Sögel municipality

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Sögel municipality
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Coordinates: 52 ° 51 '  N , 7 ° 31'  E

Basic data
Existing period: 1974–
State : Lower Saxony
County : Emsland
Area : 285.82 km 2
Residents: 16,902 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 59 inhabitants per km 2
License plate : Tbsp
Association key : 03 4 54 5407
Association structure: 8 municipalities
Association administration address
: 		Ludmillenhof
49751 Sögel
Website : www.soegel.de
Mayor of the municipality : Günther Wigbers ( CDU )
Location of the Sögel municipality in the Emsland district
Niederlande Landkreis Cloppenburg Landkreis Grafschaft Bentheim Landkreis Leer Landkreis Osnabrück Andervenne Bawinkel Beesten Bockhorst Börger Breddenberg Dersum Dörpen Dohren (Emsland) Emsbüren Esterwegen Freren Fresenburg Geeste Gersten Groß Berßen Handrup Haren (Ems) Haselünne Heede (Emsland) Herzlake Hilkenbrook Hüven Klein Berßen Kluse (Emsland) Lähden Lahn (Hümmling) Langen (Emsland) Lathen Lehe (Emsland) Lengerich (Emsland) Lingen (Ems) Lorup Lünne Lünne Meppen Messingen Neubörger Neulehe Niederlangen Oberlangen Papenburg Rastdorf Renkenberge Rhede (Ems) Salzbergen Schapen Sögel Spahnharrenstätte Spelle Stavern Surwold Sustrum Thuine Twist (Emsland) Vrees Walchum Werlte Werpeloh Wettrup Wippingenmap
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The Sögel municipality is a community association in Emsland, Lower Saxony . It was created in 1974 through the amalgamation of numerous smaller towns. Before 1932, Sögel was the seat of the district of Hümmling and in the 18th century an even larger administrative area, as the river name Sagter Ems (from "Sögeler Ems") shows.

In terms of area, Sögel is the largest municipality in the Emsland, with around 16,144 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2015).

geography

Geographical location

The Sögel municipality covers most of the Hümmling Geest landscape . The Ems runs fifteen kilometers west of the town center and the Hase 16 km south .

The entire community is 35  m above sea level. NN .

Neighboring communities

The Samtgemeinde borders in the north on the Samtgemeinde Nordhümmling , in the east on the Samtgemeinde Werlte , in the south on the Samtgemeinde Herzlake and the cities Haselünne and Meppen and in the west on the city Haren and the Samtgemeinden Lathen and Dörpen .

The municipalities

(Residents on December 31, 2019)

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  1. Borger (2794)
  2. Big Berßen (680)
  3. Hüven (542)
  4. Small Berßen (1152)
  5. Sögel (8029)
  6. Spahnharrenstätte (1546)
  7. Stavern (1064)
  8. Werpeloh (1095)

politics

All municipal elections 2011
Turnout: 61.05% (2006: 64.27%)
 %
70
60
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
69.48%
17.73%
7.69%
4.50%
0.59%
Gains and losses
compared to 2006
 % p
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
-5.77  % p
+ 2.48  % p
-0.61  % p
+ 4.5  % p.p.
-0.61  % p

Joint council

The joint municipality council elected in 2016 has 33 elected members, as well as the directly elected joint municipality mayor. Since the local elections on September 11, 2011, three parties or voter communities have belonged to it.

  • CDU / FDP / WL group - 23 seats
  • SPD / GRÜNE group - 8 seats
  • UWG (Independent Voters Community) - 3 seats

Joint mayor of the municipality

In the election as full-time mayor of the municipality on September 10, 2006, Günter Wigbers (CDU) was elected with 77.8% of the votes. In the last mayoral election on May 25, 2014, he was re-elected with 53.67% of the vote. His opponent Frank Klaß (non-party) received 46.3%. The turnout was 56.2%. Wigbers began his further term on November 1, 2014.

Representatives in the Land and Bundestag

The integrated municipality is part of the Papenburg state electoral district . In addition to the city of Papenburg, it also includes the communities Rhede (Ems) and the combined communities Dörpen , Lathen , Nordhümmling , Sögel and Werlte . Five direct candidates ran for the state elections in Lower Saxony in 2013 . The directly elected MP is Bernd Busemann ( CDU ). The constituency had constituency number 82.

Sögel belongs to the Bundestag constituency Unterems (constituency 25), which consists of the district of Leer and the northern part of the district of Emsland. The constituency was redesigned for the 1980 federal election and has remained unchanged since then. So far, only representatives of the CDU have prevailed as direct candidates in this constituency. The constituency is represented in the Bundestag by the directly elected CDU MP Gitta Connemann from Leer. No party candidate from the constituency entered the Bundestag via the parties' list.

coat of arms

Blazon : “Under a three- arched golden shield head , inside a horizontal red stag stick ; eight upright silver acorns in green in a ratio of 3: 3: 2. "

Description: The stag is reminiscent of Clemenswerth Castle and the large hunting grounds in the community. The eight acorns stand for the member communities and at the same time symbolize the abundance of forests.

literature

  • Hermann Abels: The place names of the Emsland, in their linguistic and cultural-historical significance . Ferdinand Schöningh, Paderborn 1929.

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. ↑ http://wahlen.itebo.de/komw2011/soegel/454107_000030/0004541070000_vgl1.html  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / wahlen.itebo.de  
  4. ↑ Soegel.de: Rat . Retrieved September 29, 2017
  5. ↑ Individual results of the direct elections on May 25, 2014 in Lower Saxony , accessed on November 8, 2014
  6. ↑ 2013 list of candidates
  7. ↑ Results of the 2017 Bundestag election in the constituency, broken down by cities and municipalities
  8. ^ Nordwest-Zeitung: Bundestag election: These members represent our region . In: NWZonline . ( nwzonline.de [accessed September 29, 2017]).
  9. ↑ Coat of arms of the Sögel municipality. Retrieved December 2, 2017 .