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Full Westoverledingen municipality Coordinates: 53 ° 6 ′ 35 ″ N , 7 ° 23 ′ 3 ″ E
Height :	2 m above sea level NN
Area :	20.52 km²
Residents :	5242 (2001)
Population density :	255 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1973
Postal code :	26810
Area code :	04961
	Map of Westoverledingen

Völlen is part of the municipality of Westoverledingen in the district of Leer .

Locations and location

The villages of Völlenerfehn and Völlenerkönigsfehn also belong to Völlen. In 2001 a total of 5242 inhabitants lived in the village. Völlen is bounded east by Völlenerfehn , west by the Ems , south by Papenburg and north by Mitling-Mark . It is about three kilometers to Papenburg, seven kilometers to Weener in the north and nine kilometers to Westoverledingen in the northeast. It is six kilometers to Autobahn 31 in the west.

history

Völlen was founded around the year 700 and was first mentioned in a document in 1177. From 1250, stone houses made of baked bricks were built instead of the clay huts that had been customary up to that point.

After the Second World War , Völlen was part of the Polish zone of occupation . The residents of Völlen were concentrated in the houses on one side of the street, while Poles from the Emsland camps moved into the empty houses on the opposite side of the street.

Until the municipality reform of Lower Saxony on January 1, 1973, Völlen was a separate municipality, which consisted of the places Völlen, Völlenerfehn and Völlenerkönigsfehn . Together with these, it now forms a district within the municipality of Westoverledingen and has its own local council and mayor.

Worth seeing

Today's Evangelical Lutheran Peter and Paul Church was built as a late Gothic brick church at the beginning of the 15th century. The steeple dates from 1559.

Web links

Information about Völlen and the church

Individual evidence

↑ "The harmony only lasted 48 hours" , accessed on December 21, 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. 263 .

[1] "The harmony only lasted 48 hours" , accessed on December 21, 2012

[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. 263 .