Westerrade

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 53 ° 56 '  N , 10 ° 28'  E
Basic data
State :	Schleswig-Holstein
Circle :	Segeberg
Office :	Trave land
Height :	33 m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.63 km 2
Residents:	446 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	79 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	23815
Area code :	04553
License plate :	SE
Community key :	01 0 60 098
Office administration address:	Waldemar-von-Mohl-Strasse 10 23795 Bad Segeberg
Website :	www.westerrade.de
Mayoress :	Silke Behrens
Location of the municipality of Westerrade in the Segeberg district

Westerrade is a municipality in the Segeberg district in Schleswig-Holstein .

Geography and traffic

The place, laid out as a round , is located about 8 km east of Bad Segeberg in a rural setting on Lake Ward . The federal highway 206 runs to the south from Bad Segeberg to Lübeck , which has been partially expanded to the federal highway 20 . The federal highway 432 runs north from Bad Segeberg to Scharbeutz .

The municipality has a relatively high proportion of forest.

history

Archaeological finds prove a prehistoric settlement of the municipality.

The place was first mentioned in a document in 1249. There was a school in Westerrade as early as 1754, which lasted until 1964.

From 1916 to 1964, Westerrade was a railway station in the passenger and freight traffic of the Lübeck-Segeberger Railway . After the cessation of passenger traffic in 1964, the section Westerrade - Arfrade was discontinued at the end of 1966 and the rest of the operation to Bad Segeberg was discontinued in late 1967.

For several years now, Westerrade has had a small local history museum on the Pritschau farm. The exhibition focuses on agricultural machinery. Visits are possible by appointment.

politics

Community representation

Of the nine seats in the municipal council, the AKPV electoral community has had five seats since the local elections in 2003 and the CDU four.

coat of arms

Blazon : “In green a lowered golden wave bar, above it a soaring, golden armored silver heron with a golden fish in its beak; including a rooted, knocking silver tree stump. "

Historical reason: Large parts of the wider area around Westerrades have been preserved in their original state to this day. With their rivers and lakeshores, they form a favorable breeding area for the gray heron, which is endangered in its population. The wave bar indicates the course of the Struckau, which divides the community into two districts that were previously differentiated as Wester and Osterrade. The name of the place, "western clearing", indicates the origin of the place in the middle of a forest area. The tree stump in the coat of arms therefore refers on the one hand to the establishment phase of the place, but on the other hand is also a pictorial representation of the place name. The transformation of a living space into a new one is expressed by knocking out the stump. The colors green and gold once again emphasize the beneficial charm of the natural landscape in the wider area surrounding the town.

flag

Blazon : “In the leech the municipal coat of arms without a shield. The flying end is divided into eleven alternating yellow and green horizontal stripes. "

economy

The municipal area is predominantly agricultural, but there are also extensive housing developments. There are some commercial and service businesses in the community.

Web links

Commons : Westerrade  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Westerrade municipality

Individual evidence

1. ↑ North Statistics Office - Population of the municipalities in Schleswig-Holstein 4th quarter 2019 (XLSX file) (update based on the 2011 census) ( help on this ).
2. ↑ ^{a b} Schleswig-Holstein's municipal coat of arms