Integrated municipality Werlte

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Coat of arms of the municipality Werlte
Integrated municipality Werlte
Map of Germany, position of Samtgemeinde Werlte highlighted

Coordinates: 52 ° 51 '  N , 7 ° 40'  E

Basic data
State : Lower Saxony
County : Emsland
Area : 200.11 km 2
Residents: 17,042 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 85 inhabitants per km 2
License plate : Tbsp
Association key : 03 4 54 5409
Association structure: 5 municipalities
Association administration address
: 		Marktstrasse 1
49757 Werlte
Website : www.werlte.de
Mayor of the municipality : Ludger Kewe ( CDU )
Location of the integrated municipality Werlte in the district of Emsland
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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In the integrated municipality of Werlte from the Lower Saxony district of Emsland , five municipalities have come together to handle their administrative business.

The combined community, which extends over an area of ​​200.11 km², has 16,989 inhabitants.

geography

Geographical location

The integrated municipality Werlte lies in the Emsland east of the wooded Geesthügel des Hümmling , which lies east of the Ems and north of the Hase not far northeast of Meppen .

Neighboring communities

The joint municipality borders in the north on the joint municipality Nordhümmling , in the east on the city of Friesoythe , the communities Molbergen and Lindern in the district of Cloppenburg , in the south on the joint municipality Herzlake and in the west on the joint municipality Sögel .

structure

(Residents on December 31, 2019)

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  1. Lahn municipality (863)
  2. Lorup parish (3171)
  3. Rastdorf municipality (1082)
  4. Vrees municipality (1777)
  5. City of Werlte (10,149)

politics

The administrative seat of the joint municipality is in the city of Werlte .

Joint mayor of the municipality

The full-time mayor of the combined municipality Werlte is Ludger Kewe (CDU). In the last mayoral election on May 25, 2014, he was elected unopposed with 85.9% of the vote. The turnout was 43.0%. Kewe took up his post on November 1, 2014, replacing the previous incumbent Werner Gerdes (CDU), who was no longer a candidate.

Joint council

The municipal council has 30 members. Since the local elections on September 11, 2016, it has included six parties or electoral communities.

  • CDU - 22 seats
  • SPD - 4 seats
  • GREEN - 1 seat
  • UWG (Independent Voters Community) - 1 seats
  • Individual suggestion Rieken - 1 seat
  • AfD - 1 seat

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.

Werlte 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

Coat of arms of the municipality Werlte

The coat of arms of the Samtgemeinde Werlte describes a five-spoke cogwheel, surrounded by four golden ears of corn on a red background. The cogwheel with its five spokes was taken from the municipal coat of arms of Werlte, while the four ears of corn represent the other municipalities of the combined municipality. The color combination red and gold can also be found here, the colors of the old Corvey monastery.

literature

  • Heinrich Hömme: Werlte and surroundings in old pictures. Volume 1 . Goldschmidt-Druck, Werlte 2005, ISBN 3-927099-95-3

Web links

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. ↑ Individual results of the direct elections on May 25, 2014 in Lower Saxony , accessed on November 8, 2014
  4. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from September 29, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.werlte.de
  5. ↑ 2013 list of candidates
  6. ↑ Results of the 2017 Bundestag election in the constituency, broken down by cities and municipalities
  7. ^ Nordwest-Zeitung: Bundestag election: These members represent our region . In: NWZonline . ( nwzonline.de [accessed September 29, 2017]).