Beckeln

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Coat of arms of the municipality of Beckeln
Beckeln
Map of Germany, position of the municipality of Beckeln highlighted

Coordinates: 52 ° 52 '  N , 8 ° 35'  E

Basic data
State : Lower Saxony
County : Oldenburg
Joint municipality : Harpstedt
Height : 40 m above sea level NHN
Area : 33.42 km 2
Residents: 760 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 23 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 27243
Area code : 04244
License plate : OIL
Community key : 03 4 58 001
LOCODE : DE QBC
Community structure: 9 districts
Address of the
municipal administration:
Freedom of office 1 27243 Harpstedt
Website : www.beckeln.de
Mayor : Heiner Thöle
Location of the community of Beckeln in the Oldenburg district
Landkreis Oldenburg Niedersachsen Landkreis Vechta Landkreis Diepholz Delmenhorst Bremen Landkreis Cloppenburg Landkreis Ammerland Oldenburg (Oldenburg) Landkreis Wesermarsch Colnrade Winkelsett Wildeshausen Großenkneten Prinzhöfte Beckeln Dötlingen Wardenburg Hatten Harpstedt Hude Ganderkesee Dünsen Kirchseelte Groß Ippenermap
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Beckeln is a municipality in the Harpstedt municipality in the Oldenburg district in Lower Saxony .

geography

Geographical location

Beckeln is located on the Delme River , about seven kilometers southeast of the district town of Wildeshausen . State road 341 runs through the village between Harpstedt and Twistringen .

Community structure

The localities of Klein Köhren, Groß Köhren, Holzhausen , Brammer , Ortbrock , Ohe , Sürstedt and Ilake also belong to the municipality of Beckeln .

Neighboring communities

Neighboring municipalities are clockwise from the north:

history

Incorporations

The places Groß Köhren and Klein Köhren were incorporated into the municipality of Beckeln with the regional reform that came into force on March 1, 1974. Since then, the community has also been part of the Harpstedt community .

politics

Municipal council

The council of the Beckeln community consists of nine councilors and councilors. This is the specified number for the member municipality of an integrated municipality with a population between 501 and 1000 inhabitants. The nine council members are elected by local elections for five years each. The current term of office began on November 1, 2016 and ends on October 31, 2021.

The last local election on September 11, 2016 resulted in the following:

Political party  Proportional votes  Number of seats
Beckeln Community of Voters (WGB) 100% 9

The turnout in the 2016 local elections was 73.41%, well above the Lower Saxony average of 55.5%. For comparison - in the previous municipal election on September 11, 2016, the turnout was 69.47%.

mayor

The council elected council member Heiner Thöle as honorary mayor for the current electoral term.

coat of arms

The coat of arms of the municipality shows a silver fountain, the Simonsbrunnen, on a blue background in the middle of the shield. Above that there are three golden fittings that interlock.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony, LSN-Online regional database, Table 12411: Update of the population, as of December 31, 2019  ( help ).
  2. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 190 .
  3. ^ Lower Saxony Municipal Constitutional Law (NKomVG) in the version of December 17, 2010; Section 46 - Number of MPs , accessed on January 21, 2017
  4. ↑ a b c Result of the Beckeln municipal council election on September 11, 2016 , accessed on January 21, 2017
  5. ↑ The CDU gets the most votes nationwide. September 12, 2016. Retrieved January 21, 2017 .

Web links

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