Emlichheim
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Nordhorn
Nordhorn is the district seat of Grafschaft Bentheim in Lower Saxony's southwesternmost corner near the border with the Netherlands and the boundary with North Rhine-Westphalia.- Name's origin :...
.
Geography
Emlichheim lies right on the German-DutchNetherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
border
Border
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. The community is bordered on the south by the river Vechte
Vechte
The Vechte or Vecht , often called Overijsselse Vecht in the Netherlands to avoid confusion with its Utrecht counterpart, is a river in Germany and the Netherlands...
and on the north by the Coevorden-Picardy Canal. It is also the administrative seat of the Samtgemeinde Emlichheim, whose members also include Hoogstede
Hoogstede
-Location:Hoogstede lies northwest of Nordhorn on the German-Dutch border. The Vechte flows through town, and its tributary, the Lee empties into it here...
, Laar and Ringe
Ringe
Ringe is a town with a population of 5,547 on Funen in central Denmark. It is the seat of Faaborg-Midtfyn municipality, and was previously the seat of the now abolished Ringe municipality. The main office of Rynkeby Foods, a major danish producer of juice and squash, is located in Ringe.-External...
. Over the last few years the village has experienced massive growth due to the inflow of Dutch nationals.
History
Emlichheim has existed at least since CharlemagneCharlemagne
Charlemagne was King of the Franks from 768 and Emperor of the Romans from 800 to his death in 814. He expanded the Frankish kingdom into an empire that incorporated much of Western and Central Europe. During his reign, he conquered Italy and was crowned by Pope Leo III on 25 December 800...
’s time. In a document from 1312, the community crops up under the name Emminchem.
In old Dutch documents (16th to 19th century), and even today in the Twents dialect
Dialect
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of Dutch
Dutch language
Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...
, Emlichheim is called Emmelkamp.
Municipal council
Council’s current composition:- CDUChristian Democratic Union (Germany)The Christian Democratic Union of Germany is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. It is regarded as on the centre-right of the German political spectrum...
- 7 seats - Grafschafter Bürger Forum (gbf) - 7 seats
- SPDSocial Democratic Party of GermanyThe Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany...
- 3 seats - FDP - 2 seats
Partner communities
- GenemuidenZwartewaterlandZwartewaterland is a municipality in the province Overijssel in the eastern Netherlands.-Situation; economy :This mainly rural municipality lies south of Steenwijkerland on the Zwarte Water . This is a short distributary of the river IJssel from Zwolle to the Zwarte Meer. This lake was before 1931...
, NetherlandsNetherlandsThe Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
since about 1975 - Grabów nad ProsnąGrabów nad ProsnaGrabów nad Prosną is a town in Ostrzeszów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 1,965 inhabitants ....
, PolandPolandPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
since 2006
Economy
The firm Emsland-Stärke, with its location in Emlichheim, is one of EuropeEurope
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
’s starch
Starch
Starch or amylum is a carbohydrate consisting of a large number of glucose units joined together by glycosidic bonds. This polysaccharide is produced by all green plants as an energy store...
producers. Over a million metric tons of potato
Potato
The potato is a starchy, tuberous crop from the perennial Solanum tuberosum of the Solanaceae family . The word potato may refer to the plant itself as well as the edible tuber. In the region of the Andes, there are some other closely related cultivated potato species...
es delivered from within a region with a radius of some 150 km are processed here every year, thereby making Emsland-Stärke not only the community’s biggest employer but also an important source of livelihood for the whole region.
Some 8 km west of Emlichheim lies the border-straddling industrial park
Industrial park
An industrial park is an area zoned and planned for the purpose of industrial development...
within the communities of Laar in Germany and Coevorden
Coevorden
Coevorden is a municipality and a city in the northeastern Netherlands. During the municipal reorganisation in the province in 1998, Coevorden merged with Dalen, Sleen, Oosterhesselen and Zweeloo.- Population centers :...
in the Netherlands called EUROPARK. Here, a hotly disputed rubbish burning
Incineration
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site, the Müllverbrennungsanlage Emlichheim, is supposed to be built by a private Dutch investor.
Another economic factor of the Emlichheim Samtgemeinde is the plastics processing industry. Among these businesses are Synco and BekuPlast in Ringe and Ringoplast in Ringe-Neugnadenfeld.
Education
Emlichheim has a primary school, a HauptschuleHauptschule
A Hauptschule is a secondary school in Germany and Austria, starting after 4 years of elementary schooling, which offers Lower Secondary Education according to the International Standard Classification of Education...
-Realschule
Realschule
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, a Gymnasium
Gymnasium (school)
A gymnasium is a type of school providing secondary education in some parts of Europe, comparable to English grammar schools or sixth form colleges and U.S. college preparatory high schools. The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, meaning a locality for both physical and intellectual...
for secondary level 1 and a special school. These schools supply basic educational needs, but further needs must be sought either in Neuenhaus
Neuenhaus
Neuenhaus is a town in the district of Grafschaft Bentheim in Lower Saxony, and is the seat of a like-named Joint Community . Neuenhaus lies on the river Vechte near the border with the Kingdom of the Netherlands and is roughly 10 km northwest of Nordhorn, and 30 km north of...
(Lise-Meitner-Gymnasium) or in the district seat of Nordhorn
Nordhorn
Nordhorn is the district seat of Grafschaft Bentheim in Lower Saxony's southwesternmost corner near the border with the Netherlands and the boundary with North Rhine-Westphalia.- Name's origin :...
. In Nordhorn learners have almost every possibility at their disposal (general-education Gymnasien, specialized Gymnasien, vocational training schools, and so on). In Emlichheim is also to be found an educational establishment rich in tradition.
Further reading
- Herbert Wagner: Die Gestapo war nicht allein... Politische Sozialkontrolle und Staatsterror im deutsch - niederländischen Grenzgebiet 1929 - 1945. LIT Verlag. Münster 2004 (contains, among other things, illegal border crossings, struggle between church and state)