Merzen

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Merzen (disambiguation) .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 52 ° 29 ′  N , 7 ° 50 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Lower Saxony
County :	Osnabrück
Joint municipality :	Neuenkirchen
Height :	86 m above sea level NHN
Area :	52.96 km 2
Residents:	3882 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	73 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	49586
Area code :	05466
License plate :	OS , BSB, MEL, WTL
Community key :	03 4 59 026
Community structure:	6 districts
Association administration address:	Alte Poststrasse 5-7 49586 Neuenkirchen
Website :	www.merz.de
Mayor :	Gregor Schröder ( CDU )
Location of the municipality of Merzen in the district of Osnabrück

Merzen is a municipality within the Neuenkirchen municipality in the northwest of the Osnabrück district in Lower Saxony ( Germany ).

geography

Geographical location

Merzen is located in the north-western Bramgau south of the Ankumer Höhe . There it is located on the edge of the north-western part of the Northern Teutoburg Forest-Wiehen Mountains Nature Park .

climate

Temperate maritime climate influenced by humid northwest winds from the North Sea. On a long-term average, the air temperature in Merzen reaches 8.5 ° C – 9.0 ° C and around 700 mm of precipitation falls. Between May and August, an average of 20 to 25 summer days (climatological term for days on which the maximum temperature exceeds 25 ° C) can be expected.

Neighboring communities

Merzen borders Eggermühlen in the north, Ankum and Bramsche in the east, Neuenkirchen and Voltlage in the south and Fürstenau in the west .

Community structure

Parts of the municipality and number of inhabitants:

• Dollinghausen (187)
• Engelern -Schlichthorst (490)
• Lechtrup-Merzen (2.627) - seat of the municipal administration
• East / Westeroden (182)
• Plague Bowl (284)
• South Pain (387)

(As of July 14, 2003)

The parts of the community are mostly scattered settlements . Together with its neighboring communities Neuenkirchen and Voltlage , Merzen forms the joint community of Neuenkirchen.

history

Incorporations

Today's municipality of Merzen was formed on the occasion of the regional reform on July 1, 1972 from the municipalities of Döllinghausen, Engelern , Lechtrup-Merzen, Ost- and Westeroden, Plaggenschale and Südmerz.

Population development

Population development in Merzen since 1987

The following overview shows the population of Merzen in each area and on December 31st.

The figures are updates by the State Office for Statistics and Communication Technology Lower Saxony based on the census of May 25, 1987 .

The data from 1961 (June 6) and 1970 (May 27) are the census results including the places that were incorporated on July 1, 1972.

year Residents 1961 2466 1970 2564 1987 2941 1990 3039

year Residents 1995 3646 2000 4046 2005 4111 2010 4027

year Residents 2011 4009 2015 3921 2017 3907 2018 3859

politics

Municipal council

The parish council currently has 15 members from three parties or groups. Mayor is Gregor Schröder (CDU).

The following table shows the local election results since 1996.

Council of the municipality of Merzen: election results and municipal councils
	CDU		SPD		GREEN		FWG 1		total		electoral participation
Electoral term	%		%		%		%		%		%
1996-2001	67.6	11	13.0	2	2.0	0	17.4	2	100	15th	73.4
2001-2006	77.0	12	9.1	1	1.7	0	12.2	2	100	15th	55.1
2006-2011	85.4	13	12.4	2	2.2	0	-	-	100	15th	49.8
2011-2016	79.06	12	12.6	2	8.35	1	-	-	100	15th	48.59
2016-2021	68.66	10	14.00	2	17.33	3	-	-	100	15th	54.78
Percentages rounded. Sources: State Office for Statistics and Communication Technology Lower Saxony, District Osnabrück. In the case of different information in the sources mentioned, the data from the State Office for Statistics and Communication Technology were used, as they are generally more plausible. 1 Free community of voters

mayor

• since 1996 Gregor Schröder (CDU)

Culture and sights

• Juniper grove and grave field Plaggenschale with barefoot path (500 m) in Westeroden

Sports

• Sports club Blau-Weiss Merzen e. V.
  • Soccer
  • volleyball
  • beach volleyball
  • basketball
  • various gymnastics groups
• Reitsportfreunde Engelern eV
• Tennis club Merzen e. V.
• Riding u. Driving Association Merzen e. V.
• Crosshoppers Merzen e. V.
• Sports club DJK Schlichthorst e. V.

traffic

The federal road 218 crosses the municipality from northwest to southeast.

Merzen is connected to the bus line 610 of the Verkehrsgemeinschaft Osnabrück, which runs every hour from Osnabrück to Fürstenau.

Say of the Turkish chains

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The legend on which the municipality's coat of arms is based is that of the Turkish chains. Allegedly two people from Merzen once took part in a crusade to the Holy Land. They were captured by the Turks and sentenced to death. On their last night they prayed that they would hear the bells of their homeland one last time. They fell asleep and miraculously woke up the next morning on the Juckelsboll, a small hill near the Merzen church , to the bell for the morning service. Their chains were hung in the house of God as evidence of the miracle. They were stolen in the 1970s, but the community has a replica. They can be seen in the local coat of arms. On the Juckelsboll there is a board on which you can read the legend of the Turkish chains in rhyming form:

800 years ago at this legendary place / the miracle of the Turkish chains took place. / Two Merzeners were on a crusade / fighting for the faith in holy lands / Captured by Turks, they asked to honor God / to hear the home bells again ./ What a miracle when they woke up in the morning / they found themselves safe on the Juckelsboll./

Web links

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

• www.merz.de

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} Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality register for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 254 .
3. ↑ State Office for Statistics and Communication Technology Lower Saxony, population update  ( 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.  
4. ↑ https://www.neuenkirchen-os.de/Base/Structure/Category/View/ID/426 Results of the municipal elections 2016 in Merzen
5. ↑ State Office for Statistics and Communication Technology Lower Saxony, Table 5000311
6. ↑ Landkreis Osnabrück, official final results of the district election on September 9, 2001 ( Memento from May 25, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 528 kB)
7. ^ The local elections for the district of Osnabrück on September 11, 2011 (also includes 2006 results). (PDF 8.0MB p. 37 column "Municipal elections") Osnabrück district, accessed on March 6, 2016 . 
8. ↑ https://www.noz.de/lokales/samtgemeinde-neuenkirchen/artikel/836096/ein-staendchen-fuer-den-merzer-buergermeister In Neuer Osnabrücker Zeitung on January 16, 2017: "A serenade for the Mayor of Merzen" ; accessed on September 25, 2018
9. ↑ https://www.geopark-terravita.de/de/standort_1465284256/barfu-und-infopfad-wacholderhain-merz-plaggenschale