Rütenbrock

Rütenbrock ; Village region / parish of Rütenbrock City of Haren (Ems) Coordinates: 52 ° 50 ′ 17 ″ N , 7 ° 6 ′ 4 ″ E
Height :	14 m
Area :	30.5 km²
Residents :	2897 (2016)
Population density :	95 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	March 1, 1974
Postal code :	49733
Primaries :	05934, 05935
Location of Rütenbrock in Lower Saxony
	Northern entrance to Rütenbrock ( Bundesstrasse 408 )

Rütenbrock (village region / parish of Rütenbrock with the villages of Rütenmoor, Lindloh and Schwartenberg) is a district of the town of Haren (Ems) in the Emsland district in Lower Saxony .

geography

Geographical location

The village region of Rütenbrock lies in the western part of the Emsland between Meppen and Papenburg .

The parish borders directly on the Netherlands with its south-north extension and is crossed by the Haren-Rütenbrock Canal and the South-North Canal .

The place Rütenbrock borders in the west with the boundary stone 168 DN on 2 Dutch provinces. ("Dreiländereck" Lower Saxony - Province of Drenthe - Province of Groningen ).

Neighboring communities

Rütenbrock borders in the north on the Samtgemeinde Lathen , in the east on the localities Erika and Altenberge and the locality Fehndorf and municipality Twist in the south. In the west to the Dutch municipalities of Westerwolde and Emmen .

geology

Rütenbrock lies in the middle of the Bourtangers Moors , which was formerly the largest contiguous moor area in Western Europe. It is located in the Emsland west of the Ems and was one of the largest moorland areas in Germany until the 1950s. It extends in the west into the Netherlands and is named after the Dutch fortified town of Bourtange . Part of the village is located in the former raised bog of the moor area and the other part has a few gees ridges .

In the deeper subsurface of the village region, salt cushions and natural gas fields (found in 1969) can be found at a depth of around 3500 m.

history

Historic boundary stone No. 168 of the German-Dutch border in Rütenbrock, here two Dutch provinces border Lower Saxony.

As early as 1600 the Dutch city of Groningen began draining the Bourtanger moor south of the city, mining peat and thus engaging in brisk trade and gaining valuable settlement land. Over the centuries, this repeatedly led to disputes over the ownership structure between the inhabitants of the left-wing Semsian villages and those on the Dutch side.

In 1764 and 1784, a general border regulation between the Principality of Münster and the Netherlands was concluded in order to ensure clear ownership.

In 1778 the defined border line was measured by Lieutenant of the Munster troops Hermann Flensberg and accepted on May 26th 1778 by the Duchy of Munster and the Netherlands. This survey was the basis of the border comparison of October 11, 1784. The Prince Bishopric of Munster subsequently endeavored to also create settlements along the now established border between Munster and the Netherlands. In 1824 the border was modified in the so-called Meppen Treaty .

In the summer of 1788, Maximilian Franz Churfürst zu Cölln had a total of 14 colonies with 341 so-called plaatzen (settler sites) established. The settlements had an area of 3,150 hectares . The parish of Rütenbrock received 92 places, which corresponded to 27% of all newly created places. The new colonies were raffled on July 28, 1788, to colonists who came from the Netherlands, Brabant , Münsterland , Belgium , Oldenburger Land and Hildesheim , but mostly came from the surrounding area. The 28th July 1788 is therefore considered to be the founding date of the parish of Rütenbrock.

Origin of name

The place name Rütenbrock is mentioned for the first time as Rutenbroke in a private law document on the sale of a property, closed on March 3, 1520 before the judge Hermann Torney in Düthe . Incidentally, the place name can be derived from the nearby Ruiten-Aa river . Brook / Brock stands for the German word Bruch / Brock, a lowland overgrown with bush.

religion

Catholic Church of St. Maximilian

The Catholic Church of St. Maximilian is a neo-Gothic hall church in brick construction. It has a polygonal choir and a bell tower with a copper pointed helmet attached to the gable. It was built between 1867 and 1869, the architect was JB Hensen from Sögel. The church was consecrated on November 4, 1869. A tower was added in 1870. There were renovations in 1961, 1967, 1978 and 1984–1986. During the renovation in 1984, a sacristy was added and the chancel was redesigned. The new altar was consecrated on December 29, 1984. The tower was renovated in 1989. Today the church has 500 seats. Two steel bells (d 'and fis') were cast by the Bochumer Verein in 1924 ; a bronze bell (a ') from 1871 was made by AH van Bergen from Heiligerlee. The organ (25 registers, two manuals, pedal, slide chests, mechanical game and register action) was built in 1977 by Vierdag from Enschede.

The church patron is the holy bishop and martyr Maximilian. Little is known of his life. Only a legendary biography knows that he came from Celeia (today Celja in Slovenia) and was Bishop of Lorch an der Enns. Accordingly, he died around 284 as a martyr during persecution of Christians . The patronage festival is celebrated on October 12th.

The cemetery was inaugurated on July 11, 1799. Since January 5th, 1809 Rütenbrock has had its own parish . The cemetery in Rütenbrock is partly under municipal and partly ecclesiastical administration.

Rütenbrock - War memorial of both world wars on the part of the cemetery of the St. Maximilian Church built in 1799, built in 1921.

Branch churches

Rütenbrock St. Maximilian Church at night

Lindloh Chapel 2016

Lindloh Chapel

This building was built in 1876 in the neo-Gothic style based on a design by the Meppen master mason Demann.

From 1795 - seven years after the colony was founded - until around 1830 an earth hut served as the first school location, after which - according to the Lindloh local writer Hermann Gröninger - a draughty half-timbered building was prepared for teaching purposes for more than 40 years. "The children blocked the cracks with paper because the cold was sometimes unbearable, especially since the floor was made of bricks."

In 1876 a brick shell structure, 12.60 meters long and over 8 meters wide, was erected here, with 38 centimeters thick solid masonry. In 1925 this building was enlarged to its present size. A chapel room was built. The neo-Gothic pointed arches in the gable views and the bell tower with a cross on the street-side gable top are striking.

Rütenmoor Chapel

Construction of the chapel as an emergency church in Rütenmoor in autumn 1945 from a former RAD barrack. In May 1945 the evacuation order was issued to the residents of Rütenbrock and the surrounding area of the Dutch border. The village center and a wide strip along the Dutch border were declared a restricted area; as a result, the church and school were no longer accessible. In autumn 1945 men from Rütenbrock and Rütenmoor tried to get a RAD barracks in Lindloh to set up as an emergency church. The RAD barracks in Lindloh were demolished and finally rebuilt in Rütenmoor where it still stands today.

Parish Archives

Baptismal register from 1798
Marriage and death register from 1799

(In Rütenbrock there are also some significant numbers of entries from the Dutch neighborhood. )

Company book from 1926
Parish chronicle from 1964.

Church institutions

Caritas welfare station
Kindergarten / day care center
Youth home

From 1809 leading clergy

1798-1799 Müller, P. Norbertus, OFM
1799–1808 Schulte, Josef
1809–1846 Oeldig, Heinrich
1847–1867 Voss, Josef 1867 von Lintel, Bernard (minister of the parish)
1867–1907 Oldiges, Bernhard
1907–1926 Borgmann, Gerhard
1926–1954 Wessels, Bernard
1954–1967 Schwarte, Johannes
1967–1971 Meyer, Josef
1972-2000 Scharf, Reinhold
2000–2010 Hasselmann, Johannes
since 2010 Willmann, Klaus

Ev.-luth. Trinity Chapel Rütenbrock

The Trinitatis Chapel in Rütenbrock is a chapel that originally dates from 1903. It was initially used as a place of worship for the Protestant customs officers who were deployed on site by the German emperor. Due to the large influx of Protestant Christians after the Second World War, the originally 9.0 m × 5.5 m large church became too small. In 1953 it was therefore expanded to its current size. Now there is space for a maximum of 150 people in the chapel. The Trinity Chapel and the customs house are listed on the neighboring property. A committee for the use and maintenance of the chapel is currently working on a sustainable concept for the chapel in order to preserve it as a preaching site in the long term.

Economy and Infrastructure

economy

In addition to a large number of retail and wholesale stores in the town center, there are three larger industrial areas in the village of Rütenbrock, in which a number of craft, industrial, service and trading companies have settled.

Röchlingstrasse industrial estate

An der Mühle industrial park

Hinterm Busch industrial park

Agricultural and agricultural businesses are spread across the entire village region, and several of them operate biogas plants .

In Rütenbrock there is almost full employment . The unemployment rate for Haren (Ems) in November 2015 was 2.9 percent, at the level of the previous months of September (2.9%) and October (2.8%), which reflects the high purchasing power of the population.

Rütenbrock benefits from the strong purchasing power of the nearby Dutch provinces of Drenthe with the city of Emmen and Groningen with the municipalities of Vlagtwedde and Ter Apel . The lower German VAT rate is attracting people to Rütenbrock for cheaper shopping and refueling. In addition, many Dutch people from the neighboring Dutch provinces settle in the town near the border due to the higher price level of Dutch land and / or real estate as well as the higher rent level .

traffic

Road traffic

Rütenbrock has a connection to the 6 km east running federal motorway A 31 , junction "Haren - Rütenbrock - Stadskannal (NL)". The federal highway B 408 runs north through the place. The village lies at the intersection of the Dutch provincial roads N364 , N366 and N379 . The Dutch cities of Stadskanaal and Emmen are each a good 15 km northwest and southwest of Rütenbrock.

Shipping

Haren-Rütenbrock Canal, Lock I.

The Haren-Rütenbrock Canal (HRK) , built in the 1870s, is a 13.5 km long canal that runs between Haren (Ems) via Rütenbrock to Ter Apel . Along with the Eems Canal, which flows into the Dollart at Delfzijl, it is the only navigable connection between Germany and the Netherlands north of the Rhine.

Air traffic

The Münster / Osnabrück Airport is about 100 km away. The nearest regional airport is located about 50 km northwest of the Dutch provincial capital Groningen .

Rail transport

At Emmen (NL) station there is a connection to the Dutch railway network and at Haren / Emmeln station to the German railway network, both 15 km away.

Public facilities

Play yard of the Maximilian High School

Schools and kindergartens

In the city of Haren (Ems) there are eight kindergartens, eight elementary schools, two secondary schools , one special school and one grammar school .

In Rütenbrock there is a larger Catholic kindergarten with a day-care center (second oldest kindergarten in the city area), a primary school and one of the two high schools in the city area of Haren (Ems).

The town of Rütenbrock can look back on over 200 years of school history, the first school lessons were given in 1795 in a moor cottage.

The “Maximilianschule” secondary school in Rütenbrock is a primary and secondary school with a voluntary all-day offer. Next to the school grounds in the sports center "An der Mühle" there is a large sports hall (ball game hall), two outdoor soccer fields and a sports field with 4 fields. The school has been a secondary school since the 2012/13 school year.

fire Department

Fire station of the Rütenbrock fire brigade, built in 2003

The fire protection and general assistance in the urban area by the volunteer fire departments Haren guaranteed and Rütenbrock.

Web links

Commons : Rütenbrock - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Local family book Rütenbrock

Individual evidence

↑ GebkenRalfML: Village development program as of April 2016. (PDF) In: webcache.googleusercontent.com. Retrieved September 2, 2016 .
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↑ Werner Franke, Josef Grave, Heiner Schüpp and Gerd Steinwascher (eds.): The district of Emsland - geography, history, present - a district description . Emsland district, 2002, ISBN 3-930365-13-8 , p. 99 .
↑ Werner Franke, Josef Grave, Heiner Schüpp and Gerd Steinwascher (eds.): The district of Emsland - geography, history, present - a district description . Emsland district, 2002, ISBN 3-930365-13-8 , p. 109, 114, 116 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Horst Heinrich Bechtluft, Helmut Lensing: Sources and research on the history of the parish of Rütenbrock . Ed .: Heimatfreunde Kirchspiel Rütenbrock eV Band 2 , 2013, p. 62-65 .
^ Horst Heinrich Bechtluft, Helmut Lensing: Sources and research on the history of the parish Rütenbrock . Ed .: Heimatfreunde Kirchspiel Rütenbrock e. V. Band 2 , 2013, p. 22 (Regest in Lower State Archives Osnabrück, Tgb.-Nr. 194 / (19) 69).
^ Horst Heinrich Bechtluft, Helmut Lensing: Sources and research on the history of the parish Rütenbrock . Ed .: Heimatfreunde Kirchspiel Rütenbrock e. V. Band 2 , 2013, p. 60 .
↑ Chronicle - kirche4you.de. In: kirche4you.de. Retrieved September 2, 2016 .
^ City of Haren (Ems) - public institutions - living and housing. In: www.haren.de. Retrieved September 6, 2016 .
↑ Lindloh Chapel - kirche4you.de. In: kirche4you.de. Retrieved September 2, 2016 .
↑ Rütenmoor Chapel - kirche4you.de. In: kirche4you.de. Retrieved September 2, 2016 .
^ City of Haren (Ems) - economy and traffic. In: www.haren.de. Retrieved September 4, 2016 .
^ City of Haren (Ems) - News. In: www.haren.de. Retrieved September 4, 2016 .
^ City of Haren (Ems) - Retail - Economy and Transport. In: www.haren.de. Retrieved September 4, 2016 .
↑ The sales tax rates in the Netherlands are 21% and 6%. Retrieved September 4, 2016 .
↑ Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, NetherlandsNet: NetherlandsNet - News February 2015 - Labor market: Dutch web documentation takes a look across the border. In: www.uni-muenster.de. Retrieved September 4, 2016 .
↑ Kindergartens - kirche4you.de. In: www.kirche4you.de. Retrieved September 4, 2016 .
↑ Horst Heinrich Bechtluft, Dr. Helmut Lensing: Sources and research on the history of the parish Rütenbrock . Ed .: Heimatfreunde Kirchspiel Rütenbrock eV Band 2 , 2013, p. 94 .
↑ Maximilian School Rütenbrock. In: www.maximilianschule.de. Retrieved September 4, 2016 .