Westerholt (Wittmund district)

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Westerholt (Wittmund district)
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Coordinates: 53 ° 36 '  N , 7 ° 28'  E

Basic data
State : Lower Saxony
County : Wittmund
Joint municipality : Holtriem
Height : 3 m above sea level NHN
Area : 14.63 km 2
Residents: 2582 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 176 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 26556
Area code : 04975
License plate : WTM
Community key : 03 4 62 018
Address of the
municipal administration: 		Auricher Str. 9
26556 Westerholt (Wittmund district)
Website : www.gemeinde-westerholt.de
Mayoress : Rita de Vries-Wiemken ( SPD )
Location of the municipality of Westerholt (Wittmund district) in the Wittmund district
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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Westerholt is a municipality and at the same time the administrative seat of the integrated municipality Holtriem in the Wittmund district in Lower Saxony .

history

The first human settlements are dated to the Neolithic based on archaeological finds . The emergence of standing in the center church is estimated for the period 1250-1270, the first documentary mention Westerholt in 1420 is stating the church context.

politics

Municipal council

The council of the municipality Westerholt has 13 members. This is the specified number for the member municipality of an integrated municipality with a population of 2001 up to 3000 inhabitants. The council is elected for a five-year term 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 81.28% 11 + 16.29% +2
CDU 18.71% 2 −7.48% −1

The turnout in the 2016 local elections was 54.49%, below the Lower Saxony average of 55.5%. For comparison - in the previous local election on September 11, 2011, the turnout was 47.90%.

Mayoress

In 2016, the municipal council unanimously elected council member Rita de Vries-Wiemken (SPD) as honorary mayor for the current electoral term.

Westerholt windmill

Culture and sights

Economy and Infrastructure

In economic terms, the municipality is characterized by small trade, service and handicraft businesses, tourism and agriculture. Branches of various, larger supermarket chains have been established in recent years. In addition to the primary school, which has a school kindergarten and a special primary school, there is also a high school in the school center.

Web links

Commons : Westerholt  - 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. ^ Christian R. Salewski: Westerholt , accessed on September 15, 2014
  3. ^ History of the municipality of Westerholt , accessed on September 15, 2014
  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 Westerholt - 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 27, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Municipality of Westerholt on the website of the Samtgemeinde Holtriem , accessed on December 30, 2016