Lehe (Emsland)

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	Coordinates: 53 ° 0 ′  N , 7 ° 20 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Lower Saxony
County :	Emsland
Joint municipality :	Dörpen
Height :	6 m above sea level NHN
Area :	17.87 km 2
Residents:	979 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	55 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	26892
Area code :	04962
License plate :	Tbsp
Community key :	03 4 54 030
Association administration address:	Main street 25 26892 Dörpen
Website :	www.lehe-ems.de
Mayor :	Johann Mardink ( CDU )
Location of the municipality of Lehe in the district of Emsland

Lehe is a municipality in the Emsland district in Lower Saxony . It belongs to the integrated municipality of Dörpen , which has its administrative seat in the municipality of Dörpen .

geography

Geographical location

The municipality of Lehe is located in the northern part of the district between Papenburg and Meppen . It is surrounded by the rivers Ems , Dever and Lake.

Neighboring communities

The city of Papenburg is about ten kilometers north of Lehe . To the east of Lehe, the community of Neulehe can be found about 6 kilometers away. The communities of Heede to the west and the community of Dörpen to the south of Lehe are roughly the same distance away .

history

The first written mention of the original small peasantry Lehe goes back to the year 1400. The serf Herman Griep and Coip van Hede (also called Oltmanns) appeared on January 22nd of the same year before the Aschendorfer court. Griep bought himself free and was thus released from bondage by van Hede . This ransom was notarized by the judge Sweder Rorynck. The Lehe farmers were also mentioned for the first time in this document.

The name of the lehe can be traced back to the Gothic word “Hlew” (German for “protection”), as the peasantry was built in a place protecting against storms and floods. The Heerweg (later Chausseestrasse) was a trade route in the direction of Aschendorf and Dörpen. Today's federal highway 70 runs at this point .

In 1902 there was a growing desire for a church of their own, which was finally completed in 1914 despite initial skepticism. 16 years later the Catholic elementary school Lehe was built next to the new Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus .

In the Second World War , Lehe was almost completely destroyed. After the bridge over the coastal canal was blown up by German troops in April 1945, the Allies only succeeded in crossing troops from Poland, Canada and England after a long break and with the help of pontoons . The armored troops advancing in three platoons took revenge for the forced stop and destroyed the village. The residents were previously able to flee to the surrounding villages of Neulehe and Ahlen.

Until the Lower Saxon community reform , which came into force on January 1, 1973, Lehe was part of the Aschendorf community . Lehe has been a member of the village renewal program since 1996 . In 2000 the community celebrated its 600th anniversary.

Population development

The number of inhabitants in the municipality has increased only very slowly over the centuries. While it was 182 in 1652, it only increased to 1,047 by 2010.

population	1652	1752	1852	2002	2009	2010	2012
Lehe	182	250	355	1046	985	1047	1058

Population development in the municipality of Lehe

politics

Municipal council

The municipality council in Lehe consists of eleven council members. Since the local elections on September 11, 2016, three parties have belonged to it:

• CDU : 7 seats
• SPD : 1 seat
• UWG : 3 seats

mayor

The honorary mayor Johann Mardink has been in office since the election on November 21, 2011.

societies

In addition to the usual homeland association , smaller church groups and a rural youth , the following associations are represented in Lehe:

• SuS Lehe: Sports club specializing in soccer , tennis and gymnastics
• Kröchen-Klütker: Oldtimer Club (mostly tractor)
• Leher Pünte
• Grün-Weiß Lehe: tennis club
• Water sports club Dörpen-Lehe

• Community views
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  Herz-Jesu-Kirche on the village street

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  Passenger ferry "Leher Pünte"

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  Memorial stone for the reconstruction after the Second World War

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  Elementary school in Lehe

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  Marina

Economy and Infrastructure

Despite the consequences of the structural change, Lehe is a predominantly agricultural community. The 17 full-time farms and 6 part-time farmers have mainly specialized in factory farming over the years .

In the “Am Schulbrink” industrial park, which has been steadily enlarged in recent years, there are also some medium-sized companies. Companies such as J&K Anlagenbau GmbH & Co.KG , u. a. Manufacturers of chimneys and pools from Meyer Werft or the wood company Butterweck , which operates throughout Germany, are based here.

traffic

Lehe can be reached via federal road 70 and federal road 401 , which intersect in the municipality. There is also a motorway connection to the nearby A31 motorway . The next train stations are in Aschendorf and Dörpen on the Emsland line .

literature

• Werner Kaemling - Atlas on the history of Lower Saxony , Gerd J. Holtzmeyer Verlag, Braunschweig 1987, ISBN 3-923722-44-3
• 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 )

Web links

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

• Lehe municipality

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. ↑ ^{a b} History of Lehes ( Memento of the original from July 15, 2016 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. , accessed March 18, 2011 
3. ↑ Current population  ( 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. , accessed March 18, 2011  
4. ↑ Associations in Lehe ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2016 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. , accessed March 18, 2011 
5. ↑ Industry in Lehe ( Memento of the original dated August 29, 2016 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. , accessed March 18, 2011