Overwarfe
Overwarfe
Overwarf ( Low German ) municipality Loxstedt
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Coordinates: 53 ° 28 ′ 7 ″ N , 8 ° 32 ′ 26 ″ E | ||
Height : | 0 m above sea level NHN | |
Area : | 1.68 km² | |
Residents : | 147 (Jun 30, 2019) | |
Population density : | 88 inhabitants / km² | |
Incorporation : | March 1, 1974 | |
Postal code : | 27612 | |
Area code : | 04740 | |
Location of Overwarfe in Lower Saxony |
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Overwarfe in the municipality of Loxstedt
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Overwarfe ( Low German Overwarf ) is a village in the unitary community of Loxstedt in the district of Cuxhaven in Lower Saxony .
Geography and history
The village, a few kilometers from Bremerhaven and the Weser , is characterized by the landscape of marshland . The Luneplate is in the immediate vicinity . Until the regional reform in Lower Saxony , which took place on March 1, 1974, it was part of the municipality of Landwürden in the Wesermarsch district and still belongs to the district of the same name today .
The place is connected by the state road 121 and a bus line. A collective call taxi also enables regular trips to Loxstedt and Bremerhaven. North of Overwarfe is Ueterlande , with which the village shares a community center, a kindergarten and a volunteer fire brigade . To the south are Dedesdorf-Eidewarden and Wiemsdorf . The place used to be a place of pilgrimage, as there is said to have been water in a well, which has healing powers.
There are still thatched farms in Overwarfe.
Population development
year | Residents | source |
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2010 | 154 | |
2011 | 155 | |
2012 | 163 | |
2013 | 162 | |
2014 | 157 | |
2015 | 152 | |
2016 | 149 | |
2017 | 143 | |
2018 | 149 | |
2019 | 147 |
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politics
City council and mayor
At the municipal level, the village of Overwarfe is represented by the Loxstedt municipal council.
Mayor
The mayor of Overwarfe is Eymer Köhnken ( SPD ). The term of office runs from 2016 to 2021.
Culture and sights
Architectural monuments
literature
- Fritz Hörmann, Ude Meyer, Christian Morisse, Eberhard Nehring, Irmgard Seghorn, Egon Stuve, Else Syassen: Wesermünde field names collection - the field names of the property tax cadastre from 1876 . Ed .: Kulturstiftung der Kreissparkasse Wesermünde (= new series of special publications by the men from Morgenstern , Heimatbund an Elb- und Wesermuende eV Volume 27 ). Men from Morgenstern Verlag, Bremerhaven 1995, ISBN 3-931771-27-X , p. 17 ([ digitized version ( memento of October 26, 2007 in the Internet Archive )] [PDF; 431 kB ; accessed on October 23, 2019]).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Population of the community Loxstedt. In: Website of the municipality of Loxstedt. June 30, 2019, accessed September 1, 2019 .
- ↑ About Overwarfe. In: Website of the municipality of Loxstedt. Retrieved September 1, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c d Population figures for the municipality of Loxstedt 2010–2013. In: Website of the municipality of Loxstedt. December 31, 2013, archived from the original on March 8, 2014 ; accessed on September 1, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c Population figures in the Loxstedt community 2014–2017. In: Website of the municipality of Loxstedt. June 30, 2017, archived from the original on September 6, 2017 ; accessed on September 1, 2019 .
- ↑ Mayor of Overwarfe. In: Website of the municipality of Loxstedt. Retrieved September 1, 2019 .