Renkenberg Mountains

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	Coordinates: 52 ° 54 '  N , 7 ° 23'  E
Basic data
State :	Lower Saxony
County :	Emsland
Joint municipality :	Lathen
Height :	14 m above sea level NHN
Area :	18.98 km 2
Residents:	695 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	37 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	49762
Area code :	05933
License plate :	Tbsp
Community key :	03 4 54 043
Community structure:	3 districts
Address of the municipal administration:	Wahner Strasse 19 49762 Renkenberge
Website :	www.renkenberge.de
Mayor :	Heinrich Bojer ( CDU )
Location of the municipality of Renkenberge in the district of Emsland

Renkenberge is a municipality in the Emsland district in Lower Saxony . It belongs to the Lathen municipality , which has its administrative seat in the Lathen municipality .

geography

Geographical location

Renkenberge lies between Papenburg and Meppen on a side canal of the nearby Dortmund-Ems Canal .

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities in the north are the communities Kluse and Wippingen in the integrated community Dörpen , in the east the communities Werpeloh and Sögel in the integrated community Sögel , in the south the communities Lathen and Lathen-Wahn and in the west the communities Fresenburg and Sustrum .

Districts

The districts of the community are Renkenberge, Gutshof and Melstrup-Siedlung.

history

Emergence

The community emerged from 1932 as part of the Emsland cultivation from the new settlements Kluse and Melstrup-Siedlung and was declared an independent community in 1934 , which initially bore the name Kluse . With effect from October 1, 1938, the municipality of Kluse was given the new name Renkenberge in order to prevent it from being confused with the neighboring district of Kluse in the former municipality of Ahlen. The name Renkenberge was derived from a hill ("mountain", about 26 m above sea level ) on the site of a farmer named Renken.

First settlers

Renkenberge emerged from swamp and moorland areas that were burned down for cultivation. As a result, new young hirers or farmer's sons who could not expect any property after the succession could move into a farm. Most of the settlers in the community came from the region around Lingen. Each farmer received farms of 12 to 15 hectares. A total of 33 families settled in Renkenberge. Since the late 1920s, however, a few settlers tried to cultivate the land.

politics

Municipal council

The local council from Renkenberge consists of 9 councilors.

• CDU - 8 seats
• Green - 1 seat

(As of: local election on September 11, 2011)

Local elections 2016:

• CDU: 8 seats
• SPD / GRÜNE group: 1 seat

mayor

Heinrich Bojer (CDU) was elected as honorary mayor.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Renkenberge can be reached via federal highway 70 . There is still a motorway connection to the nearby A31 motorway .

literature

• Werner Kaemling: Atlas on the history of Lower Saxony , Gerd J. Holtzmeyer Verlag, Braunschweig 1987, ISBN 3-923722-44-3
• Hermann Abels: The place names of the Emsland, in their linguistic and cultural-historical significance , Ferdinand Schöningh Verlag, Paderborn 1929
• Ernst Förstemann, Hermann Jellinghaus (editor): Old German name book , Volume II, 1 and 2: Place names , Bonn 1913/1916 (Reprint: Volume II, 2, Hildesheim 1967/1983, ISBN 3-487-01733-4 )

Web links

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

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. ↑ http://sg-lathen.de/gemeinden/renkenberge/gemeinderat-renkenberge/