Veenhusen

Veenhusen municipality Moormerland Coordinates: 53 ° 17 ′ 27 " N , 7 ° 29 ′ 33" E
Area :	15.62 km²
Residents :	4157 (December 31, 2016)
Population density :	266 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1973
Postal code :	26802
Area code :	04954
	Moormerland in the district of Leer

Reformed Church Veenhusen

Veenhusen Baptist Church

The building of the Free Christian School Ostfriesland on Hauptstrasse in 2012

Veenhusen is a village in the municipality of Moormerland in the district of Leer in Lower Saxony . At the end of 2016, the 15.62 km² village had around 4150 inhabitants.

history

The formerly independent municipality has formed the municipality of Moormerland together with ten other villages since the municipal reform that came into force on January 1, 1973. The place had 3898 inhabitants on December 31, 2011. The Veenhuser Church was built around 1400 and houses an organ built by Johann Gottfried Rohlfs in 1801 and 1802 , which has largely been preserved.

politics

Veenhusen is politically represented by a seven-member local council.

The local mayor is Dietmar Fecht (SPD).

societies

In 1927 VfL "Fortuna" Veenhusen e. V. founded as a pure football club. It is now a multi-branch association with around 1000 members.

In the summer of 2010, the Association for Christian School Education in East Friesland (VES e.V.) moved its headquarters from Großefehn to Veenhusen. He runs the Free Christian School Ostfriesland (FCSO), an integrated comprehensive school with grades 1 to 13, whose two locations are also in Veenhusen.

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Moormerland - NBG current brochure, page 32 - An overview of the districts. In: pdf file (9.3 MB) on moormerland.de. Retrieved June 21, 2017 .
^ History of the community of Moormerland. In: moormerland.de. Retrieved June 21, 2017 .
^ 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 .
↑ Municipality of Moormerland: Current population figures , accessed on January 23, 2016.
^ Local council Veenhusen
↑ VfL Fortuna Veenhusen
↑ Free Christian School East Friesland

[1] Moormerland - NBG current brochure, page 32 - An overview of the districts. In: pdf file (9.3 MB) on moormerland.de. Retrieved June 21, 2017 .

[2] History of the community of Moormerland. In: moormerland.de. Retrieved June 21, 2017 .

[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 .

[4] Municipality of Moormerland: Current population figures , accessed on January 23, 2016.

[5] Local council Veenhusen

[6] VfL Fortuna Veenhusen

[7] Free Christian School East Friesland