Wieste (Werlte)

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Wieste
City of Werlte
Coordinates: 52 ° 48 ′ 39 ″  N , 7 ° 39 ′ 57 ″  E
Height : 31 m above sea level NHN
Area : 9.12 km²
Residents : 315  (Dec. 31, 2013)
Population density : 35 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1973
Postal code : 49757
Area code : 05951
Wieste (Lower Saxony)
Wieste

Location of Wieste in Lower Saxony

Wieste is a district of the city of Werlte , Samtgemeinde Werlte , in the Lower Saxony district of Emsland .

geography

Geographical location

Wieste is located in the northeast of the district about 5 km south of Werlte. The district town of Meppen is about 29 km (as the crow flies) southwest of Wieste.

The Mittelradde runs east of the village and forms its border in its former uneven course.

Neighboring places

Neighboring towns are Wehm in the north, Wachtum (municipality of Löningen , Cloppenburg district ) in the east, Vinnen and Ahmsen (municipality of Lähden ) in the south and the municipality of Lahn in the west .

origin of the name

Wieste located in the eastern Hümmling south of Werlte and is called in Corveyer lifting Register Wisside also Wissidi . Ithi is contained in the base word . ithi , ede is a very common basic word, the original meaning of which may have been hallway in general. The associated identifiers have the most varied of meanings and mostly denote very old settlements. With the defining word wis , it makes sense to think of wisa , low-lying grassy area, meadow, a word that seems to have been in use as early as Roman times, cf. Idisiaviso . The Low German diminution of Wiese is Wiske . Wissidi means meadow field. "

history

Incorporation

With the law on the reorganization of the communities in the areas of Leer and Aschendorf-Hümmling on January 1, 1973, the once independent village of Wieste was incorporated into the municipality of Werlte.

Population development

Population development of Wieste between 1821 and 1971
year Residents
1821 243
1848 275
1871 255
1885 252
1905 266
1925 315
1933 309
1939 306
1946 419
1950 404
1956 337
1961 297
1971 301
2007 354

Individual evidence

  1. Geodata Center - Wieste
  2. ^ 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. 252 .