Geestland

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Coat of arms of the city of Geestland
Geestland
Map of Germany, location of the city of Geestland highlighted

Coordinates: 53 ° 38 '  N , 8 ° 45'  E

Basic data
State : Lower Saxony
County : Cuxhaven
Height : 10 m above sea level NHN
Area : 356.58 km 2
Residents: 30,847 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 87 inhabitants per km 2
Postcodes : 27607, 27624
Primaries : 04704, 04707, 04708, 0471, 04742, 04743, 04745, 04756, 04765
License plate : CUX
Community key : 03 3 52 062
LOCODE : DE GZ3
City structure: 16 localities

City administration address : 		Town hall 1
Sieverner Straße 10
27607 Geestland

Town hall 2
Am Markt 8
27624 Geestland
Website : www.geestland.eu
Mayor : Thorsten Krüger ( SPD )
Location of the city of Geestland in the district of Cuxhaven
Nordsee Schleswig-Holstein Bremerhaven Landkreis Osterholz Landkreis Rotenburg (Wümme) Landkreis Stade Landkreis Wesermarsch Armstorf Armstorf Belum Beverstedt Bülkau Cadenberge Cuxhaven Geestland Hagen im Bremischen Hechthausen Hemmoor Hollnseth Ihlienworth Lamstedt Loxstedt Mittelstenahe Neuenkirchen (Land Hadeln) Neuhaus (Oste) Nordleda Oberndorf (Oste) Odisheim Osten (Oste) Osterbruch Otterndorf Schiffdorf Steinau (Niedersachsen) Stinstedt Stinstedt Wanna Wingst Wurster Nordseeküstemap
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Geestland ( Low German Geestland ) is a town and independent municipality in the Cuxhaven district in Lower Saxony , which was created on January 1, 2015 from the merger of the city of Langen and the joint municipality of Bederkesa . After the city of Cuxhaven, it is the community with the second highest number of inhabitants in the district of Cuxhaven. Geestland is in tenth place on the list of the largest municipalities in Germany with 356.58 km².

The name is derived from the Geest landscape .

geography

location

The city of Geestland borders in the north-west on the municipality of Wurster North Sea Coast and on the Outer Weser in the area of ​​its confluence with the North Sea , in the north on the joint municipality of Land Hadeln , in the northeast on the joint municipality Börde Lamstedt , in the east on the district of Rotenburg (Wümme) and in South to the city of Bremerhaven and the communities of Beverstedt and Schiffdorf . In the south, the city also borders the Geeste River .

City structure

The city of Geestland consists of 16 localities , which are made up of the localities of the former city of Langen and the member communities of the former municipality of Bederkesa.

Neighboring communities

Unified municipality Wurster North Sea coast Wanna
( Samtgemeinde Land Hadeln )
Steinau
(Samtgemeinde Land Hadeln)
Neighboring communities Stinstedt
( joint municipality Börde Lamstedt )
Armstorf
(joint municipality Börde Lamstedt)
Unified municipality of Schiffdorf Unified municipality Beverstedt Ebersdorf
( District of Rotenburg (Wümme) )
Hipstedt
( District of Rotenburg (Wümme) )

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history

Since 2011, Bederkesa and Langen have tried to merge due to aid from the state to reduce the debts of the municipalities that merge. The merger was completed in August 2012 with the territorial change agreement. The law on the new formation of the city of Geestland brought the deliberations to a conclusion. A future contract from September 2011 regulates the financial situation.

Geestland won the German Sustainability Award 2017 in the medium-sized cities and municipalities category, the German local sustainability award ZeitzeicheN and the 2014 Mission Olympic sporting city competition .

Origin of name

The first suggested name for the new city was Wesermünde . The neighboring city of Bremerhaven rejected this name, as the seaside city itself was called Wesermünde from 1924 to 1947 . In a legal opinion from Bremerhaven it was said that the name Wesermünde was "in blatant contradiction to the actual geographic location". The new city only has contact with the Weser in Imsum. The name therefore contradicts the information function required by law. For the merger partners Langen and Bederkesa, this argumentation was incomprehensible, as a good part of the city created by the merger lies in the area of ​​the former Wesermünde district . To avoid a conflict, Langen's mayor Thorsten Krüger (SPD) suggested the name Neu Wesermünde . At the same time, Krüger stated: "The city name is only a first working title". Bremerhaven also protested against this proposal. In order not to jeopardize the required Lower Saxony law and the agreements of the future contract, the two municipalities distanced themselves from the name Wesermünde . After discussing various proposed names, the councils decided on April 23, 2012 with over 90% the name "Geestland".

Population development

year Residents source
2015 30,936
2016 31,040
2017 30,873
2018 30,866

politics

City council election 2014
Turnout: 47.0%
 %
60
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
56.47
29.47
5.12
4.01
3.47
1.43

City council

Allocation of seats in the city council
      
A total of 38 seats

The Geestland City Council consists of 38 councilors. This is the specified number for a municipality with a population between 30,001 and 40,000 inhabitants. The council members are elected for a five-year term by local elections. The current term of office began on January 1, 2015.

The full-time mayor is also entitled to vote in the city council .

The first local election for the city council of the new municipality took place on November 2, 2014.

Distribution of seats:

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mayor

On November 2nd, 2014 Thorsten Krüger (SPD) was elected full-time mayor with 79.84% of the valid votes. His deputies are Günter Diekhoff (SPD), Ellen Frank (CDU) and Henning von der Lieth (CDU).

coat of arms

Geestland coat of arms
 Blazon : " Diagonally right divided by a silver wave bar , below in blue a golden sun wheel , above in red an inclined silver key with the beard upwards."
Justification of the coat of arms: The key is borrowed from the coat of arms of the city of Bremen , it is the attribute of St. Peter , the patron saint of the Archdiocese of Bremen . From 1381 to 1654, most of the city area belonged to the city of Bremen. The sun wheel from the coat of arms of the city of Langen indicates the numerous excavations from old Germanic times in the area of ​​the city of Langen. The silver wave bar symbolizes the Weser . The colors silver and red are the colors of the diocese and the city of Bremen. The colors blue and gold refer to the national colors of the Kingdom of Sweden , to which the Duchy of Bremen, in which today's urban area was located, belonged from 1648 to 1719.

Partnerships

Since 2013, the city of Geestland has maintained a climate partnership with the Leribe district in Lesotho as part of an Engagement Global initiative . A connection has existed for many years via a Lesotho group in the Geestland district of Langen and through the partnership between two primary schools in the two communities. After several mutual visits by the climate partnership delegations, bilateral climate protection measures are planned. For example, through afforestation and the construction of systems to slow down the draining water, the soil erosion promoted by the heavy rainfall in the rainy season in the Leribe district is to be reduced. In addition, various orchards were created from 2015 . Furthermore, a project for an improved waste management is being worked on.

Geestland maintains a partnership with the city of Tozeur in Tunisia as part of the municipal knowledge transfer Maghreb-Germany .

Culture and sights

Buildings

Parks and nature

  • The mill in Bederkesa

  • Roland in front of the castle

  • The Bederkesaer See from afar

  • Imsum ox tower

  • Bülzenbett near Sievern, large stone grave of the funnel cup culture

Economy and Transport

economy

As a climatic health resort and mud spa, Bad Bederkesa has a strong tourist economic area.

Langen, as a basic center with a medium-central sub-function, has strong economic ties with Bremerhaven; many residents work here.

The other districts are characterized by agriculture and forestry. In addition, many residents work in Bremerhaven.

traffic

Street

Geestland is on the A 27 federal motorway from Bremerhaven to Cuxhaven . The junction points Debstedt and Neuenwalde exist here.

train

A train station with public transport is not located in the city area. The closest passenger stops are Wremen on the Bremerhaven – Cuxhaven railway line and Bremerhaven-Lehe on the Bremen – Bremerhaven railway line . Both stations are served by the regional train RB 33 Buxtehude - Bremervörde - Bremerhaven - Cuxhaven every hour. Bremerhaven-Lehe train station is also the end point of the regional S-Bahn line RS 2 and the regional express lines RE 8 and RE 9.

The Bremerhaven – Cuxhaven and the Bremerhaven – Bederkesa museum railway are located within the urban area , the latter almost entirely.

Public transport

The city of Geestland is part of the tariff area of ​​the Bremen / Lower Saxony transport association (VBN) . While the city of Langen already belonged to the VBN before the municipal merger, the catchment area of ​​the former municipality of Bederkesa was only incorporated as a separate tariff zone on January 1, 2016. Before that, the tariff of the North East Lower Saxony Transport Association (VNN) applied in the parts of the municipality .

The districts of Langen, Debstedt and Imsum are served by the city bus routes 505, 506, 509, ML and NL operated by Bremerhaven Versorgungs- und Verkehrs-GmbH . On weekdays the buses run every 30 minutes during rush hour, with lines 505 and 506 overlapping each other in Langen every 15 minutes.

From 1919 to 1958 the VGB trams drove to Langen and from 1961 to 1980 the buses were parked in a new VGB depot on the city limits because the depot in Lehe was no longer suitable for expanding and modernizing the bus fleet. The site was the new terminus of tram line 2 as early as 1958.

The rest of the municipality is mainly served by the lines 525 Bad Bederkesa - Bremerhaven, 528 Otterndorf - Bremerhaven and 550 Nordholz / Midlum - Bremerhaven. In addition, there are a large number of lines that run as VBN lines but are primarily used for school traffic. As a result, large parts of the urban area are not served during the school holidays.

In the Bad Bederkesa area, a bundle of lines will be operated by a corporate cooperation until 2024. It consists of the KVG Stade , the Omnibusbetrieb Wilhelm Giese Nachf. GmbH (Beverstedt), the travel service of Rahden GmbH & Co. KG (Schwanewede), the Buspunkt GmbH (Beverstedt), the Eisenbahnen und Verkehrsbetriebe Elbe-Weser GmbH , the Autobus Stoss GmbH (Bremervörde) and Maass Reisen GmbH (Cuxhaven). KVG Stade and Giese share the operation of the main line 525.

Lines 528 and 550 lead beyond the city of Geestland and are the responsibility of KVG Stade. It has transferred the transport operations in the catchment area of ​​the city of Otterndorf to Lührs Reisen GmbH (Wingst) and in the municipality of Wurster Nordseeküste to Maass Reisen GmbH (Cuxhaven).

Street lighting

Langen was the first municipality in Germany to completely convert its street lighting to LED technology . In 2012, the city received the European Commission's Green Light Award for this pioneering project . In the course of the merger of the city of Langen with the joint municipality of Bederkesa, the project was expanded to include the joint municipality area. Since 2016, Geestland has been equipping all of its luminous points on the streets with an intelligent control system, which significantly reduces energy consumption.

Infrastructure

Public facilities

  • Town hall in Langen and Bad Bederkesa
  • Langen City Library
  • Voluntary fire brigades in Bad Bederkesa, Debstedt, Hymendorf, Holssel, Imsum, Köhlen, Krempel, Langen, Neuenwalde and Sievern
  • Police station in Langen
  • District court in Langen

schools

primary school

  • Bederkesa Primary School
  • Elementary school on the Hinschweg
  • Primary school on the wild moor
  • Neuenwalde primary school

Secondary level I and II

  • Langen High School
  • Langen High School
  • Bederkesa High School An der Mühle
  • Lower Saxony boarding school (NIG, grammar school in Bederkesa).

Special schools

  • Schule Am Wiesendamm (specialization in intellectual development)

Churches, religions

Evangelical

Most of the denominational residents belong to the Evangelical Lutheran Church. The parishes belong to the regional church of Hanover .

  • St. Jacobi Church (Bad Bederkesa)
  • Dionysius Church in Debstedt
  • Church of Our Lady of Elmlohe
  • St. Pauli Church in Flögeln
  • St. Petri in Langen
  • Parish in Neuenwalde

In Holßel and Ringstedt there is an Evangelical Reformed parish each. Both belong to the Evangelical Reformed Church .

Catholic

The Roman Catholic Christians belong to the Bremerhaven deanery of the Hildesheim diocese .

Further

There are members of free churches (New Apostolic) as well as Islamic and non-denominational residents in the city.

sports clubs

  • TV Langen
  • FC Geestland
  • TSV Debstedt
  • TSV Sievern
  • TSV Bederkesa
  • Michael Rache cycling club Unterweser
  • Langen shooting club
  • Long tennis club
  • TSV Imsum
  • TSV Kührstedt
  • TSV Flögeln
  • TSV Neuenwalde
  • SV Rot Weiß Köhlen
  • TSV Krempel
  • TSV Drangstedt
  • AFCV-Nord
  • Hymendorfer SV
  • SV Meckelstedt
  • Riding club Langen and surroundings
  • GTC blue-gold Phoenix
  • Yoga school Langen

Web links

Commons : Geestland  - collection of images

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ a b Lower Saxony State Chancellery (Ed.): Law on the reorganization of the city of Geestland, district of Cuxhaven . Lower Saxony Law and Ordinance Gazette (Nds. GVBl.). No.  26/12 . Hanover November 8, 2012, p. 430 , p. 4 ( digitized version ( memento of July 10, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) [PDF; 454 kB ; accessed on September 25, 2018]).
  3. ↑ Overview map of the Cuxhaven district. In: cuxland-gis.landkreis-cuxhaven.de. November 2016, accessed December 23, 2019 .
  4. ^ By decision of the Lower. In the 2009 Landtag , municipalities that merge with other municipalities will be given debt relief assistance for their budget in a “future contract”. Further examples are Beverstedt , Bad Grund (Harz) , Wrestedt and Schladen-Werla .
  5. ↑ "Future contract" stands for community mergers. In: Website Lower Saxony Ministry of the Interior and Sport. October 30, 2009, accessed February 2, 2018 .
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