The Ems land plan was a plan, that the government of the Federal Republic of Germany to 5. May 1950 decided and with its assistance execution at that time backward Ems country the standard of living of the Federal Republic to adapt itself should.

To 7. March 1951 was created (1989 dissolved) the Ems country GmbH not least with substantial financial conveyances from the USA, which received than 2.1 billion DM predominantly in the course of the time more from means of the federation and the country Lower Saxony.

Reasons for the Verabschiedung Ems land plan were among other things:

• the structural backwardness of the region
• Netherlands territorial claims
• the settlement of refugees and fled farmers from the German east areas
• quite productive oil and natural gas finds in the Ems country
• the unsecured food situation.

With the help of enormous low plows so mentioned, which up to a depth of 2,4 m the soil) far moorlands (e.g. the Bourtanger moorland) as well as heath surfaces were dug up and made agriculturally arable (which is probably to be regarded from view at that time understandably, from today's viewpoint under aspects of nature protection rather critically) and a profound change of the region introduced. Apart from the creation of new roads, other traffic routes and farms developed completely new villages or local parts.

First if the agriculture coined/shaped the business life, today modern industrie and industrial concerns dominate the economic life of the Ems country. Beside a set of centralconstant enterprises one finds the test track of the magnetic levitation transport system Transrapid, the Papenburger Meyer throwing and a Mercedes Benz in the district Ems country.

The district Ems country is unmistakable by its various landscape types. One uses that for some years strengthened for the development of the tourism.

Literature

• Haverkamp, Christof: The development of the Ems country in 20. Century as example of national regional promotion of economy development, (row Emsland/Bentheim, volume 7), Emsl¤ndi landscape, 1991.
• District Ems country (Hrsg.), 50 years Ems land plan (talk.: Heiner Claus Veltmann), Meppen: District Ems country, 2000.

Related links

• Emsland.de - the Ems land plan
• Regis on-line one

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