Herzlake municipality

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	Coordinates: 52 ° 42 '  N , 7 ° 35'  E
Basic data
Existing period:	1974–
State :	Lower Saxony
County :	Emsland
Area :	155.29 km 2
Residents:	10,399 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	67 inhabitants per km 2
License plate :	Tbsp
Association key :	03 4 54 5403
Association structure:	3 municipalities
Association administration address :	Neuer Markt 4 49770 Herzlake
Website :	www.herzlake.de
Mayor of the municipality :	Ludwig Pleus (independent)
Location of the municipality of Herzlake in the Emsland district

The Samtgemeinde Herzlake is a joint municipality in the Emsland district in Lower Saxony . Three municipalities have come together in it to carry out their administrative business. The administrative seat of the joint municipality is located in the municipality of Herzlake .

geography

Geographical location

The integrated municipality of Herzlake is located in the Hasetal in the eastern part of the Emsland district in Lower Saxony .

The municipality is between 20 and 34  m above sea level. NN .

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities in the west are the town of Haselünne , in the north the combined communities Sögel and Werlte , in the south the combined community Lengerich . In the east it borders on the city of Löningen in the district of Cloppenburg and on the joint municipality of Fürstenau in the district of Osnabrück .

The municipalities

(Residents on December 31, 2019)

Dohren (1141) Heart Sheet (4533) Ladder (4725)

history

With the municipality reform, which came into force in the old district of Meppen on March 1, 1974 , it emerged as a joint municipality of Herzlake from the municipalities of Dohren, Herzlake and Lähden, as well as Bookhof, Felsen, Neuenlande and Westrum. As early as 1963, the Dohren community was formed from the small and large Dohren communities. A year later the communities of Holte and Lastrup had merged to form the community of Holte-Lastrup and the communities of Herzlake and Bakerde to form the community of Herzlake. In 1971 the communities of Ahmsen, Herßum, Holte-Lastrup, Vinnen and Lähden joined forces on a voluntary basis to form the community of Lähden.

politics

The administrative seat of the joint municipality is in the municipality of Herzlake.

Joint council

The Samtgemeinderat has 26 elected members. In addition, there is the directly elected full-time mayor of the municipality. Since the local elections on July 28, 2016, it has belonged to three parties or voter communities.

• CDU - 18 seats
• SPD - 5 seats
• UWG - 3 seats

The next local elections will take place in 2021.

Joint mayor of the municipality

The full-time mayor of the entire municipality of Herzlake is Ludwig Pleus (independent). In the last mayoral election on May 25, 2014, he was re-elected as incumbent with 52.2% of the vote. The turnout was 61.4%. Pleus began his further term on November 1, 2014.

coat of arms

Description : "Under a golden wave shield head , inside a red barrow , split by green and silver, in front an upright four-ended silver deer pole , in the back (left) a ramified, leafless green branch."

Culture and sights

Museums

• Museum railway
• Aselager mill

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The B 213 (running east-west through the community) connects it with Haselünne and Löningen .

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. ↑ State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony, LSN-Online regional database, Table 12411: Update of the population, as of December 31, 2019  ( help ).
3. ↑ Election July 28, 2016.
4. ↑ Individual results of the direct elections on May 25, 2014 in Lower Saxony , accessed on December 2, 2014

Web links

• Homepage of the Samtgemeinde Herzlake