Essen (Oldenburg)

Essen (Oldenburg)
Municipality
Flag of Essen (Oldenburg)
Flag
Coat of arms of Essen (Oldenburg)
Coat of arms
Location of Essen (Oldenburg) within Cloppenburg district
Cloppenburg (district)Lower SaxonyGarrelBöselFriesoytheBarßelSaterlandLöningenEssenCappelnLastrupLindernCloppenburgMolbergenEmstekOsnabrück (district)EmslandLeer (district)AmmerlandOldenburg (district)Vechta (district)
Essen (Oldenburg) is located in Germany
Essen (Oldenburg)
Essen (Oldenburg)
Essen (Oldenburg) is located in Lower Saxony
Essen (Oldenburg)
Essen (Oldenburg)
Coordinates: 52°43′16″N 7°56′26″E / 52.72111°N 7.94056°E / 52.72111; 7.94056
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
DistrictCloppenburg
Subdivisions14 Ortsteile
Government
 • Mayor (2021–26) Heinrich Kreßmann[1]
Area
 • Total97.97 km2 (37.83 sq mi)
Elevation
26.10 m (85.63 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total9,101
 • Density93/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
49632
Dialling codes05434, 05438
Vehicle registrationCLP
Websiteessen-oldb.de

Essen (Oldenburg) is a municipality in the district of Cloppenburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is on the river Hase, about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north of Quakenbrück and 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) southwest of Cloppenburg.

Subdivision of Essen

Essen consists of the following villages: Addrup, Ahausen, Barlage, Bartmannsholte, Beverdiek, Bevern, Bokel, Brokstreek, Calhorn, Darrel, Essen proper, Felde, Gut Lage, Herbergen, Hülsenmoor, Nordholte, Osteressen, Sandloh and Uptloh.

The reference to Oldenburg serves to allow disambiguation with the much larger Essen (Ruhr). It is part of the official name as stated in the town constitution, which also prescribes the styling using parentheses.[3]

The mayor of Essen is Heinrich Kreßmann, first elected in 2016,[4] and re-elected in 2021.[1]

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ "Änderung der Hauptsatzung der Gemeinde Essen (Oldenburg)". 16 December 2019. Die 1. Änderungssatzung zur Änderung der Hauptsatzung entsprechend der Anlage mit der Führung des Gemeindenamens „Gemeinde Essen (Oldenburg)", wird vom Rat einstimmig beschlossen.
  4. ^ Kreßmann neuer Bürgermeister, NWZ Online, 26 September 2016.