Wiefelstede
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Coordinates: 53 ° 15 ' N , 8 ° 7' E |
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| State : | Lower Saxony | |
| County : | Ammerland | |
| Height : | 16 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 106.02 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 16,162 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 152 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postal code : | 26215 | |
| Primaries : | 04402, 0441, 04458, 04403 | |
| License plate : | WST | |
| Community key : | 03 4 51 008 | |
| LOCODE : | DE WFD | |
| Community structure: | 20 parish parts | |
| Address of the municipal administration: |
Kirchstrasse 1 26215 Wiefelstede |
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| Mayor : | Jörg Pieper (independent) | |
| Location of the municipality of Wiefelstede in the district of Ammerland | ||
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Wiefelstede ( Low German Wiefelstä ) is a municipality in the Ammerland district in northwestern Lower Saxony . It lies between the cities of Oldenburg and Varel and the communities of Bad Zwischenahn and Rastede .
geography
Community structure
According to the main statute, the municipality of Wiefelstede consists of the districts Bokel , Borbeck , Conneforde , Dingsfelde , Dringenburg , Gristede , Heidkamp , Herrenhausen , Hollen , Hullenhausen , Lehe , Mansholt , Metjendorf , Mollberg , Neuenkruge , Nuttel , Ofenerfeld , Spohle , Wehnerfeld , Wemkendorf , Westerholtsfelde and Wiefelstede together.
Neighboring communities
The neighboring communities / towns / districts of Wiefelstede:
- Bad Zwischenahn (Ammerland district)
- District of Friesland
- Oldenburg (Oldenburg)
- Rastede (Ammerland district)
- Westerstede (Ammerland district)
history
Incorporations
On July 1, 1972, part of the dissolved municipality of Varel-Land, which had more than 800 inhabitants at the time, was incorporated. On January 1, 1980, a part of the city of Varel with then about 80 inhabitants was added.
Population development
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politics
Municipal council
The council of the municipality of Wiefelstede consists of 32 council women and councilors. This is the specified number for a municipality with a population between 15,001 and 20,000. 32 The council members are elected by local elections for a five-year term. The current term of office began on November 1, 2016 and ends on October 31, 2021.
The full-time mayor Jörg Pieper is also entitled to vote in the municipal council.
The last local election on September 11, 2016 resulted in the following:
| Political party | Proportional votes | Number of seats | Change voices | Change seats |
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| CDU | 31.93% | 10 | −0.74% | 0 |
| SPD | 29.96% | 10 | −0.77% | +1 |
| Alliance 90 / The Greens | 13.58% | 4th | −4.71% | −1 |
| UWG | 11.22% | 4th | −1.78% | 0 |
| FDP | 7.55% | 2 | + 2.26% | 0 |
| left | 3.02% | 1 | + 3.02% | +1 |
| ALFA | 2.70% | 1 | + 2.70% | +1 |
The turnout in the 2016 local elections was 61.6%, above the Lower Saxony average of 55.5%. For comparison - in the previous municipal election on September 11, 2011, the turnout was 56.16%.
mayor
Jörg Pieper, who is not a party, has been mayor of the municipality since October 1, 2013. In the direct election on September 22, 2013, he received 7,381 votes with a turnout of 72.88 percent with no opposing candidates. This corresponded to a share of the vote of 81.46 percent. Pieper succeeded Helmut Völkers, who was also non-party and who headed the community from 1980 to 2001 as a community director and from 2001 to 2013 as a full-time mayor.
coat of arms
The coat of arms of the municipality of Wiefelstede shows a red wolf tang in a golden shield.
The coat of arms shows the colors red and gold as those of the Oldenburg coat of arms in its oldest form. The symbolic double wolf fishing rod was used in the Middle Ages to hunt wolves, which were also widespread in the Ammerland. The Wolfsangeln served a well-known Wiefelsteder family as a house brand since 1587. Today it can be found on the gable of the thatched “Hinnershuus” in Wiefelstede.
flag
The flag of the municipality of Wiefelstede shows a broad red bar horizontally on a golden background, with the municipality's coat of arms in the middle.
Town twinning
Since September 7, 2003, there has been a partnership with the Chocz municipality in the Pleszewski district in Poland .
Culture and sights
Buildings
The Protestant St. John's Church is the oldest church in Ammerland and was consecrated in 1057. With this she celebrated her 950th birthday in 2007.
The " Wallhecken landscape window ", one of five landscape windows in the Ammerland district, has been erected in the Wemkendorf district of Wiefelsted .
Parks
In the Gristeder forest there is a show park of the Bruns tree nursery , in which a large number of rhododendrons and azaleas can be viewed.
Natural monuments
With the inclusion in the cross-border nature conservation project Natura 2000 of the Council of the European Union, the Mansholter bushes have achieved a Europe-wide importance. Supraregional hiking trails ("Oldenburger Ringwanderweg", "Jadewanderweg") as well as route suggestions from the Wiefelstede municipal administration ("Rehweg", "Eichhörnchenweg") lead through this Wiefelstede "scenic gem".
Regular events
Every year the shooting festival of the Wiefelstede shooting club takes place in Wiefelstede. This has a very long tradition and is known in almost all of Lower Saxony. Every year visitors from all over Germany travel to attend the evening events. In 2018 Wiefelstede is celebrating an anniversary with the 125th Wiefelstede shooting festival. The festival lasts four days and offers various attractions and events.
Musicians such as Killerpilze , Torfrock and Jennifer Rostock performed at the Schützenverein's Night Festival .
Economy and Infrastructure
Established businesses
The companies are located in Wiefelstede
- Edeka Minden-Hannover (large warehouse)
- Imken (tourism & logistics)
- LAGER 3000 (archive management)
- Ammerland dairy
- Siems windows & doors
- Christoffers Kulturbau
- Theodor Eberlei machine trade
traffic
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- Trunk roads
Wiefelstede can be reached via the A 28 and A 29 .
- railroad
The next train station is in the neighboring municipality of Rastede . The next long-distance train station is Oldenburg main station .
Ammerland solar park
In 2011 the former air base was converted to a solar park . Between June and September, a total of around 196,000 thin-film modules from Q-Cells with an output of 20.8 MWp were installed on an area of 57 hectares . This corresponds to the annual consumption of 6000 four-person households. An expansion by 12.4 MWp is planned.
Personalities
- August Niebour (born January 29, 1821 (Gut Mansholt), † September 15, 1891 in Oldenburg), lawyer, politician, member of the German Reichstag
- Johann Hinrich Geerken (born March 12, 1855 in Wiefelstede-Bäke, † April 14, 1925 in Oldenburg), painter
- Rudolf Bultmann (born August 20, 1884 in Wiefelstede, † July 30, 1976 in Marburg), Lutheran theologian, important exegete of the 20th century
- Wilhelm Tegtmeier (born January 9, 1895 in Barmen, † November 6, 1968 in Silberkamp), professor, graphic artist, painter, art teacher
- Heinrich Kunst (* 1905 in Ofenerfeld; † 1993 there), folk actor
- Wilfried Harms (born January 3, 1941 in Oldenburg), author, local researcher
- Dennis Rohde (born June 24, 1986 in Oldenburg), politician (SPD), member of the Bundestag since 2013
- Jens Nacke (born September 13, 1971 in Oldenburg), politician (CDU), member of the Lower Saxony state parliament since 2003
- Alphonso Williams (born July 20, 1962 in Detroit, † October 12, 2019), winner of the TV show "Deutschland sucht den Superstar" (2017)
literature
- Wilfried Harms: Wiefelstede - Our church yesterday and today . Published by the local citizens' association Wiefelstede, 2001, ISBN 3-89598-805-7
- Wilfried Harms: 950 years of the church in Wiefelstede . Published by the Ev.-luth. Wiefelstede parish, 2007, ISBN 978-3-89995-413-5
- Wilfried Harms: Metjendorf and umzu - a peasantry in transition . Published by Local citizens' association Metjendor-Heidkamp-Ofenerfeld and the Heinrich Kunst meeting place, 2007, ISBN 978-3-89995-438-8
- Wilfried Harms: Wiefelsteder story (s). Edited by Wilfried Harms, 2015, ISBN 978-3-7308-1224-2
- Ummo Lübben: The Manholter Bushes. A scenic gem of supraregional importance . Published by the Heimatmuseum Wiefelstede and the Oldenburg landscape, Oldenburg 2006, ISBN 3-89995-297-9
- Günter Oltmanns: Wiefelstede local family book . Oldenburg Society for Family Studies, Oldenburg 2007.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony, LSN-Online regional database, Table 12411: Update of the population, as of December 31, 2019 ( help ).
- ^ 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. 249 and 275 .
- ↑ Overall results of the 2016 municipal elections on September 11 , 2016 , accessed on January 4, 2017
- ^ Lower Saxony Municipal Constitutional Law (NKomVG) in the version of December 17, 2010; Section 46 - Number of MPs , accessed on January 4, 2017
- ↑ a b Wiefelstede municipality - overall results of the 2016 municipal council election , accessed on January 2, 2017
- ↑ The CDU gets the most votes nationwide. September 12, 2016, accessed January 4, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Main statutes of the municipality of Wiefelstede , accessed on September 13, 2014
- ↑ The Wiefelstede coat of arms , accessed on September 13, 2014
- ↑ 45 million euro solar park put into operation . In: http://weser-ems.business-on.de , / October 30, 2011. Accessed December 17, 2011.
Bokel | Borbeck | Conneforde | Dingsfelde | Dringenburg | Gristede | Heidkamp | Herrenhausen | Hollen | Hullenhausen | Lehe | Mansholt | Metjendorf | Mollberg | Neuenkruge | Nuttel | Ofenerfeld | Pole | Wehnerfeld | Wemkendorf | Westerholtsfelde | Wiefelstede
Apen | Bad Zwischenahn | Edewecht | Rastede | Westerstede | Wiefelstede