Utarp

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Utarp
Map of Germany, position of the municipality of Utarp highlighted

Coordinates: 53 ° 37 '  N , 7 ° 29'  E

Basic data
State : Lower Saxony
County : Wittmund
Joint municipality : Holtriem
Height : 2 m above sea level NHN
Area : 6.37 km 2
Residents: 673 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 106 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 26556
Area code : 04975
License plate : WTM
Community key : 03 4 62 016
Address of the
municipal administration: 		Dorfstrasse 6a
26556 Utarp
Mayoress : Harmine Bents (shared flat)
Location of the municipality of Utarp in the district of Wittmund
Landkreis Aurich Langeoog Spiekeroog Landkreis Friesland Nordsee Landkreis Aurich Landkreis Friesland Landkreis Leer Wilhelmshaven Blomberg (Landkreis Wittmund) Dunum Esens Eversmeer Friedeburg Holtgast Moorweg Nenndorf (Landkreis Wittmund) Neuharlingersiel Neuschoo Ochtersum Schweindorf Stedesdorf Utarp Werdum |Westerholt Wittmundmap
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Utarp is one of eight member communities of the integrated community Holtriem in the Wittmund district in Lower Saxony . The municipality had about 650 inhabitants in 2004 and covers an area of ​​6.37 square kilometers. In addition to the village of Utarp, it also includes the districts of Narp and Schlei.

The region as well as the community live mainly from tourism. The distance to the North Sea is only 14 kilometers. Agriculture is only possible to a limited extent because the soil is of poor quality.

history

Utarp was first mentioned in a document in 1473 as “tho Uthorpe”, but the municipality was already settled in the Neolithic Age. A large stone grave of the funnel beaker culture, which has since been destroyed, is evidence of this . During an excavation at its location in 1878, several vessels were recovered.

The old mansion mill in the form of a post mill , which was first mentioned in 1684, was demolished in 1908 and replaced by a Dutch windmill. Only the trunk of this Dutch windmill is still standing, as the upper part was brought to Bad Zwischenahn in 1960 .

politics

Municipal council

The Utarp Parish Council consists of nine councilors. This is the specified number for the member municipality of a joint municipality with a population of 501 to 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
Flat share 95.44% 9 −4.55% 0
Individual applicants 4.55% 0 + 4.55% 0

The turnout in the 2016 local elections was 65.52%, well above the Lower Saxony average of 55.5%. For comparison - in the previous local election on September 11, 2011, the turnout was 58.46%.

mayor

The council elected council member Harmine Bents (WG) as honorary mayor for the current electoral term.

Culture and sights

Sports

The Boßel club "Freesenholt" Utarp / Schweindorf is one of the top clubs in the East Frisian popular sport Boßeln . In the 2009/2010 season "Freesenholt" is represented with the first men's team in the top division, the regional league. The women play in the district league (2nd division). The association has around 300 members.

Web links

Commons : Utarp  - 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. ↑ Location database of the East Frisian landscape, Utarp (PDF; 33 kB)
  3. ↑ Werner Kitz: The Stone Age in East Friesland. Aurich 1988, p. 51 u. 54
  4. ^ Lower Saxony Municipal Constitutional Law (NKomVG) in the version of December 17, 2010; Section 46 - Number of MPs , accessed on December 30, 2016
  5. ↑ a b Municipality of Utarp - overall results of the 2016 municipal council election , accessed on December 30, 2016
  6. ↑ The CDU gets the most votes nationwide. September 12, 2016, accessed December 30, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Municipality of Utarp on the website of the Samtgemeinde Holtriem ( Memento of the original dated December 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed December 30, 2016 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / samtgemeinde.holtriem.de
  8. ^ District Association VIII Esens e. V. - Associations