Laer
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Coordinates: 52 ° 3 ' N , 7 ° 21' E |
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| Basic data | ||
| State : | North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| Administrative region : | Muenster | |
| Circle : | Steinfurt | |
| Height : | 77 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 35.25 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 6744 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 191 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postal code : | 48366 | |
| Area code : | 02554 | |
| License plate : | ST, BF, TE | |
| Community key : | 05 5 66 036 | |
| LOCODE : | DE LAY | |
| Community structure: | 2 districts | |
| Address of the municipal administration: |
Mühlenhoek 1 48366 Laer |
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| Mayor : | vacant (due to voting out) | |
| Location of the municipality of Laer in the Steinfurt district | ||
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Laer (pronounced [ laːr ] with Dehnungs -e , Low German Laor ) is a municipality in the Steinfurt district in northern North Rhine-Westphalia .
Because the spelling with ae contradicted the rules in force before 1996, it was not changed in accordance with a recommendation of the Standing Committee on Geographical Names .
geography
The municipality of Laer is located 25 km northwest of Münster .
Laer borders on Horstmar in the west, Steinfurt in the north, Altenberge in the east, Billerbeck and Rosendahl in the south.
The municipality of Laer consists of the districts Laer and Holthausen . Holthausen is about two kilometers south of Laer and has around 600 inhabitants.
history
Laer was first mentioned in 1134 AD in a document from Bishop Werner . In 1484 the construction of the Bartholomäuskirche began.
Henrich Valck laid the first stone for the parish church in Laer (Steinfurt district) in 1484. The sentence, "IN'T JOER 1484 UN EEN LAG HENRICH VALCK DEN EERSTEN STEEN" is visible to everyone in the tower hall of the parish church in Laer.
During the Spanish-Dutch War in 1592 Laer, Borghorst and Leer were sacked by the Spanish .
Until 1803 the place belonged to the office of Horstmar of the duchy of Münster . In the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss the Horstmar office and with it the place Laer fell to the County of Salm-Horstmar . In 1806 Laer came to the Grand Duchy of Berg and belonged to France from 1811 to 1813 . Due to the agreements made at the Congress of Vienna , Laer became Prussian in 1815 . In 1841 the Laer office was created, to which the communities Laer and Holthausen belonged.
On July 1, 1969, the Laer office was abolished and the municipal Laer was formed; the neighboring community of Holthausen was incorporated voluntarily.
religion
About 68% of the 6,600 residents (as of June 1, 2012) are Roman Catholic , another 13% are Protestant. 15% of the population do not belong to any organized religion .
politics
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Municipal council
The distribution of seats in the town hall:
- CDU : 8 seats
- GREEN : 3 seats
- SPD : 2 seats
- FDP : 2 seats
- UBG : 2 seats
- Free citizens for Laer and Holthausen (FBL): 2 seats
- non-attached: 1 seat
mayor
- 1999–2009: Hans-Jürgen Schimke ( Alliance 90 / The Greens )
- 2009–2015: Detlev Prange ( independent )
- 2015–2019: Peter Maier (independent, joint candidate of the SPD & FDP )
- since November 12, 2019: vacant
In the last mayoral election on September 27, 2015, Peter Maier was elected with 61.5% of the vote. His opponent, the previous incumbent Detlev Prange, received 38.5% of the vote. Peter Maier took up his post on October 21, 2015.
Because of his controversial office leadership as mayor of the council, launched in August 2019 with a two-thirds majority of CDU , Greens , UBG and two non-attached members of the Council a deselection process against a Maier. On November 10, 2019, the citizens of Laers voted with 60.03% of the vote in favor of Maier's election as mayor. He left office on November 12, 2019.
coat of arms
Blazon : "In gold, a black, silver-armed falcon flying up."
Community partnerships
Culture and sights
Museums
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In the Holskenmuseum you can look over the shoulders of the clog maker . The museum shows how the master clog maker lived and worked with his family and how clogs were made and sold from different types of wood in local shapes.
Buildings
- Kappwindmühle: Nowadays it is only used for residential purposes. The windmill blades can be operated electrically on special occasions, but the blades are currently dismantled. Together with the historic town hall, the town hall pond and the surrounding park, this creates an attractive ensemble. The windmill is at the town hall
- late Gothic St. Bartholomew's Church in the center of town
- St. Marien (Holthausen)
Natural monuments
The Heidenbaum , a court linden tree that is over 500 years old , is located near the end of the village on Darfelderstrasse. Below the linden tree is the "Heidenkrues", a cross carved from light gray Baumberger sandstone on a high quarry stone base that stands on a brick foundation. The pagan cross is supposed to remind of the Christianization, which according to legend is associated with the two holy Ewalden . Originally the hill was used as a court and burial place. Later the main chair of the Free County of Laer, " thor Lair thon synen Lynden ", was probably located under the heather tree . A strong storm in 1990 destroyed the entire crown of the linden tree, so that the heather tree is now just a ruin.
Cultural monuments
To the west of Laer, in a wooded area (called Borg), there are the remains of one of the most important ramparts in north-west Germany, the Oldenborg (Oldenburg). The fortification was founded in the 5th century and abandoned around 1050 for unknown reasons. In 1189 it was mentioned in writing for the first time as the "Old Castle". Documents are not received. In the years 1956/57 the antiquity commission for Westphalia laid the foundations for the preservation of the old hill fort as a cultural monument. It should be leveled to obtain grazing land.
Sports
On October 18, 1908, the “Turn- und Sportverein Laer 08” was founded. The 100th anniversary was celebrated in 2008 accompanied by various activities.
The TuS Laer 08 e. V. with around 1250 members (as of spring 2009) the largest association in the community. Seven student councils offer opportunities for sporting development in the sports of badminton, soccer, running, taekwondo, table tennis, gymnastics and volleyball.
Economy and Infrastructure
education
Two kindergartens, three day-care centers and one elementary school (Werner Rolevinck Elementary School) are located in Laer. The district of Holthausen has another kindergarten. There are also courses offered by the "Musik Aktiv" music school, the Steinfurt music school and the Steinfurt adult education center.
traffic
Laer is crossed by the highways 550, 555 and 579, as well as by the district roads 72 and 75. The distance to the Münster-Nord junction of the BAB 1 is around 16 km, to the Coesfeld / Gescher junction of the federal motorway 31 about 29 km.
The SchnellBus line S70 (Vreden – Ahaus– Laer –Münster) runs every hour or half an hour.
The nearest train stations are in Altenberge and Steinfurt ( Münster – Gronau line ).
Personalities
- Werner Rolevinck , * 1425 in Laer, † 1502 in Cologne, famous in particular for his history abstract "Fasciculum Temporum"
- Winfried Pielow (1924–2018), German literary scholar, writer and radio play author
- Erich Robert Sorge , born June 6, 1933 in Petersdorf near Jägersdorf / Sudetenland; † April 18, 2002 in Steinfurt, organist and composer, founded the Laer Madrigal Choir together with Heinrich Fischer and was the initiator and long-time leader of the Laer Whitsun Concerts. Lived in Laer until his death and is buried there.
Web links
- Website of the municipality of Laer
- Laer in the Westphalia Culture Atlas
Individual evidence
- ↑ Population of the municipalities of North Rhine-Westphalia on December 31, 2019 - update of the population based on the census of May 9, 2011. State Office for Information and Technology North Rhine-Westphalia (IT.NRW), accessed on June 17, 2020 . ( Help on this )
- ↑ Recommendation of the Standing Committee for Geographical Names (StAGN) of September 17, 1999 to adapt the spelling of toponyms to the reformed rules. Standing Committee on Geographical Names , accessed December 7, 2017 .
- ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 97 .
- ↑ 2014 local elections. Final result for: 566036 Laer. Retrieved December 11, 2015 .
- ↑ Municipal Council. Laer parish, accessed December 11, 2015 .
- ↑ wn.de: Laer has a new mayor - Peter Maier creates the sensation , accessed on December 21, 2015
- ↑ wn.de: Council wants to say goodbye to Peter Maier - Voting process against Laerer mayor has started , accessed on August 28, 2019
- ↑ azonline.de: Vote in Laer - Mayor Peter Maier voted out , accessed on November 11, 2019
- ↑ azonline.de: Laerer put Mayor Peter Maier in front of the door - departure without any comment , accessed on November 11, 2019
- ^ WDR: Mayor of Laer voted out , accessed on November 11, 2019
- ↑ Adolph Tibus: founding history of the donors, parishes, monasteries and chapels in the area of the old bishopric of Münster . 1867, p. 930 ff .
- ^ Wilhelm Brockpähler: Stone crosses in Westphalia . 1963, p. 34, 150 .
- ↑ August Stieren, Rolf Gensen: The excavations in the Oldenburg near Laer . 1962.
- ↑ Club history. TuS Laer 08 eV, accessed on December 11, 2015 .
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