Lehe (Dithmarschen)

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 54 ° 20 '  N , 9 ° 1'  E
Basic data
State :	Schleswig-Holstein
Circle :	Dithmarschen
Office :	Parish land parishes of Eider
Height :	9 m above sea level NHN
Area :	18.63 km 2
Residents:	1108 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	59 inhabitants per km 2
Postcodes :	25774, 25776
Area code :	04882
License plate :	HEI, MED
Community key :	01 0 51 065
Office administration address:	Kirchspielsschreiber-Schmidt-Straße 1 25779 Hennstedt
Website :	www.amt-eider.de
Mayor :	Rolf Thiede (WGL)
Location of the municipality of Lehe in the Dithmarschen district

Lehe is the northernmost municipality in the Dithmarschen district in Schleswig-Holstein . The community is spatially, economically and historically linked to the neighboring community of Lunden .

geography

location

Lehe is the northernmost municipality in the Dithmarschen district . The next larger localities are the district towns of Heide (approx. 22 km) and Husum (approx. 21 km; district town of the north bordering district of North Friesland ).

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities are the communities Oldenswort , Witzwort and Koldenbüttel (all in the North Friesland district ) and Sankt Annen , Lunden and Groven (all in the Dithmarschen district), starting clockwise in the west .

history

The village of Lae is mentioned in King Waldemar's Earth Book as early as 1231 .

On April 1, 1934, the parish Lunden was dissolved. All of their village communities, village communities and farmers became independent communities / rural communities, including Lehe.

On July 1, 1936, the communities Dahrenwurth and Preil, also formed in 1934, were incorporated. Other districts are Lundenerkoog and Leherfeld and Dammsfeld.

politics

Community representation

Since the local elections in 2013, the WGL electoral community has seven seats and the SPD four seats in the municipal council.

coat of arms

The coat of arms was approved on August 24, 1965.

Blazon : "Above a blue shield base, divided by a wave cut, split by gold and red. On the right of the gap a red-armored, black half eagle, on the left of the gap a golden half lily."

The municipality of Lehe has the symbols of the Dithmarsch family of the Wurtmannen in its coat of arms with an eagle and a lily as central figures. The village "Lae" is mentioned as early as 1231 in King Waldemar's book of earth. The location on the Eider , represented by the blue base of the shield, made the place strategically important. The well-known Swyn and Nanne families have lived in Lehe since ancient times. They belonged as "gaps" to the powerful and respected family of the Wurtmannen, whose coat of arms with the half eagle and half a lily is quoted in today's municipal coat of arms . In memory of Peter Swyn from Lehe (1480–1537), the most important statesman of the Dithmarschen peasant republic, and his grandson Markus Swyn , the first ducal governor of Norderdithmarschen , the coat of arms of the Wurtmannen was included in the municipal coat of arms, although the lily was gold instead of silver tinged.

The coat of arms was designed by the Brunsbüttel heraldist Willy "Horsa" Lippert .

flag

The flag was approved on February 8, 1988.

On a vertically divided flag cloth, red at the front and white at the back, the municipal coat of arms in tinging appropriate for the flag.

Sons and daughters of the church

• Peter Swyn (1480 or 1481–1537), one of the most important leaders of the Dithmarschen peasant republic

literature

• Kurt Dummann: The community of Lehe at the turn of the ages . A documentation for the year 2000. Chronicle and homeland book. Husum Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft, Husum 2001, ISBN 978-3-89876-029-4 .

Web links

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

• Municipality of Lehe (joint website with the municipalities of Lunden and Krempel)
• Municipality of Lehe at the parish regional authorities of Eider

Individual evidence

1. ↑ North Statistics Office - Population of the municipalities in Schleswig-Holstein 4th quarter 2019 (XLSX file) (update based on the 2011 census) ( help on this ).
2. ↑ State Statistical Office Schleswig-Holstein (Ed.): The population of the communities in Schleswig-Holstein 1867-1970 . State Statistical Office Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel 1972, p. 251 .
3. ↑ State Statistical Office Schleswig-Holstein (Ed.): The population of the communities in Schleswig-Holstein 1867-1970 . State Statistical Office Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel 1972, p. 48 .
4. ↑ Schleswig-Holstein topography. Vol. 6: Kronprinzenkoog - Mühlenrade . 1st edition Flying-Kiwi-Verl. Junge, Flensburg 2006, ISBN 978-3-926055-85-9 , pp. 136 ( dnb.de [accessed July 24, 2020]).
5. ↑ Final result of the local elections 2013  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ Schleswig-Holstein's municipal coat of arms