Village development
Village development serves to maintain and improve the quality of life in rural areas. Comprehensive village renewal planning with intensive public participation, expert support for applicants and funding for investment measures are the tried and tested instruments in Lower Saxony.
Superordinate/responsible authority for village renewal
Landesamt für Geoinformation und Landentwicklung Niedersachsen (LGLN) - Regionaldirektion Meppen -
Amt für Landentwicklung Meppen (GLL)
Hasebrinkstr. 8
49716 Meppen
Tel.: 05931 159-0
Website
Village development Nordhorn-Neuenhaus-Lage
The state of Lower Saxony has included the joint village development project "Metmekaar an Dinkel & Vechte" in the village development programme.
The project encompasses the town of Neuenhaus including Veldhausen, Grasdorf and Hilten, the municipality of Lage and the northern Nordhorn neighbourhoods of Hohenkörben, Bimolten and Bookholt. This is the first time that municipalities in the county of Bentheim have joined forces for village development. The state intends to provide special support for village development here over a period of ten years.
The aim of village development is to preserve the structures and attractiveness of rural regions while at the same time making them future-proof. To achieve this, both private and public measures are subsidised. Private individuals can receive funding of up to 30 per cent, for example for the renovation of a building that is characteristic of the village. Public measures, such as the optimisation of traffic routes or the creation of local recreational areas, receive up to 75 percent funding from the state.
You will find information on the promotion of private measures in this information brochure.
The village development plan forms the basis for the implementation and promotion of the various projects for the Nordhorn-Neuenhaus-Lage village region. This defines the focal points of village development and works out the respective potential and goals for various fields of action.
Here you can view the village development plan for the Nordhorn-Neuenhaus-Lage village region:
The village development working group was formed to draw up this village development plan. During the development process, various formats were used to actively involve the residents of the village region in the creation process, including village and kitchen table discussions, a citizens' meeting and a strategy development session with young people from the village region.
The minutes of these events can be found in the following overview