Marklohe

Basic data
State :	Lower Saxony
County :	Nienburg / Weser
Joint municipality :	Marklohe
Height :	25 m above sea level NHN
Area :	32.92 km 2
Residents:	4607 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	140 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	31608
Area code :	05021
License plate :	NI
Community key :	03 2 56 021
LOCODE :	DE 74V
Community structure:	4 districts
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Rathausstrasse 14 ; 31608 Marklohe
Website :	www.marklohe.de
Mayor :	Günther Ballandat ( SPD )
Location of the municipality of Marklohe in the Nienburg / Weser district

Marklohe is a municipality and at the same time the administrative seat of the municipality of Marklohe in the district of Nienburg / Weser in Lower Saxony .

geography

Geographical location

The community of Marklohe is 5 km away from Nienburg on the opposite side of the Weser and roughly in the middle between Verden (Aller) and Minden . Marklohe is the administrative seat of the joint municipality of Marklohe , with the municipalities of Balge , Marklohe and Wietzen .

Community structure

The municipality of Marklohe also includes the neighboring districts of Lemke and Wohlenhausen , as well as the district of Oyle , which is about 1.5 km away .

Neighboring communities

The municipality borders (starting from the northeast in clockwise direction) the following municipalities: Balge , Drakenburg , Nienburg / Weser , Binnen , Wietzen .

history

The place expanded its original name from Lohe zu Marklohe in 1931. There are assumptions that Marklohe was the central meeting place of the pre-Christian Old Saxons Marklo . However, this could not be clearly clarified.

On March 1, 1974, the communities Lemke, Oyle and Wohlenhausen were incorporated.

politics

2011 municipal council election

Turnout: 58.96% (2006: 57.25%)

%

40

30th

20th

10

0

36.94%

39.82%

12.08%

8.58%

2.55%

FWG ^d

Gains and losses

compared to 2011

% p

4th

2

0

-2

-4

-3.72 % p.p.

+ 0.45 % p

-1.46 % p

+ 3.68 % p.p.

+1.04 % p

FWG ^d

Remarks:

^d Free voter community in the community of Marklohe

Municipal council

The local council from Marklohe consists of 15 councilors and councilors:

SPD 6 seats (± 0)
CDU 6 seats (± 1)
GREEN 2 seats (± 0)
FWG 1 seat (−1)

(Status: local election on September 11, 2016 )

mayor

Günther Ballandat ( SPD ) is mayor of the Marklohe community.

Culture and sights

theatre

There is an open-air theater in Marklohe, which is run by the amateur player association Heimatspiele Marklohe e. V. is run on a voluntary basis. A Low German play is performed there every summer.

The Heimatspiele are also active in winter. It is played in the restaurant Vier Jahreszeiten in Marklohe, the former Gasthaus Frank, and in the theater on the Hornwerk in Nienburg (Weser).

St. Clemens Romanus Church

Buildings

The church of St. Clemens Romanus in Marklohe was built in the 12th century on the plan of a Greek cross. During an extension in 1860, parts of the facades were redesigned in the Romanesque style. It has well-preserved choir paintings from around 1500 and a carved altar.

Town view
Former rectory from 1764
View of the church
Gravestone from 1685

Sports

With the sports club Marklohe 63 eV, the gymnastics and sports club Lemke from 1928 eV and the youth community Oyle eV from 1953 there are three sports clubs in the community of Marklohe.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The community is located directly on federal highway 214 , which leads from Nienburg / Weser to Sulingen , and on federal highway 6 from Nienburg to Bremen .

Public facilities

The Nienburg police station is responsible for security and order. A police station is set up in Marklohe for day duty.
Fire protection and general help are provided by the local volunteer fire brigades Lemke, Marklohe, Oyle and Wohlenhausen.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

Hans Adolf von Arenstorff (1895–1952), major general and manor owner
Magdalene Thimme (1880–1951), German educator and opponent of National Socialism
Wilhelm Thimme (1879–1966), German theologian and university professor