Selverde

Selverde Uplengen municipality Coordinates: 53 ° 17 ′ 47 "  N , 7 ° 42 ′ 8"  E
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

1. ↑ 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.  
2. ↑ Garrelt Garrels, local chronicle of the East Frisian landscape : Selverde, municipality of Uplengen, district of Leer (PDF; 633 kB), accessed on December 17, 2012.
3. ^ 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 .