Leer (Horstmar)
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City of Horstmar
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| Height : | 73 m above sea level NN | |
| Area : | 26.5 km² | |
| Residents : | 2287 (Nov. 30, 2006) | |
| Population density : | 86 inhabitants / km² | |
| Incorporation : | 1st July 1969 | |
| Postal code : | 48612 | |
| Primaries : | 02551, 02552, 02554, 02555, 02556, 02558 | |
Location of Leer in North Rhine-Westphalia |
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Leer ( Low German Leer ) is a district of the city of Horstmar in the Steinfurt district in North Rhine-Westphalia .
geography
The former municipality of Leer (Westphalia) is located in the Münsterland park landscape , which is characterized by a contrast of sandy soils and wetlands.
The place does not have its own area code, but has the area codes of the neighboring communities depending on the location.
Local division
Since the regional reform at the end of the 1970s, the farming communities Alst , Haltern and Ostendorf belong to Leer .
Rivers
The Leerbach rises southeast of Leer on the eastern slope of the Schöppinger Berg . Its source is designated as a natural monument .
history
Name development
The farming village was first mentioned as "Leheri". The place name has the same linguistic root as Leer in East Friesland. The name "Hleri" means something like "fenced (pasture) place". It is of West Germanic origin and therefore certainly arose long before the church was founded. It is one of the so-called (H) lar names (Laer, Laar, Lahr, Lohr, Wetzlar, Goslar, etc.), which are widespread in Central and Lower Germany and are among the oldest Germanic place name words. Over the years the name changed from Leheri to Liere, Lyer, Lire and Lere, finally to Leer.
Non - residents often get confused with the neighboring municipality of Laer , which is not pronounced "Läär" but rather "Laar" because of the elongation-e .
middle Ages
The place was mentioned for the first time in a register of the Werden Abbey , founded by Bishop Ludger , in 890.
The often mentioned Knights of Leer lived on the Amtshof from 1206 to 1466. They lived in the Grollenburg, named after the family of knights Gronlo or Grollo, on the outskirts of Leer, around 200 meters from the church in the center of the village.
Until the beginning of the 17th century, the estate remained in the possession of the Knights of Gronlo, who incidentally also owned the Burgmannshof in neighboring Horstmar until 1451.
Already in the 12th century the parish church of Leer, first mentioned in a document in 1217, was built in honor of Saints Cosmas and Damianus on the grounds of the official courtyard . At the same time the (branch) parish Leer was branched off from the mother parish Schöppingen.
Incorporation
On July 1, 1969, Leer was incorporated into the town of Horstmar.
Muensterland snow chaos
Leer was not spared from the snow chaos of the Münsterland on November 25th and 26th, 2005. The power supply was completely interrupted several times on these days, until it was restored to most residents in the evening on November 26, 2005. On November 28, 2005, large parts of Leer were evacuated because a power pole threatened to overturn.
Culture and sights
The list of monuments in Horstmar includes thirteen monuments for Leer .
Web links
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- City of Horstmar
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Martin Bünermann: The communities of the first reorganization program in North Rhine-Westphalia . Deutscher Gemeindeverlag, Cologne 1970, p. 96 .
