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Coat of arms of the Upgant-Schott community
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Map of Germany, position of the municipality Upgant-Schott highlighted

Coordinates: 53 ° 31 '  N , 7 ° 16'  E

Basic data
State : Lower Saxony
County : Aurich
Joint municipality : Brookmerland
Height : 1 m above sea level NHN
Area : 24.78 km 2
Residents: 3782 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 153 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 26529
Area code : 04934
License plate : AUR, NOR
Community key : 03 4 52 024
LOCODE : DE 76F
Community structure: 5 districts
Association administration address: Am Markt 10
26529 Marienhafe
Mayor : Gundolf Harms ( SPD )
Location of the municipality Upgant-Schott in the district of Aurich
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Aerial photo with parts of Upgant-Schott (in the background right: Marienhafe , left: Osteel )

Upgant-Schott is a municipality in the joint municipality of Brookmerland and is located in the Aurich district in East Frisia . The districts of Upgant-Schott are Mühlenloog, where the Upganter and Marienhafer windmills are located, as well as Ihlingswarf, Osterupgant and Kolhörn.

origin of the name

Upgant-Schott was mentioned for the first time as Cuppargent in 945 in the register of donations of the Fulda monastery . The name Upgant probably refers to a small river called Gant , about the course of which there are various speculations. It may have flowed from Siegelsum (a town incorporated in 1969) via the Bollandswater west of Schottjer Grode into the Abelitz , a tributary of the old Greetsieler Sieltiefs ; but it can also come from the high moor east of Upgant and be identical to today's Upganter Zugschloot . This is supported by the name Upgant (East Frisian: up de Gant , German: auf / über der Gant ). The name Schott is interpreted from the Low German scheten (German: throw ). The earth thrown out of a ditch lay like a kind of wall on the edge and was formerly called Schott .

Incorporations

On July 1, 1972, the community of Siegelsum was incorporated.

politics

Municipal council

The council of the Upgant-Schott community consists of 15 councilors. This is the specified number for the member municipality of an integrated municipality with a population of 3001 to 5000 inhabitants. The 15 council members are elected for five years each by local elections. The current term of office began on November 1, 2016 and ends on October 31, 2021.

The last local election on September 11, 2016 resulted in the following:

Political party Proportional votes Number of seats Change voices Change seats
SPD 54.3% 8th −9.9% −2
Brookmer Voting Association (BWG) 29.3% 4th + 10.0% +1
CDU 16.4% 3 + 2.2% +1

The turnout in the 2011 local elections was 56.0%, slightly above the Lower Saxony average of 55.5%. For comparison: in the previous local elections on September 11, 2011, the turnout was 52.36%.

mayor

Gundolf Harms (SPD) has been mayor of Upgant-Schott since November 2016. He took over the office from Otto Thiele, who had been mayor since 1989.

Attractions

  • The Siegelum Church, built in 1820 using the cloister format bricks from the medieval predecessor building .
  • In the southeast of the village is Ulferts Börg , one of the few preserved medieval stone houses in East Frisia.

Sons and daughters

Web links

Commons : Upgant-Schott  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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. ^ 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. 264 .
  3. ^ Lower Saxony Municipal Constitutional Law (NKomVG) in the version of December 17, 2010; Section 46 - Number of MPs , accessed on December 31, 2016.
  4. ↑ a b Samtgemeinde Brookmerland - Upgant-Schott municipal council election 2016 , accessed on December 31, 2016.
  5. ↑ hna.de: Local elections: All information, all results , accessed on December 31, 2016.
  6. ↑ on-online.de: Change of leadership in Upgant-Schott , accessed on December 31, 2016.