern district of Cloppenburg , about five kilometers from the border with the district of Emsland .
geography
Geographical location
Löningen is located in the Lower Saxony district of Cloppenburg between Oldenburg and Osnabrück on the edge of the Oldenburger Münsterland , embedded in the glacial valley of the Hase , between the Lastruper Geestrücken in the north and the Hahnenmoor in the south. The running route of the Hase between the confluence of the Lager Hase and the Löninger Mühlenbach is z. For example, between 1900 and the 1960s it was shortened from 16 kilometers to eleven kilometers, which means that the hare flows much faster than in 1900 and digs deeper and deeper into its bed. As a result of the river straightening, there are many oxbow lakes separated from the river in the area of the city of Löningen, e.g. B. the rabbit knee south of the city center. The section of the Hase between Löningen and Haselünne has not been straightened as much as the one above Löningen.
In Old Saxon times, Löningen was on Hansestrasse , the so-called Flemish Heerstrasse (today's Bundesstrasse 213), the center of the Hasegau .
Löningen borders in the southwest on the district of Emsland and in the southeast on the district of Osnabrück .
City structure
The city of Löningen consists of the center of Löningen and 30 smaller towns. these are
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Löningen is divided into five quarters and one Wiek (town center). these are
- Wiek (town center)
- Bunner quarter
- Glübbiger quarter
- Lodberg district
- Excessive quarter
- Wachtum district
climate
There is a temperate maritime climate, influenced by wet north-westerly winds from the North Sea. On a long-term average, the air temperature in Löningen reaches 8.5 to 9.0 ° C and around 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
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 - the apostle of the Oldenburger Münsterland - the first parishes in the area founded. The Gaukirche Löningen was one of these in Hasegau .
Historically, it first appeared by name as Loingo in 822. The name Löningen was first mentioned in 1147 in a letter to the Bishop of Hildesheim . At that time the area of Löningen belonged to the Corvey monastery . From 1200 it was subordinate to the Count of Tecklenburg . The bishopric of Münster ruled the area from 1400.
At the time of the Reformation under Bishop Franz von Waldeck Löningen was dominated by Lutherans for around 70 years from 1543 to 1613. At that time, the Protestant reformer Hermann Bonnus worked in this region . In the course of the Counter Reformation under Bishop Ferdinand of Bavaria , the region was re-Catholicized.
In 1803 ecclesiastical rule ended and Löningen became part of the Duchy of Oldenburg . From 1811 to 1813 Löningen was part of the Quakenbrück arrondissement . After the Battle of Leipzig it fell back to Oldenburg.
Around 1790 the bottleneck through which the Große Hase had to squeeze between Löningen and Herzlake was relieved by the construction of the Hahnenmoorkanals , which increased the length of the distance that the water had to cover between the Hase overfall at Quakenbrück and Aselage near Herzlake 3 km shortened. As a result, the number and duration of flood events decreased. In 1903, the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg had the Kingdom of Prussia confirmed in a state treaty that the arms of the hase running through the town of Quakenbrück must be able to draw ten cubic meters of water per second. This was intended to guarantee that water from the Osnabrück region was not only discharged via the Großer Hase and thus Löningen, but also to a significant extent via the Hahnenmoorkanal.
In 1814 the Duchy of Oldenburg was divided into 25 offices. Löningen became one of them. This was dissolved in 1879 and assigned to the office of Cloppenburg . But Löningen still retained its district court.
In 1940, during the Second World War , the first bombs were dropped on the municipality of Löningen. In 1945 the district court was destroyed by bombs. British troops came to Löningen on April 10 and 11, 1945. After the place was enclosed on three sides, the German troops withdrew.
Löningen was granted city rights on March 1, 1982.
Five quarters and the Wiek
Originally the parish of Löningen consisted of four quarters. A quarter consists of several farmers. In the Middle Ages, Wachtum was part of the Lodberg district. In 1863 Wachtum was assigned to Hanover. Since 1974 Wachtum has belonged to Löningen again as the fifth quarter. Wiek describes the center of Löningen. The origin of the term is not clear. It appears in various spellings in connection with Löningen in documents from around 1400 onwards.
Incorporations
On March 1, 1974, the neighboring community Wachtum was incorporated.
Population development
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Religions
The city of Löningen is located in the Catholic Oldenburger Münsterland. The Catholic parish church of St. Vitus is the center of Catholic life and the parish belongs to the Oldenburg official district of the Münster diocese . There are also Catholic village churches in the villages of Benstrup ( St. Bonifatius ), Bunnen ( St. Michael ), Evenkamp ( St. John the Baptist ) and Wachtum ( St. Mary's Assumption ( Diocese of Osnabrück )), which belong to Löningen . In addition to the Catholic population, there is a smaller Evangelical Lutheran congregation with its own church ( Trinitatiskirche ). Since the arrival of many Germans from Russia, there has also been a group of the Pentecostal movement that calls itself the Freie Evangeliums Christengemeinde Löningen .
politics
City council
The council of the city of Löningen consists of 30 council women and councilors. This is the specified number for a municipality with a population between 12,001 and 15,000. The 30 council members are elected for five years each by local elections. The current term of office began on November 1, 2016 and ends on October 31, 2021.
The full-time mayor Marcus Willen (CDU) is also entitled to vote in the city council.
The results of the last local council elections were as follows:
| Political party | 11th September 2016 | September 11, 2011 | September 10, 2006 | ||||||
| CDU | 67.72% | 12,506 | 20 seats | 68.49% | 11,742 | 21 seats | 62.72% | 12,390 | 19 seats |
| SPD | 18.08% | 3,340 | 5 seats | 12.26% | 2,102 | 4 seats | 19.44% | 3,840 | 6 seats |
| GREEN | 5.74% | 1,060 | 2 seats | 8.38% | 1,438 | 2 seats | 3.51% | 694 | 1 seat |
| FDP | 4.92% | 909 | 1 seat | 3.96% | 680 | 1 seat | 7.01% | 1,385 | 2 seats |
| Individual applicants | 1.78% | 329 | 1 seat | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| The left | 1.74% | 322 | 1 seat | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| voter turnout | 57.84% | 55.24% | 65.79% | ||||||
mayor
In the last mayoral election on May 25, 2014, Marcus Willen (CDU) prevailed with 51.92% of the votes against the previous incumbent Thomas Städtler (SPD) with 48.07%. The turnout was 61.74%.
- List of mayors of Löningen
- 1951–1952: Bernard Berges
- 1952–1960: Wilhelm Bischoff ( CDU )
- 1960–1972: Adolf Richard (CDU)
- 1972–1986: Kurt Schmücker (CDU)
- 1986–1991: Heinrich Wesselmann (CDU)
- 1991–1997: Clemens Winkler (CDU)
- 1997-2001: Hermann Vorholt (CDU)
- 2001–2014: Thomas Städtler (SPD); ran for the post of mayor in Wilhelmshaven in 2011 , but failed because of the CDU candidate Andreas Wagner
- since 2014: Marcus Willen (CDU)
coat of arms
Blazon : "In gold, a red bar with a damascus lattice."
According to the only seal of the village of Löningen known to him from the 17th century, Otto Hupp depicted a floating, faceted golden cross with broad ends in blue as the coat of arms and associated it with the cross of Meppen in terms of origin. In 1937, however, the governor of Oldenburg and Bremen awarded the municipality a seal with the above sign. In 1969 the President of the Oldenburg administrative district approved it as a coat of arms with colors. The shield was used as a farmer's seal as early as 1485 by a Burrichter from Löningen. Because of the rule of the bishops of Münster at that time, it undoubtedly refers to the bishopric's bar shield. There was a prince-bishop's hunting lodge on the Gelbrink in Löningen. The damascene in the old model is not a heraldic image, but at most a hint of color.
flag
The colors of the flag of the city of Löningen are yellow-red.
Town twinning
On June 17, 1990, the city of Wittenburg in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Löningen signed a city partnership .
Culture and sights
Löningen is located in the Hasetal recreation area , named after the river Hase , which rises southeast of Osnabrück in Melle-Wellingholzhausen and flows into the Ems in Meppen . Several towns and municipalities in the course of the Hase belong to the Hasetal recreational area, including Quakenbrück , Essen (Oldenburg) , Herzlake and Haselünne .
The landmark of Löningen, the Catholic parish church of St. Vitus , is considered to be the largest pillar-less hall church in Germany. The Schutenmühle in Huckelrieden and the Alte Wassermühle Gut Duderstadt have been stops on the Lower Saxony Mühlenstraße since 2008 . On October 3rd, 2010 the plastic man with sheep by Peter Rüwe was ceremoniously unveiled in downtown Löningen .
From June 19 to September 18, 2013, the “Löninger Art Mile” was built on the Haseufer von Böen on the edge of the Löninger section of the Hase-Ems Tour , which consists of 29 artistically processed bicycles. The installations "Fish" and "Barrages" by Reinhart Dasenbrock in Haseknie form a permanent stop on the Hasetal Art Route.
In August 2009 the “Haseauen Adventure Path” was opened at Brockhöhe.
The Löningen Cinema Museum has existed since 2012 .
Catholic parish church of St. Vitus
Plastic "Man with Sheep" at the parish church of St. Vitus
City center with Advent fountain
Town hall of Löningen
Old watermill of the Duderstadt estate
Schutenmühle (Erdholländer windmill) in Huckelrieden
“Löninger Kunstmeile” on the edge of the Löninger section of the Hase-Ems tour
View from the Haseauen adventure trail Brockhöhe over the renatured Haseaue
Economy and Infrastructure
economy
In Löningen in particular companies in the tool and mechanical engineering sector, food and beverage production, chemistry and building protection as well as the construction industry have settled. The largest employer with over 1,000 employees is the Remmers Gruppe AG , which was founded in 1949 by Bernhard Remmers in Löningen. The medium-sized family company claims to be a leader in the construction chemicals and wood lacquer industry. In 2007 the company posted sales of 185 million euros. Friedrich Graepel AG has its headquarters in Löningen. The supplier company from the metal industry employs more than 650 people at four locations and generates an annual turnover of 72 million euros. The products such as ventilation grilles, heat shields, steps, etc. are sold internationally in the commercial and rail vehicle industries as well as the agricultural and construction machinery industries.
traffic
Löningen is on the B 213 federal road (part of the E 233 European route ) ( Nordhorn - Delmenhorst ).
Connection to the railway network is provided by the Meppen – Essen (Oldbg) line of the Emsland Railway (until 1979 Bundesbahn), on which only goods and museum traffic takes place. Despite its minor importance in daily passenger traffic, the platform is provided with grooved plate strips. After an accident on July 31, 2014 near Haselünne, in which a freight train severely damaged the track system, the route was closed to museum railway operations, but operations were resumed.
Löningen is located on the Hase-Ems-Tour long-distance cycle route, which runs largely directly along the Hase in the city.
Companies
- Remmers Gruppe AG (manufacturer of construction chemical products)
- Friedrich Graepel AG
- Schne-frost Ernst Schnetkamp GmbH & Co KG (potato processing plant)
- WEG (Weser-Ems refreshment drinks) Branch of the MEG
education
In Löningen there are four primary schools (Löningen, Bunnen, Evenkamp and Wachtum), the Gutenbergschule (secondary school), the St. Ludgeri secondary school and the Copernicus grammar school ; the last three schools mentioned are in the school center near the large gym on Ringstrasse. The Maximilian Kolbe Förderschule and a vocational school (branch of the vocational schools at the Museumsdorf Cloppenburg) are also located in Löningen. Adult education is covered by the Catholic Bildungswerk Löningen.
Copernicus High School has had a student exchange program with the Norfolk Academy in Norfolk, Virginia , USA , since 1973 . This is the longest running active exchange program between Germany and the USA.
health
The Catholic hospital was founded in 1864. In 2013 the Löninger St. Anna Clinic was merged with the hospital in Quakenbrück and is now run under Christian sponsorship.
sons and daughters of the town
- Bernhard König (1847–1926), politician at the center
- Marcell Driver (1852–1912), lawyer and politician at the Center
- Eduard Burlage (1857–1921), politician at the center
- Georg Stratmann (1878–1949), politician ( CDU )
- Wilhelm Wöste (1911–1993), auxiliary bishop in Münster
- Kurt Schmücker (1919–1996), politician (CDU), Member of the Bundestag , Federal Minister of Economics , Federal Minister of Treasury , Mayor of Löningen from 1972 to 1986
- Paul Friedhoff (1943–2015), German entrepreneur and politician ( FDP ), Member of the Bundestag
- Bernd Kessens (* 1948), writer
- Franz-Josef Lübken (* 1954), physicist
- Karl-Heinz Ruch (* 1954), media manager
- Ingmar Skrinjar (* 1968), actor
- Jens Münchow (* 1971), actor
- Silvia Breher (* 1973), politician ( CDU ), Member of the Bundestag
- Oliver Bokern (* 1973), actor
- Torge Hollmann (* 1982), soccer player
- Marco di Carli (* 1985), swimmer
literature
- Georg Warnking et al. a: 1150 Eleven hundred and fifty years Löningen: 822–1972 . Löningen municipality, Löningen 1972.
- Alfred Benken: Löningen: Chronicle - Vol. 1: From the beginning of the settlement to the late Middle Ages . Loeningen 1990.
- Toni Bösterling: Löningen: the town in the Hasetal. Loeningen 1991.
- Antonius Bösterling: Five quarters and one cradle . Löningen in Hasetal. In: Yearbook for the Oldenburger Münsterland 1992. Vechta 1991, pp. 5–27
- Alfred Benken (Ed.): Second World War, the end of the war in Löningen 50 years ago. Loeningen 1995.
- Margaretha Jansen: Löningen in the past and present: on the history of our city; five quarters and a cradle. Schmücker, Löningen 1998, ISBN 3-9804494-8-3 .
- Dieter Feige: Orientation level Löningen: 1974–1999 . Rosenmeyer, Löningen 1999.
- St. Ludgeri Realschule (ed.): Chronicle of the St. Ludgeri School Realschule Löningen: 1850–2000 . Loeningen 2000.
- Alfred Benken: Catholic parish church St. Vitus Löningen. Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-7954-5849-2 .
- Jürgen Woltmann: The district of Cloppenburg: with Friesoythe, Barßel and Löningen. Isensee, Oldenburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-89995-523-1 .
- City of Löningen: A city in transition. In: Yearbook for the Oldenburger Münsterland 2016 (Ed .: Heimatbund für das Oldenburger Münsterland). Vechta 2015, pp. 8-23, ISBN 978-3-941073-19-7
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 ).
- ↑ Matthias Ellmann: The rabbit on the way to the Grand Canyon . Press release from the city of Löningen. December 14, 2012
- ↑ Michael Bönte: Abbot Gerbert Castus - A missionary from the second row. Church site ((former) online newspaper of the Münster diocese). October 29, 2004 ( Memento of May 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved from the web archive on October 3, 2017.
- ^ Oldenburg official district . Retrieved October 11, 2013.
- ↑ Jansen: Löningen in Past and Present , 1998, p. 35 ff.
- ↑ Refurbishment of five locks can start Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung . January 9, 2002
- ↑ Jansen: Löningen in Past and Present , 1998, pp. 203 ff.
- ↑ Jansen: Löningen in Past and Present , 1998, pp. 60 ff.
- ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes for municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 275 .
- ↑ Jansen: Löningen in the past and present , 1998
- ^ Website of the Pentecostals in Löningen .
- ^ Lower Saxony Municipal Constitutional Law (NKomVG) in the version of December 17, 2010; Section 46 - Number of MPs , accessed on January 29, 2017.
- ↑ KDO election portal for city council elections 2016 and 2011 , accessed on January 29, 2017
- ↑ Result of the mayoral election in Löningen on May 25, 2014 , accessed on October 12, 2014
- ↑ Klemens Stadler : German coat of arms Federal Republic of Germany Angelsachsen-Verlag, Bremen 1970, Volume 5 - The municipal coats of arms of the federal states of Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein, p. 57.
- ↑ Main statute of the city of Löningen , accessed on October 12, 2014
- ↑ Mühlenstraße working group in the Mühlenvereinigung Niedersachsen - Bremen e. V .: Schutenmühle
- ↑ Mühlenstraße working group in the Mühlenvereinigung Niedersachsen - Bremen e. V .: Old watermill Duderstadt
- ↑ , MannmitSchaf 'measures 5.55 meters . Nordwestzeitung , September 23, 2010
- ↑ Hasetal Tourist Office V .: Online survey: Which is the most beautiful bike?
- ↑ Fishing Association Löningen e. V .: Haseauen adventure trail
- ↑ NOZ: Quakenbrück Hospital holds 75 percent of the new company
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