Kalbe (Lower Saxony)

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 53 ° 18 '  N , 9 ° 33'  E
Basic data
State :	Lower Saxony
County :	Rotenburg (Wümme)
Joint municipality :	Morals
Height :	41 m above sea level NHN
Area :	10.25 km 2
Residents:	580 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	57 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	27419
Area code :	04282
License plate :	ROW, BRV
Community key :	03 3 57 029
Association administration address:	Am Markt 11 27419 Sittensen
Website :	www.sittensen.de
Mayor :	Bernd Petersen (UWG Kalbe)
Location of the municipality of Kalbe in the Rotenburg (Wümme) district

Kalbe is a municipality in Lower Saxony in the Sittensen municipality in the Rotenburg (Wümme) district with 565 inhabitants.

Place name

The origin of the place name can probably be explained similarly to Kalbe in the Altmark and Calw in Württemberg from the Germanic “kalwa”, Old High German cal (a) wa, Middle High German “kalwe” for “bald spot”, Middle Low German “kalewe” for “baldness” ". The name probably comes from the location of the place on a valley sand island in the lowland of the Oste .

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council , including the mayor, has been composed as follows since the local elections on September 11, 2016 :

• CDU : 4 seats
• UWG Kalbe : 5 seats

There was no change compared to the 2011 election.

mayor

The mayor of Kalbe is Bernd Petersen (UWG Kalbe).

coat of arms

	Blazon : "In green above the silver (white) waves flowing from the base on both sides (heraldically correct:" lowered, curved, overturned tip ") a three-arched silver (white) portal with a raised, wider central arch, in the middle of which an upright silver (white) oak leaf . "
	Justification of the coat of arms: The coat of arms, approved in 2010, reminds of the community's location in the valley of the Oste with its lowered, curved top . The portal stands for the entrances to the typical six-column houses. The oak leaf stands for nature and at the same time it symbolizes the location of the place in the Ostetal.

traffic

Kalbe is located directly on the L 142, which offers a connection to the A 1 in the neighboring municipality of Sittensen , which also runs through the municipality, but has no driveways there.

Village youth

There has been a village youth in Kalbe for over 50 years and they have had a village youth room since 1999.

Personalities

• Hinrich Peters (1898–1971), politician (SPD), member of the Lower Saxony state parliament, born in Kalbe
• Hans-Heinrich Ehlen (* 1949), Lower Saxony's Minister for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection, comes from Kalbe
• Burkhard Brozat (* 1953), author, songwriter and producer, lives and works in Kalbe

Web links

Commons : Kalbe  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the Sittensen municipality

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. ^ Jürgen Udolph (research): The "place name researcher". In: website NDR 1 Lower Saxony . Archived from the original on December 2, 2016 ; accessed on March 11, 2019 .