Helma Spöring

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Helma Spöring (* 1954 in Sieverdingen ) is a German local politician (non-party). Since November 1, 2014, she has been the mayor of the city of Walsrode im Heidekreis ( Lower Saxony ).

Education and professional career

From 1974 Helma Spöring attended the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (HAW). She graduated in 1977 with a degree in surveying technology .

From 1997 to 1999, she supplemented her qualifications with a post-graduate degree in economics at the Berlin School of Economics and Technology.

From 1977 to 2005 Spöring worked for the state of Lower Saxony in regional development. She dealt with the subjects of land consolidation , village renewal and rural development . From 2003 to 2009 she worked in the Lower Saxony Ministry of Agriculture .

Political career

From 2009 to 2014, Spöring was the first district councilor in the Heidekreis district for economic development. She actively contributed to the digitization of the Walsroder grammar school with Iserv .

In 2014, Spöring and the incumbent mayor of Walsrode, Silke Lorenz, applied as non-party candidates to the Walsroder Citizens List (WBL) for the candidacy of the Walsroder mayor's office. Spöring threw all of her competence into the balance, but also emphasized that she was not running at any cost: "If dirty laundry is being washed, she withdraw her application". Spöring was then nominated as a candidate by the WBL and elected mayor on April 25, 2014 with 59.7 percent of the vote. She prevailed against Jörg Grube (non-party) and replaced her predecessor Silke Lorenz (non-party), who no longer ran for election. Spöring took office on November 1, 2014 and took it over with a budget deficit.

On January 1, 2020, the municipalities of Walsrode and Bomlitz merged, so there were early mayoral elections. In the election on March 8, 2020, Spöring was re-elected as a single applicant with 84.16 percent of the vote.

In addition to the mayor's office, Spöring takes on a number of activities, some of which are voluntary (list is incomplete):

  • Member of the supervisory board of Stadtwerke Böhmetal
  • Chairwoman of the board of directors for the Böhmetal municipal service (responsible for sewage disposal, roads and properties)
  • Chairwoman of the Association of Towns and Municipalities in the Heidekreis district
  • Treasurer in the district prevention council Heidekreis, which is involved in various working groups on the subject of "violence and crime prevention"
  • Member of the LandFrauen Walsrode
  • Member of the church council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Walsrode

Special activities and events during the term of office as mayor:

  • Gradual expansion of the broadband network
  • Conversion of the empty old village school in Krelingen into a day care facility with funds from the State of Lower Saxony
  • On December 21, 2019, an explosive device exploded on the Spöring property. However, a perpetrator has not yet been identified.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Homepage Helma Spöring: About the person. Retrieved April 21, 2020 .
  2. ^ Walsroder Zeitung: IServ instead of Facebook and e-mails - IServ school server. May 16, 2014, accessed April 21, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Kreiszeitung: Lorenz and Spöring for the mayor's office. April 5, 2013, accessed April 21, 2020 .
  4. ^ Lower Saxony regional election control: Results of the mayoral election of Walsrode May 25, 2014. May 25, 2014, accessed on April 21, 2020 .
  5. ↑ District newspaper: Helma Spöring mayor. March 8, 2020, accessed April 21, 2020 .
  6. ^ City of Walsrode Town Hall: Politics & Elections / Walsrode. March 8, 2020, accessed April 21, 2020 .
  7. ↑ NDR: Walsrode: Helma Spöring remains mayor. March 9, 2020, accessed April 21, 2020 .
  8. ^ Stadtwerke Böhmetal GmbH: Management and Supervisory Board / Stadtwerke Böhmetal. Retrieved April 21, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Municipal Service Boehmetal : Start / Municipal Service Boehmetal. Retrieved April 21, 2020 .
  10. ^ Walsroder Zeitung: Helma Spöring successor to Rainer Schmuck - Heidekreis. March 4, 2015, accessed April 21, 2020 .
  11. ^ Heidekreis: Heidekreis - District Prevention Council. Retrieved April 21, 2020 .
  12. ↑ District Association of Country Women’s Associations Fallingbostel: Welcome to the. November 19, 2016, accessed on April 21, 2020 (German).
  13. ↑ Parish Walsrode: Church Council. 2018, accessed April 21, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Kreiszeitung: Broadband expansion is progressing. July 18, 2018, accessed April 21, 2020 .
  15. ↑ telekommunikation-online Gutsch & Co. OHG: Broadband availability in Walsrode - landline and mobile network. February 13, 2020, accessed April 21, 2020 .
  16. ↑ ZILE funding for rural areas | Office for Regional State Development Lüneburg. Retrieved April 21, 2020 .
  17. ↑ Göttinger Tagblatt: Car explodes in the yard of the mayor of Walsroder - state security investigated. December 22, 2019, accessed April 21, 2020 .
  18. ^ NDR: Auto-Explosion in Walsrode: State security determined. December 23, 2019, accessed April 21, 2020 .
  19. ↑ Süddeutsche Zeitung: Investigations into the explosion in Walsrode are still ongoing. January 8, 2020, accessed April 21, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Spöring, Helma
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German local politician (non-party)
DATE OF BIRTH 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Sieverdingen