Hoogstede
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Location
Hoogstede lies northwest of NordhornNordhorn
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 :...
on the German
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-Dutch
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border
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. The 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...
flows through town, and its tributary, the Lee empties into it here. The community belongs to the Joint Community (Samtgemeinde) of Emlichheim
Emlichheim
Emlichheim is a community in the district of Grafschaft Bentheim in Lower Saxony, Germany, roughly 20 km south of Emmen, and 25 km northwest of Nordhorn.- Geography :...
, whose administrative seat is in the like-named community.
Constituent communities
The community’s seven centres are Hoogstede, Kalle, Tinholt, Arkel, Bathorn, Scheerhorn and Berge.History
Hoogstede’s history begins in 1821 when the Evangelical-Reformed parish’s chapelChapel
A chapel is a building used by Christians as a place of fellowship and worship. It may be part of a larger structure or complex, such as a church, college, hospital, palace, prison or funeral home, located on board a military or commercial ship, or it may be an entirely free-standing building,...
was moved from Arkel to Hoogstede. In 1859, the Catholic
Catholicism
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church was built, and by and by a population centre developed. In 1953, the Evangelical-Old Reformed church was built, and in 1961 the Lutheran
Lutheranism
Lutheranism is a major branch of Western Christianity that identifies with the theology of Martin Luther, a German reformer. Luther's efforts to reform the theology and practice of the church launched the Protestant Reformation...
church.
Today, roughly 2,900 people live in Hoogstede and its outlying centres.
Religion
Hoogstede is home to four churches:- Evangelical-Reformed
- Evangelical-Old Reformed
- Evangelical-Lutheran
- Catholic
Municipal council
Hoogstede’s council is made up of 13 councillors.- 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...
10 seats - SPDSocial Democratic Party of GermanyThe Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany...
2 seats - FDP 1 seat
(as of municipal election on 10 September 2006)
Mayor
The honorary mayor Jan Ensink was elected on 14 November 2006 at the municipal council’s constitutive meeting.Clubs and associations
Various clubs and associations have established themselves:- Hoogsteder Sportverein (sport club)
- Landjugend Hoogstede (“rural youth”)
- Ortsfeuerwehr Hoogstede (fire brigade)
- DRK-Ortsverein Hoogstede (German Red CrossGerman Red CrossThe German Red Cross , or the DRK, is the national Red Cross Society in Germany.With over 4.5 million members, it is the third largest Red Cross society in the world. The German Red Cross offers a wide range of services within and outside Germany...
) - Grafschafter AutocrossAutocrossAutocross is a form of motorsports that emphasizes safe competition and active participation. An autocross is a timed competition where drivers navigate one at a time through a defined course on either sealed or unsealed surfaces...
Club GACC - Heimatverein Hoogstede-Arkel (“homeland club”)
- Schützenverein Hoogstede (shooting club)
- Schützenverein Niedergrafschafter Edelweiß-Schützen Bathorn (shooting club)