Göhl
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{{Infobox German place
|name = Göhl
|image_photo =File:Göhl Edisonstraße.jpg
|image_flag = Flagge Göhl.png
|image_coa = DEU Göhl (Holstein) COA.svg
|coordinates = {{coord|54|17|N|10|57|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Goehl in OH.png
|state = Schleswig-Holstein
|district = Ostholstein
|Amt = Oldenburg-Land
|elevation = 19
|party=BGG|area = 21.2
|postal_code = 23758
|area_code = 04361
|licence = OH
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 01 0 55 014
|website = [http://www.amt-oldenburg-land.de/ www.amt-oldenburg-
land.de]
|mayor = Thomas Bauer
}}
Göhl is a municipality in the district of Ostholstein, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
Geography
Göhl lies around three kilometers east of Oldenburg in Holstein on the Wagrian peninsular. The municipality is part of the collective municipality of Oldenburg-Land and the district of Ostholstein.
The southern border of Göhl runs along the Oldenburger Graben through the marshy lands of the former Gruber sea. Göhl borders the municipalities of Heringsdorf to the northeast, Gremersdorf to the northwest, Oldenburg in Holstein to the west, and across the Oldenburger Graben, Riepsdorf to the south.
Göhl is connected to Oldenburg in Holstein, the nearest city, via the road Göhler Chaussee, which allows connectivity of the municipality to the Bundesautobahn 1. The Lübeck–Puttgarden railway runs through the municipality but does not stop for passenger transport. However, a small decommissioned train station still exists in Göhl.
The municipality consists of the settlements Antoinettenhof, Christianstal, Gaarz, Gaarzerfelde, Gaarzermühle, Göhl, Giebelberg, Kremsdorf, Lütjendorf, Neuschwelbek, Plügge, Quals, and Schwelbek.{{Cite web |title=Zahlen und Daten / Amt Oldenburg-Land |url=https://www.amt-oldenburg-land.de/Amt-Gemeinden/Gemeinde-G%C3%B6hl/Zahlen-und-Daten/ |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=www.amt-oldenburg-land.de}}
History
The Oldenburger Graben, which now forms the southern border of Göhl, used to be part of a fjord before and during the times of Slavic settlement in the area, its connection to the Baltic Sea would later be severed through natural processes however, leaving behind several marshy inland seas, the biggest of which being the Gruber sea directly south of what is today the municipality of Göhl. Due to the marshy waters of the inland seas no longer being traversable and lacking any sea access, local farmers considered the draining of the seas to avoid future flood damage and expand their farmland in the early 20th century. The first pumps to drain the seas were commissioned in 1926, and state support was attained through first Weimar, and later Nazi agricultural policy.{{Cite web |title=Rund um den Oldenburger Graben |url=https://www.oldenburg-holstein.de/PDF/Brosch%C3%BCre_Oldenbuger_Graben.PDF?ObjSvrID=3218&ObjID=30&ObjLa=1&Ext=PDF&WTR=1&_ts=1552300056}}
Göhl was first mentioned under the name Gola, a Slavic word meaning heather, in 1317.{{Cite web |title=Wappenrolle Schleswig-Holstein |url=https://efi2.schleswig-holstein.de/wr/wr.asp?Aktion=Datenblatt&ID=1023 |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=efi2.schleswig-holstein.de}}
The areas which today make up Göhl have been part of the Gut Schwelbek zu Putlos since the start of the 15th century. During this time, Göhl was known by multiple names, including Ghoele and Ghole. On 15 November 1910, at the time Gutsbezirk Schwelbek, which encompassed the village of Göhl, was transformed into the municipality of Goel. This new municipality grew with the addition of first the Gutsbezirk Kremsdorf in 1928, and then the municipality of Plügge in 1939. The spelling of Goel was standardized to the modern version of Göhl in 1937.
The Kreis Oldenburger Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (KOE) rail company commissioned the Oldenburg - Heiligenhafen railway line, which ran trains through the Göhl station, in 1898. During 1976 however, all passenger transport was ceased, which left the train station decommissioned to this day.{{Cite web |title=www.Sundfaehre.de – Göhl |url=https://www.sundfaehre.de/index.php/home-stationen-und-orte/festland/festland-ab-1897/goehl |access-date=2023-06-17 |website=www.sundfaehre.de}}
A commercial area of 2.5 ha was created in the north of the settlement of Göhl in 1995.
The current coat of arms and flag were adopted in June 2010.
Demographics
As of December 31, 2021, Göhl has a population of 1,118 with 560 (50.1%) being male, and 558 (49.9%) being female.{{Cite web |title=Statistikamt Nord: Meine Region - Vergleichsdaten für Göhl |url=https://region.statistik-nord.de/detail_compare/13/1102/2/1/348/757/ |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=region.statistik-nord.de}} The median age was 45.4 as of 2021.{{Cite web |title=Statistikamt Nord: Meine Region - Erzeugte Datentabelle aus der eigenen Zusammenstellung für Schleswig-Holstein |url=https://region.statistik-nord.de/compare/show/1/1673193426 |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=region.statistik-nord.de}}
Göhl had the highest percentage of under 18 years olds in Ostholstein at 24% (293) as of 2003.https://kreis-oh.de/media/custom/335_1833_1.PDF?1119607209 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}} This population has since shrunken to 17.3% (193) in 2021 however.{{Cite web |title=Statistikamt Nord: Meine Region - Erzeugte Datentabelle aus der eigenen Zusammenstellung für Schleswig-Holstein |url=https://region.statistik-nord.de/compare/show/1/1673193257 |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=region.statistik-nord.de}}{{historical populations
|1867|891
|1871|840
|1875|832
|1880|858
|1885|751
|1910|180
|1925|259
|1933|324
|1939|774
|1946|1,768
|1950|1,650
|1961|1,062
|1970|951
|1987|852
|1990|865
|2000|1,095
|2001|1,174
|2002|1,204
|2003|1,203
|2004|1,192
|2005|1,208
|2006|1,217
|2007|1,188
|2008|1,194
|2009|1,198
|2010|1,181
|2011|1,160
|2012|1,144
|2013|1,147
|2014|1,147
|2015|1,133
|2016|1,116
|2017|1,112
|2018|1,105
|2019|1,118
|2020|1,119
|2021|1,118
|2023|1,139
|footnote=Early data may be affected by territorial fluctuation.
Sources: [https://www.statistischebibliothek.de/mir/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/SHMonografie_derivate_00000020/1226-29.pdf 1867-1970], [https://www.gemeindeverzeichnis.de/gem1900/gem1900.htm?schleswig/oldenburg.htm 1910], [https://web.archive.org/web/20191108215552/https://treemagic.org/rademacher/www.verwaltungsgeschichte.de/holstein.html 1925-1939], [https://www.statistischebibliothek.de/mir/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/DEMonografie_derivate_00001265/gemeindeverzeichnis.pdf 1946], [https://www.statistischebibliothek.de/mir/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/DEAusgabe_derivate_00000755/GV-1950.PDF 1950], [https://www.statistischebibliothek.de/mir/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/SHHeft_derivate_00008758/A0-VZ-61-5-7.pdf 1961], [https://www.statistischebibliothek.de/mir/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/SHMonografie_derivate_00000028/1226-610.pdf 1987], [https://region.statistik-nord.de/compare/show/1/1673194540 2000-2021], [https://www.amt-oldenburg-land.de/Amt-Gemeinden/Gemeinde-G%C3%B6hl/Zahlen-und-Daten/ 2023]|align=none|cols=3}}
= Citizenship =
In the 2022 census, 1,071 people (97.6%) in Göhl possessed only German citizenship, 1,046 of which (95.4% of the population) were born in Germany. Residents of other citizenship in the 2022 census were: 11 (1%) Polish, 5 (0.5%) Ukrainian, 4 (0.4%) Syrian, and 6 (0.5%) of other unspecified nationality.{{Cite web |title=Göhl (Ostholstein, Schleswig-Holstein, Deutschland) - Einwohnerzahlen, Grafiken, Karte, Lage, Wetter und Web-Informationen |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/de/germany/schleswigholstein/ostholstein/01055014__g%C3%B6hl/ |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=www.citypopulation.de}}
| class="wikitable sortable"
! rowspan="2" |Citizenship ! colspan="2" |2022 ! colspan="2" |2011https://www.statistischebibliothek.de/mir/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/SHHeft_derivate_00006301/010555543014_Goehl_Bev.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=August 2024}} |
| Number
!% !Number !% |
|---|
| German
|1,071 |97.6 |1,156 |98.4 |
| Polish
|11 |1 |7 |0.6 |
| Ukrainian
|5 |0.5 |/ |/ |
| Syrian
|4 |0.4 |/ |/ |
| Dutch
|/ |/ |3 |0.3 |
| Austrian
|/ |/ |3 |0.3 |
| Russian
|/ |/ |3 |0.3 |
| Unspecified
|6 |0.5 |3 |0.3 |
= Religion =
File:Göhl Kapelle.jpgIn the 2022 census, 613 people (55.9%) were members of the Evangelical Church in Germany, with 58 (5.3%) belonging to the Catholic church, and 425 (38.8%) being either irreligious or belonging to another confession.
| class="wikitable sortable"
! rowspan="2" |Confession or Church ! colspan="2" |2022 ! colspan="2" |2011 |
| Number
!% !Number !% |
|---|
| Evangelical Church in Germany
|613 |55.9 |789 |67.1 |
| Catholic Church in Germany
|58 |5.3 |38 |3.2 |
| Other or irreligious
|425 |38.8 |348 |29.6 |
The only church in the municipality is the evangelical-lutheran Marco chapel (Marco-Kapelle) opposite of the kindergarten in the settlement of Göhl.
Politics
The current mayor of Göhl is Thomas Bauer (BGG), who had been the deputy mayor from 1998 to 2006, he has since continuously been reelected as the mayor of Göhl.{{Cite web |title=Innenminister Hans-Joachim Grote verleiht Freiherr-vom-Stein-Verdienstnadel |url=https://www.schleswig-holstein.de/DE/landesregierung/ministerien-behoerden/IV/Presse/PI/2017_neu/171130_PI_fvsVerdienstnadel.html |access-date=2023-05-29 |website=schleswig-holstein.de |language=de}}
= Elections =
The most recent election in Göhl were the 2023 Schleswig-Holstein municipal elections, where the BGG was reelected as the strongest faction despite losing one seat. The SPD last participated in the 2013 election.{{election table}}
! colspan=2| Candidate
! Party
! Votes
! %
! +/-
! Seats
! +/-
|-
| bgcolor=#63B8FF|
| align=left| Thomas Bauer
| align=left| Bürgergemeinschaft Gemeinde Göhl (BGG)
| 1,791
| 59.0
| {{decrease}} 11
| 7
| {{decrease}} 1
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}|
| align=left| Mechthild Friederichsen
| align=left| Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU)
| 1,170
| 38.5
| {{increase}} 8.5
| 4
| {{increase}} 1
|-
| bgcolor=#DCDCDC|
| align=left| Udo Tornow
| align=left| Independent
| 77
| 2.5
| New
| 0
| ±0
|-
! colspan=3| Valid votes
! 3,038
! 99.4
! {{decrease}} 0.5
!
!
|-
! colspan=3| Invalid votes
! 18
! 0.6%
! {{increase}} 0.5
!
!
|-
! colspan=3| Electorate/voter turnout
! 597
! 62.3
! {{increase}} 6.1
!
!
|-
| colspan=8| Source: [https://www.wahlen-sh.de/grw/gemeindewahlen_gemeinde_010555543014.html Statistical Office of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein]
|}
== Historical seat distribution ==
| class="wikitable"
!Year | bgcolor=#63B8FF| BGG | bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}|CDU | bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}|SPD | bgcolor=#DCDCDC| Ind. !Source |
| 2023
|7 |4 | - | - |
| 2018
|8 |3 | - | - |
| 2013
|7 |3 |1 | - |
| 2008
|8 |2 |1 | - |
| 2003
|7 |2 |2 | - | |
== List of mayors ==
- since 2006: Thomas Bauer (BGG)
- 1990-2006: Johann Höper (BGG)
= Coat of Arms and Flag =
File:DEU Göhl (Holstein) COA.svg
The coat of arms and flag of Göhl were created by Henning Höppner, who had created multiple insignia in Wagria. It was registered with the state of Schleswig-Holstein in 2010. The heather plant in the center is in reference to the origin of the municipality's name, stemming from the Slavic word "Gola" ("heather"). The bottom sections of the shield represent the green land, and the Oldenburger Graben which forms the southern border of the municipality.{{Cite web |title=Oldenburg-Land Subcounty (Germany) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/Fotw/flags/de-oh-02.html#gh |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=www.crwflags.com}}
Blazon: "Shield Or a heather plant Vert with three branches and 22 blossoms Gules, in base two bars of Vert and Azure parted by a barrulet Argent, all three countersunk in centre."The flag of Göhl is a heraldic flag, and shares the same design as the coat of arms.
Culture and associations
The local sports association, SV Göhl, was founded in 1970 and has around 500 members.{{Cite web |title=Über den SV Göhl - SV Göhl von 1970 e.V. |url=http://www.xn--sv-ghl-zxa.de/%C3%BCber-den-sv-g%C3%B6hl.html |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=www.xn--sv-ghl-zxa.de}}
The German Red Cross in Göhl acts as not only a medical service focusing on senior care, but also a cultural association; organizing, among other things, flea markets, game nights, and trips.{{Cite web |title=Ortsverein - DRK Ortsverein Göhl e.V. |url=http://www.drk-goehl.de/Ortsverein.html |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=www.drk-goehl.de}}
In the southernmost settlement of Göhl, Gut Gaarz, is a historic estate under family ownership that was built in 1690 and currently acts as a family resort as well as farm.https://www.schleswig-holstein.de/DE/landesregierung/ministerien-behoerden/LD/Downloads/Denkmallisten/Denkmalliste_Ostholstein.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=12 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}{{Cite web |title=Gut Gaarz {{!}} Ferienwohnungen, Reiterferien, Tiere und Urlaub an der Ostsee in Ostholstein - Ferien Bauernhof Gut Gaarz - Gut Gaarz {{!}} Ferienwohnungen, Reiterferien, Tiere und Urlaub an der Ostsee in Ostholstein - Ferien Bauernhof Gut Gaarz |url=http://www.ostsee-bauernhof-reiten.de/ |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=www.ostsee-bauernhof-reiten.de}}
Education
Göhl is home to a elementary school called Grundschule Göhl{{Cite web |title=Grundschule in Göhl: Im Herzen Ostholsteins! |url=http://www.gsgoehl.de/ |access-date=2023-06-18 |website=www.gsgoehl.de}} and a kindergarten.
References
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External links
- [https://www.amt-oldenburg-land.de/Amt-Gemeinden/Gemeinde-G%C3%B6hl/ Web presence of the municipality] on the website of the Oldenburg-Land collective municipality (in German)
- [http://www.gsgoehl.de/ Grundschule Göhl] (in German)
- [https://www.xn--sv-ghl-zxa.de/%C3%BCber-den-sv-g%C3%B6hl.html Website of the SV Göhl] (in German)
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