Emlichheim

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Field	Value
image_flag	Flagge Emlichheim.svg
image_coa	Wappen Emlichheim.jpg
coordinates
image_plan	Emlichheim in NOH.svg
state	Niedersachsen
district	Grafschaft Bentheim
Samtgemeinde	Emlichheim
elevation	14
area	48.65
postal_code	49824
area_code	0 59 43
licence	NOH
Gemeindeschlüssel	03 4 56 002
website	www.emlichheim.de
mayor	Arne Jan Helmweg
party	CDU
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Emlichheim (; ) is a municipality in the district of Grafschaft Bentheim in Lower Saxony, Germany, roughly 20 km south of Emmen, and 25 km northwest of Nordhorn.

Geography

Emlichheim lies right on the German-Dutch border. The community is bordered on the south by the river Vechte and on the north by the Coevorden-Picardy Canal. It is the administrative seat of the Samtgemeinde Emlichheim, whose members also include Hoogstede, Laar and Ringe. The village has experienced massive growth due to the inflow of Dutch nationals.

History

Emlichheim has existed at least since Charlemagne’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 Low Saxon dialects, Emlichheim is called Emmelkamp.

Politics

Municipal council

Council’s current composition (19 seats in total):

CDU - 8 seats
SPD - 7 seats
FDP - 2 seats
Grafschafter Bürger Forum (gbf) - 2 seats (State: municipal election by 11. September 2011)

Partner communities

Genemuiden, Netherlands since about 1975
Grabów nad Prosną, Poland since 2006

Economy

The firm Emsland-Stärke, with its location in Emlichheim, is one of Europe’s starch producers. Over a million metric tons of potatoes delivered from within a region with a radius of some 150 km are processed here every year, thereby making Emsland-Stärke the community’s largest employer.

Some 8 km west of Emlichheim lies the border-straddling industrial park within the communities of Laar in Germany and Coevorden in the Netherlands called EUROPARK. Here, a hotly disputed rubbish burning 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 Hauptschule-Realschule, a Gymnasium for secondary level 1 and a special school. These schools supply basic educational needs, but further needs must be sought either in Neuenhaus (Lise-Meitner-Gymnasium) or in the district seat of Nordhorn. In Nordhorn learners have almost every possibility at their disposal (general-education Gymnasien, specialized Gymnasien, vocational training schools, and so on).

Famous people

Sons and daughters of the community

Dr. Frank Schindelhauer, medical corps brigadier

References

[http://www.uelsen-und-umgebung.de/historisch/visch/visch-20-29.pdf Copy of an old Dutch book about the history of the County of Bentheim]

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