Lorup
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Coordinates: 52 ° 56 ' N , 7 ° 39' E |
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| State : | Lower Saxony | |
| County : | Emsland | |
| Joint municipality : | Werlte | |
| Height : | 30 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 51.22 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 3171 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 62 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postal code : | 26901 | |
| Area code : | 05954 | |
| License plate : | Tbsp | |
| Community key : | 03 4 54 033 | |
| LOCODE : | DE LRP | |
| Address of the municipal administration: |
Rastdorfer Strasse 1 26901 Lorup |
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| Mayor : | Wilhelm Helmer ( CDU ) | |
| Location of the municipality of Lorup in the district of Emsland | ||
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Lorup is a municipality in the combined municipality Werlte in the northeast of the district of Emsland in western Lower Saxony ( Germany ).
With 3,171 inhabitants , after Werlte, Lorup has the most inhabitants in the integrated municipality of Werlte, to which it has belonged since 1973. Until then, the municipality was part of the joint municipality of Lorup, consisting of the municipalities of Lorup and Rastdorf .
geography
Geographical location
The municipality of Lorup is located in the northeastern part of the Hümmling , a wooded geest landscape in the Emsland up to 73 meters above sea level . The highest point in the area around the village is the bush height at 42 meters above sea level. The city of Friesoythe is located around 18 kilometers northeast .
Neighboring communities
Neighboring communities in the north are the communities Breddenberg , Esterwegen and Hilkenbrook in the combined community of Nordhümmling in the east the community Rastdorf, in the south the community Spahnharrenstätte and in the west the community Börger in the combined community Sögel .
history
Lorup is first mentioned in the year 834 as "Ladorpe" in the tithe register of the Corvey monastery . At that time it was tenth owned by this monastery. Like the entire Hümmling , Lorup later came to the Niederstift Münster , in 1803 to the Duchy of Arenberg-Meppen , 1810/1811 to the French Empire , in 1815 to the Kingdom of Hanover and with this in 1866 to Prussia .
The strength of the ash soil suggests that it has been continuously cultivated for 1500 years. The thousand-year history of the place is also reflected in the carved signposts. Other contemporary witnesses from the past are the old windmills (Walke and Eschmühle), which have lost their wings over time.
In 1892 a farmer discovered the Lorup gold find in Loruper Moor , a gold hoard with gold jewelry from the Bronze Age around 600–700 BC. It was about two golden arm rings, flat spirals and hollow rollers that were bought by the Osnabrück Municipal Museum.
In 1998, Lorup hit the headlines as part of the investigation into the murder of Christina “Nelly” Nytsch. The eleven-year-old girl was abducted on March 16, 1998 . Five days later her body was found near Lorup, as well as a knife as a murder weapon. The enlightenment led to the largest genetic test in the history of the Federal Republic of Germany at the time. Ronny Rieken was convicted as a perpetrator.
Origin of name
The name Lorup is made up of the two syllables Lo- and -rup. Lo indicates Loh, a Low German term for light or low wood. Something comparable can be found in the naming of the Dutch town of Tynaarlo in the neighboring province of Drenthe . There the ending lo also stands for forest or wood. The syllable La in the place name of the Emsland municipality Lathen has the same origin. The ending -rup is derived from the Old Saxon (Old Low German) word thorp, Old Norse torp, Danish trup. The term Thorp or Thorpe can be found mainly in England and in the modified forms across Northern Germany to Scandinavia (cf. Süderbrarup , uspr. Syndräbrathorp; Lørup, originally Løtherop, Danish). The spelling of the place name changes from Ladorpe (834 AD) via Lorype and Lorupe to Lorup (hdtsch.) And via Lodorpe and Lothorpe to Lo th orpe (ndtsch). The majority of the population still speaks a North Lower Saxon dialect of the Low German language. In this dialect the name of the village is Loorpe .
politics
Municipal council
The council of the municipality of Lorup consists of 15 councilors. This is the specified number for the member municipality of an integrated municipality with a population between 3001 and 5000 inhabitants. The 15 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 last local election on September 11, 2016 resulted in the following:
The council has 14 seats and consists of the CDU parliamentary group (9 seats), the UWG parliamentary group (4 seats) and a non-attached council member. A seat remains vacant.
mayor
Wilhelm Helmer (CDU) is the honorary mayor of the community. The deputy mayors are Hans Wilmes (CDU) and Frank Revermann (CDU).
coat of arms
On a green background there is an oblique left red and gold double bar, accompanied by a silver ploughshare at the top and a silver six-spoke wheel at the bottom.
The green ground clearly symbolizes the name of the municipality of Lorup, which, according to the oldest spelling in the tithing register of the Corvey monastery from the 9th century, is “Ladorpe” and can be etymologically interpreted as “settlement in the woods”. The red and gold bar is reminiscent of the earlier connection to Corvey shown in the tenth register. The ploughshare and the wheel refer to the two traditional pillars, agriculture and trade, which are still important for Lorup today. The number of wheel spokes corresponds to that of the flywheel of the first power generator, which today is a monument to the local history opposite the Perk machine factory.
Culture and sights
Heath, forest, meadows and moor shape the landscape. A network of marked hiking trails leads through the landscape of the Hümmling . A holiday home area is called "Dannenkamp". There are opportunities for football, tennis, bowling, fishing, hiking, horse riding, etc.
societies
There are at least 46 clubs in Lorup. From a statistical point of view, every Loruper is a member of at least three clubs, such as B. the following:
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Economy and Infrastructure
In the last few years, numerous businesses have settled in the “Ziepelkamp” industrial park on Gehlenberger Strasse. Despite this development, the place did not lose its rural character, as the long-standing agricultural companies have also developed.
The headquarters of the Sprehe group of companies is located in Lorup, one of the three largest poultry processors in Germany with an annual turnover of 650 million euros . 170 people are employed at the site.
Sons and daughters of the church
- Wilhelm Borgmann (1893–1947), politician, MdL
- Johannes Perk (1880–1955), Catholic clergyman, biblical scholar.
- Wilhelm Scheperjans (1912–1998), monsignor , Catholic clergyman, pastor in the Friedland transit camp .
- Ansgar Meyer (* 1965), Brigadier General of the Army of the Bundeswehr
literature
- Hermann Abels: The place names of the Emsland, in their linguistic and cultural-historical significance . Ferdinand Schöningh Verlag, Paderborn 1929
- Heimat-Ring Lorup (ed.): Annual Beldertunscheere
- Werner Kaemling: Atlas on the history of Lower Saxony . Gerd J. Holtzmeyer Verlag, Braunschweig 1987, ISBN 3-923722-44-3
- Hans Meyer-Wellmann: Field names . Published by the Heimat-Ring Lorup
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 ).
- ↑ Hans Meyer-Wellmann: Field names; Published by Heimatring Lorup (the mix-up between Buschhöhe and Helkensberg is based on a designation error in the first topographic map. While the Buschhöhe is 42 m above sea level north-east of the town center, the Helkensberg is now intersected by the road Lorup> Breddenberg.)
- ^ Tynaarlo> to Aar-Loh> to the forest by the water
- ^ Lower Saxony Municipal Constitutional Law (NKomVG) in the version of December 17, 2010; Section 46 - Number of Members , accessed on September 17, 2013
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