Oebisfelde-Weferlingen

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Coat of arms of the city of Oebisfelde-Weferlingen
Oebisfelde-Weferlingen
Map of Germany, position of the city Oebisfelde-Weferlingen highlighted

Coordinates: 52 ° 26 '  N , 10 ° 59'  E

Basic data
State : Saxony-Anhalt
County : Börde
Height : 63 m above sea level NHN
Area : 249.3 km 2
Residents: 13,558 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 54 inhabitants per km 2
Postcodes : 39343 (Schwanefeld) ,
39356 (Döhren u.
A. ) , 39359 (Bösdorf u.
A. ) , 39646 (Oebisfelde) see " City
structure"Template: Infobox municipality in Germany / maintenance / zip code contains text
Primaries : 039002, 039050, 039055, 039057, 039059, 039061
License plate : BK , BÖ, HDL, OC, OK, WMS, WZL
Community key : 15 0 83 411
City structure: 26 districts

City administration address : 		Lange Strasse 12
39646 Oebisfelde
Website : stadt-oebisfelde-weferlingen.de
Mayor : Hans-Werner Kraul ( CDU )
Location of the city of Oebisfelde-Weferlingen in the Börde district
Altenhausen Am Großen Bruch Angern Ausleben Barleben Beendorf Bülstringen Burgstall Calvörde Colbitz Eilsleben Erxleben Flechtingen Gröningen Haldensleben Harbke Hohe Börde Hötensleben Ingersleben Kroppenstedt Loitsche-Heinrichsberg Niedere Börde Oebisfelde-Weferlingen Oschersleben (Bode) Rogätz Sommersdorf Sülzetal Ummendorf Völpke Wanzleben-Börde Wefensleben Westheide Wolmirstedt Zielitzmap
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Oebisfelde-Weferlingen is a town in the Börde district in Saxony-Anhalt .

geography

Geographical location

Parts of the Drömling are in the city, which is on the state border with Lower Saxony , on the northeastern edge of the Lappwald and on the transition zone from the Altmark to the Magdeburg Börde . The rivers Aller , Ohre and Spetze flow through the area . The Nievoldhagen desert and most of the Harbke-Allertal nature reserve are located in the urban area .

Neighboring communities

In the north of the city limits blocks and the Hanseatic city Gardelegen of Altmark Salzwedel circle at, in the east of the communities Calvörde , Flechtingen and Altenhausen , in the south the municipalities Erxleben and Beendorf (member communities of the municipality Flechtingen ). In the west lies the state of Lower Saxony with the municipalities Grasleben , Velpke and Brome .

City structure

Localities with associated districts:

history

On January 1, 2010, the previously independent communities of Döhren, Eschenrode, Hödingen, Hörsingen, Schwanefeld, Seggerde, Siestedt, Walbeck and the Flecken Weferlingen from the Flechtingen administrative community and the communities of Bösdorf, Eickendorf, Etingen, Kathendorf, Rätzlingen and the city joined forces Oebisfelde from the administrative community Oebisfelde-Calvörde to form the city of Oebisfelde-Weferlingen. The remaining communities of the two administrative communities founded the Verbandsgemeinde Flechtingen . The urban area essentially consists of the administrative communities Oebisfelde and Weferlingen , which were dissolved in 2005 (except for Beendorf ). On September 1, 2010, the former Everingen municipality was incorporated by law. Initially, it was co-administered by the city from January 1, 2010.

politics

City council election 2019
Turnout: 55.5% (2014: 44.6%)
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The town hall of Oebisfelde with the Roland
Weferlingen Town Hall

The administration has its headquarters in Oebisfelde and a branch in Weferlingen.

City council

The city council of Oebisfelde-Weferlingen has 28 members. The distribution of seats after the last three municipal council elections is shown in the following table. The result of the local elections on May 26, 2019 is shown in the diagram opposite.

CDU SPD UWG 1 LEFT PIRATES GREEN EB 2 total
2009 8th 7th 8th 4th 0 0 1 28
2014 10 7th 6th 3 1 1 0 28
2019 8th 5 8th 3 - 2 2 28

1 independent voter community Oebisfelde-Weferlingen     2 individual applicants

Another member is the mayor. Seven committees were formed to carry out these tasks, the number of which decreased by two to five on January 1, 2012.

mayor

The city's first full-time mayor from 2010 to 2017 was Silke Wolf ( Die Linke ). Hans-Werner Kraul ( CDU ) won the runoff election on November 6, 2016 . He has been mayor of the unified municipality since January 24, 2017.

coat of arms

The coat of arms was approved by the district on May 13, 2011.

Blazon : “In a blue shield sprinkled with fourteen silver stars, a golden oak with silver acorns and golden capsules growing out of a golden shield base covered with a blue wavy strip. On the middle of the oak a silver owl turned half to the right, on the chest a silver shield with two black rhombuses in it. "

The coat of arms was designed by the municipal heraldist Jörg Mantzsch . It combines the coat of arms symbols from the coats of arms of Oebisfelde (Kauz) and Weferlingen (oak) with fourteen stars scattered as a reference to the other former communities, while the wavy bar symbolizes the rivers Aller, Ohre and Spetze.

The colors of the city are: yellow-blue

Town twinning

The individual districts still have partnerships that are maintained by the places themselves. The town of Oebisfelde has had a town partnership with the Polish Lidzbark (Lautenburg) and Weferlingen since 2000 with the Bulgarian Swilengrad .

Culture and sights

The Aller cycle path and the northern route of the Romanesque Road run through the city. The commune's cultural monuments are listed in the local register of monuments.

Museums

The localities of Oebisfelde and Weferlingen each have local museums that deal specifically with the history and development of the region. In the Weferlinger Museum you can also see the development of the local Adler pharmacy.

  • Oebisfelde Castle

  • Weferlingen castle ruins

  • Ruin of the Walbeck collegiate church

  • Seggerde Castle

Buildings

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Through the city leading Berlin Lehrter railway and the railway lines Oebisfelde-Magdeburg and Haldensleben-Weferlingen . The Oebisfelde station was a major railway junction for a long time and from 1945 to 1990 it was a border station on the inner-German border . Weferlingen is connected to the rail network via the Helmstedt – Oebisfelde and Haldensleben routes, some of which are used by freight .

In addition, there is the Mittelland Canal in the north , to which there is access on the Drömling Landing . In the south, the federal highway 2 crosses the city area. The Federal Highway 188 runs north from Oebisfelde, the Federal Highway 1 is six kilometers from the district Schwanefeld removed.

education

Freiherr-vom-Stein-Gymnasium Weferlingen

The following schools are located in the city:

  • Primary School An der Aller (Oebisfelde)
  • Drömlingsfüchse primary school (Oebisfelde)
  • Rätzlingen primary school
  • Weferlingen primary school
  • Secondary school Drömlingschule Oebisfelde
  • Freiherr-vom-Stein-Gymnasium

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

Personalities who have worked on site

  • Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim (1719–1803), poet during the Enlightenment period, canon of Walbeck Monastery
  • Carl Wallmann (* 1816; †?), Well-known German robber
  • Gustav Maass (1830–1901), botanist and local researcher, co-founder of the Aller-Verein Walbeck
  • Alfred Pechau (1921–2008), German musician and composer, received music training in Rätzlingen
  • Ralph Giordano (1923-2014), writer; Bösdorf was the place of residence for him and his family for a few months after they had been "bombed out" in Hamburg in 1943
  • Fritz Streletz (* 1926), Deputy Minister for National Defense and Chief of the Main Staff of the National People's Army in the GDR, grew up in Eschenrode
  • Ulrich Mühe (1953–2007), German film and theater actor, died in Walbeck

Web links

Commons : Oebisfelde-Weferlingen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State Statistical Office Saxony-Anhalt, population of the municipalities - as of December 31, 2019 (PDF) (update) ( help ).
  2. ^ Main statute of the city of Oebisfelde-Weferlingen . September 29, 2015 ( verwaltungsportal.de [PDF; accessed December 22, 2018]). (PDF; 6.1 MB)
  3. ↑ Official Journal of the Börde District (Territorial Change Agreement) (PDF; 3.5 MB)
  4. ↑ StBA: Area changes from January 01 to December 31, 2010
  5. ↑ State Returning Officer Saxony-Anhalt, municipal council elections 2019 - final result for Oebisfelde-Weferlingen
  6. ↑ http://www.stadt-oebisfelde-weferlingen.de/seite/286895/wahlen.html
  7. ↑ Official Gazette of the Börde District No. 32/2011 (PDF; 664 kB)
  8. ^ Minutes of the city council meeting of September 21, 2011
  9. ↑ Jörg Mantzsch : The coat of arms of the city of Oebisfelde-Weferlingen, documentation on the approval process , deposited with the district of Börde 2011 (expert opinion: Landeshauptarchiv Magdeburg)