Westerende-Holzloog

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Westerende-Holzloog
Ihlow parish
Coordinates: 53 ° 26 ′ 57 ″  N , 7 ° 24 ′ 48 ″  E
Residents : 380  (Oct. 2013)
Incorporation : July 1, 1972
Postal code : 26632
Area code : 04941

Westerende-Holzloog has been part of the East Frisian community of Ihlow in Lower Saxony since the municipal reform of July 1, 1972 . The place had 380 inhabitants in October 2013.

Westerende-Holzloog (Ihlow) (Lower Saxony)
Westerende-Holzloog (Ihlow)
Westerende-Holzloog (Ihlow)
Location of Westerende-Holzloog in Lower Saxony

The name of the village is explained by the once wooded area. As Loog in are Jeverland , Ostfriesland and parts of the Emsland closed villages called.

history

In historical times the place was more important. Before the construction of the Treckfahrtstiefs (a forerunner of the Ems-Jade Canal ) in the 17th century, the place was more important as a port with connections to Emden and Oldersum . From here the Westerender Ehe, a small river, was navigable.

Today the place is characterized by agriculture.

Population development

year Residents
1925 310
1933 314
1939 332
2009 389

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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 and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 261 .
  2. Westerende Holzloog . Ihlow parish. Archived from the original on October 6, 2013. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 22, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / ihlow.de
  3. a b Municipality of Ihlow: From the history of Westerende-Holzloogs ( Memento of the original from July 17, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was 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 January 14, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ihlow.de
  4. ^ A b c Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. aurich.html. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).