Westoverledingen

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Westoverledingen
Coordinates: 53°9′N7°28′E / 53.150°N 7.467°E / 53.150; 7.467
Country Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Leer
Subdivisions12 Subdivisions
Government
   Mayor (202126) Theo Douwes [1]
Area
  Total
111.9 km2 (43.2 sq mi)
Elevation
4 m (13 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31) [2]
  Total
21,678
  Density190/km2 (500/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
26810
Dialling codes 0 49 55
Vehicle registration LER
Website www.westoverledingen.de

Westoverledingen is a municipality in the Leer district in Lower Saxony, Germany.

It contains about a dozen villages. The biggest of them are Flachsmeer, Völlen and Ihrhove, where the town hall is located. Völlen lies at the southern edge of the municipality, close to the Meyer-Werft shipyard in Papenburg. Many villagers are employed there.

Most villages have interesting old churches, including five that date from the Middle Ages.

The Bundesstraße 70 the connects the municipality to Papenburg and Leer. Westoverledingen does not have a train station. The Emsland Railway passes the municipality between stations Leer and Papenburg. The Ihrhove–Nieuweschans railway splits off from it towards Weener station. The Ihrhove railway station is to be reopened in 2026 or 2027.

A touristic bicycle trail, following the Ems, goes through Westoverledingen.

Westoverledingen's economy is dominated by agriculture. Many of its inhabitants, however, have a job in nearby towns like Leer or Papenburg.

Villages

Westoverledingen is divided into 12 Ortsteile for administrative purposes. The larger ones have their own elected local councils (Ortsrat) while the smaller ones have a local representative (Ortsvorsteher) appointed by the municipal council. [3]

VillagePopulation [4]
31 December 2020
Local government
Breinermoor325Ortsvorsteher
Driever108Ortsvorsteher
Esklum187Ortsvorsteher
Flachsmeer4737Ortsrat
Folmhusen584Ortsrat
Grotegaste116Ortsvorsteher
Großwolde1670Ortsrat
Ihren1968Ortsrat
Ihrhove3626Ortsrat
Mitling-Mark168Ortsvorsteher
Steenfelde2254Ortsrat
Völlen5771Ortsrat

References

  1. "Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 12. September 2021" (PDF). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. 13 October 2021.
  2. "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
  3. Gemeinde Westoverledingen: Ortsbürgermeister und Ortsvorsteher, last visited on 16 March 2022.
  4. Gemeinde Westoverledingen: Bevölkerung, last visited on 16 March 2022.