Grethem

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

Coordinates: 52 ° 43 '  N , 9 ° 35'  E

Basic data
State : Lower Saxony
County : Heidekreis
Joint municipality : Ahlden
Height : 24 m above sea level NHN
Area : 16.35 km 2
Residents: 627 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 38 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 29690
Area code : 05164
License plate : HK
Community key : 03 3 58 011
Address of the
municipal administration: 		Neue Strasse 5
29690 Grethem
Website : www.grethem.de
Mayor : Udo Schönberg
Location of the municipality of Grethem in the Heidekreis district
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Grethem is a municipality in the Heidekreis district in Lower Saxony . It belongs to the joint municipality of Ahlden , which has its administrative seat in the municipality of Hodenhagen .

geography

Grethem lies between Walsrode and Hanover west of the Aller . The district of Büchten belongs to Grethem.

history

About half a kilometer northeast of Grethem was Blankenhagen Castle from around 1200, of which two mounds of earth overgrown with bushes are still visible today. It was a Niederungsburg , the remains of which can be found on a field path near today's Gierseilfähre over the Aller .

On March 1, 1974, the municipality of Büchten was incorporated.

Mayor and City Council

The honorary mayor Udo Schönberg was elected on September 9, 2001.

Local election 2016 Distribution of seats:

  • UWG: 5
  • SPD: 2
  • CDU: 2nd

coat of arms

Blazon : "Shield quartered, field 1: in red a trotting silver horse, field 2: in silver blue berries on green leaves, field 3: in silver a black miner's teeth, field 4: in blue three diagonally left golden bars."

The coat of arms was designed in 2009 by the municipal heraldist Jörg Mantzsch .

Economy and Infrastructure

The federal highway 7 is east of the community. The next junction is in Buchholz (Aller) approx. 13 km away.

Architectural monuments

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. 224 .
  3. ↑ https://www.ahlden.info/sg_ahlden/de/Wahlen/Wahl%20zum%20Rat%20der%20Gemeinde%20Grethem/

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