Selverde
Selverde
Uplengen municipality
Coordinates: 53 ° 17 ′ 47 " N , 7 ° 42 ′ 8" E
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Height : | 7 m above sea level NN |
Residents : | 592 |
Incorporation : | 1st January 1973 |
Postal code : | 26670 |
Area code : | 04956 |
Selverde is a district in the municipality of Uplengen in the district of Leer in East Frisia . The former row settlement is about six kilometers east of Remels. 592 people live in the village, spread over 229 households. Mayor is Heinz Brunken ( CDU ).
Selverde is the oldest documented name of a farming village in the Lengenerland . It is listed in a medieval inventory of goods and income from the Werden an der Ruhr monastery around the year 900 as Selwida or Seluuida . The current spelling has been used since 1595. The name has old Frisian roots and means willow wood or morass wood .
On January 1, 1973 Selverde was incorporated into the new municipality of Uplengen.
credentials
- ↑ Uplengen.de: Committees ( 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. , accessed December 17, 2012.
- ↑ Garrelt Garrels, local chronicle of the East Frisian landscape : Selverde, municipality of Uplengen, district of Leer (PDF; 633 kB), accessed on December 17, 2012.
- ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 262 and 263 .