Eggeloge, Ocholt and Loy-Barghorn: best villages in Ammerland honored!

Eggeloge, Ocholt and Loy-Barghorn: best villages in Ammerland honored!

The villages of Eggeloge, Ocholt and Loy-Barghorn were awarded the best participants in this year's district competition "Our village has a future". This event took place in the Halsbek Heimathaus, where the representatives of these three villages were honored. Your services secure a place in the regional preliminary decision for the 2025 competition. A total of 14 villages had fought for the highest places, as the press release of the Ammerland district reveals.

District Administrator Karin Harms, who is also chair of the evaluation commission, paid tribute to the high quality of the presentations and the remarkable sense of community that the villages showed. "The enthusiasm and commitment with which the villages presented themselves were really stirring," she said proudly.

first place takes eggloges

The village of Eggeloge came first in the evaluation. It convinced the jury with the strong cohesion of the 336 villagers. "Every member of the village contributes to the future vialass in the many clubs and institutions. This total performance was exceptional," emphasized Hendrik Lehner, head of the Office for Environment and Climate Protection in the district. A special highlight was the creative presentation of the village, which illustrated the commitment of the community with self-painted pictures on a clothesins-short "on-lin". This idea shows how traditions can be applied in modern contexts to develop future -proof concepts.

The community spirit of Ocholt

Second place went to the largest village in the competition, Ocholt, which counts almost 3,000 inhabitants. The jury was impressed by the village's ability to reconcile various interests and to maintain a strong sense of community. According to Lehners, this shows a remarkable strength of the community spirit. The commitment to climate protection was also recognized. For example, the Gogolka family runs a successful sale of regional vegetables and berries on their farm. In addition, machines are available around the clock that offer regional products, which promotes sustainable local supply.

The balance of tradition and modernity in Loy-Barghorn

Loy-Barghorn, which took third place, impressed the jury with the successful combination of tradition and future-oriented development. The historical estate Loy is just one of the many well -preserved monuments in the village. But the orientation towards eleven of the 17 global sustainability goals was also very popular. A working group was founded to promote the structural development of the village, whereby the priorities were set on the basis of a village survey.

for further information about this competition and the participating villages, see the current reporting on www.nwzonline.de .