Schweindorf
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Coordinates: 53 ° 36 ' N , 7 ° 28' E |
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| Basic data | ||
| State : | Lower Saxony | |
| County : | Wittmund | |
| Joint municipality : | Holtriem | |
| Height : | 5 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 5.44 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 716 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 132 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postal code : | 26556 | |
| Area code : | 04975 | |
| License plate : | WTM | |
| Community key : | 03 4 62 013 | |
| Address of the municipal administration: |
Feldkampen 1 26556 Schweindorf |
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| Mayor : | Helmut Ahrends ( WG ) | |
| Location of the community Schweindorf in the district of Wittmund | ||
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Schweindorf is a municipality in the Holtriem municipality in the Wittmund district in Lower Saxony . The municipality had about 760 inhabitants in 2015 and covers an area of only 5.44 square kilometers. This makes Schweindorf the smallest municipality in the Wittmund district.
politics
Municipal council
The council of the community of Schweindorf consists of nine councilors and councilors. This is the specified number for the member municipality of an integrated municipality with a population between 501 and 1000 inhabitants. The nine councilors are elected by local elections for five years each. The current term of office began on November 1, 2016 and ends on October 31, 2021.
The last local election took place on September 11, 2016. All elected councilors belong to the WG electoral community.
| Political party | Proportional votes | Number of seats | Change voices | Change seats |
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| Schweinsdorf voter community | 100% | 9 | + 0% | 0 |
The turnout in the 2016 local elections was 62.52%, above the Lower Saxony average of 55.5%. For comparison - in the previous municipal election on September 11, 2011, the turnout was 58.28%.
mayor
The council elected council member Helmut Ahrends (WG) as honorary mayor for the current electoral term.
coat of arms
Blazon : “In gold, a blue oblique left-hand wave bar; in front a red gallery Dutch windmill, in the back accompanied by a left-leaning, leafy, green ear of corn; Leaning to the left at the bottom, a two-leaved, green oak branch, fertilized with an acorn. "
Schweindorf has also had a coat of arms since 2014. It shows a blue sloping wavy bar, a red gallery Dutch windmill at the top left and next to it a green ear of corn with leaves and a two-leaved green oak branch on a golden background. The earlier name (1564) Zwyndorp refers to the identifier Zwin as an old name for a creek . The sloping blue wave bar stands for the Zwin watercourse. The windmill and the ear of corn stand for the landmark of the place, the so-called Klaashensche Mühle. The oak branch stands for the many wooded areas in Schweindorf and for the old wedding custom, which can be traced back to a decree of Prince Christian Eberhard von Ostfriesland from the year 1697, according to which newly wed couples had to plant an oak. This custom is still practiced today with the wedding forest in Schweindorf. The heraldic tinctures green, red and gold also symbolize belonging to the Holtriem municipality, which also has these colors in its coat of arms.
The design ideas for the coat of arms come from council member Hans Schuster and the design (coat of arms outline) was realized by Roland R. Tiedtke.
Culture and sights
There is a wedding forest in Schweindorf . In 1697, through the princely decree of the sovereign Christian Eberhard, all married couples were obliged to plant an oak tree in Harlingerland . In the course of time this wedding forest has emerged.
The small community has two Dutch windmills . The Klaashensche Mühle , built in 1907, was shut down in 1965 and gradually fell into disrepair. In 1992 the Mühlenverein Schweindorf e. V. and restored the windmill. The second Wiebersiek mill, also built in 1907, has been preserved as an octagonal mill stump and is now used as a private holiday accommodation.
The Runensolidus von Schweindorf, discovered in 1948 in a field in the municipality, is one of the "oldest language monuments in the coastal area of the Netherlands and Germany". It is owned by the East Frisian State Museum in Emden .
See also: List of architectural monuments in Schweindorf
Economy and Infrastructure
The Holtriem wind farm, opened in 1998, is partly located in the area of the municipality of Schweindorf. The output of wind farms produced amounts to 52.5 megawatts and was the largest wind farm in Europe when it opened.
traffic
The community is located on Landesstraße 6 between Westerholt and Utarp .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony, LSN-Online regional database, Table 12411: Update of the population, as of December 31, 2019 ( help ).
- ^ Lower Saxony Municipal Constitutional Law (NKomVG) in the version of December 17, 2010; Section 46 - Number of MPs , accessed on December 30, 2016
- ↑ a b Municipality of Schweindorf - overall results of the 2016 municipal council election , accessed on December 30, 2016
- ↑ The CDU gets the most votes nationwide. September 12, 2016, accessed December 27, 2016 .
- ↑ Municipality of Schweindorf on the website of the Samtgemeinde Holtriem , accessed on May 13, 2019.
- ↑ Anzeiger für Harlingerland No. 25 of January 30, 2014, page 6
- ↑ The wedding forest in Schweindorf ( Memento of the original from July 4, 2013 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.
- ↑ Information about the "Mühle Wiebersiek" in Holtriem-Schweindorf , accessed on January 29, 2012
- ^ Tineke Looijenga: The golden rune solidi from Harlingen and Schweindorf . In: Jan F. Kegler, Ostfriesische Landschaft (Ed.): Land der Entdeckungen - land van ontdekkingen 2013. The archeology of the Frisian coastal area , Soltau-Kurier Norden, Norden 2013, ISBN 3-940601-16-0 . P. 431
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