Village east

Village east City of Salzgitter Coordinates: 52 ° 9 ′ 45 ″ N , 10 ° 24 ′ 34 ″ E
Area :	25.58 km²
Residents :	3498 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	137 inhabitants / km²
Postcodes :	38239, 38229 (Hallendorf)
Area code :	05341
	Location of the village east in Salzgitter

The town of Ost is the smallest of the seven towns in the independent city of Salzgitter in Lower Saxony .

geography

The town east borders in the north on the town northeast , in the east on the district Wolfenbüttel with the city Wolfenbüttel and the municipality Oderwald , in the south on the town southeast , in the southwest on the town west and in the west on the town north .

structure

The village east consists of the following five districts of the city of Salzgitter.

district	Population (December 2018)	Area in km²	Population density in inh / km²
Bleckenstedt	615	5.32	116
Drütte	421	4.55	93
Hallendorf	1,682	3.40	495
Immendorf	410	2.31	178
Watenstedt	370	10.01	37
Village east	3,498	25.58	137

photos

Evangelical Church in Bleckenstedt
Michaeliskirche in Drütte
Evangelical Church in Hallendorf
St. Johannes Church in Immendorf
Evangelical Church in Watenstedt

history

The locality east was created together with the other six localities on January 1, 1972 to reduce the number of local councils to seven. Before that, all 29 districts that were part of Salzgitter at the time had their own local council. The first local election took place that same year.

Population development

The table shows the population including secondary residences as of December 31 of the respective year.

East town - population development since 1985
year	Residents	year	Residents	year	Residents	development
1985	4322	1998	4300	2007	3984
1990	4619	1999	4242	2008	3895
1991	4801	2000	4217	2009	3830
1992	4876	2001	4168	2010	3694
1993	4731	2002	4137	2011	3622
1994	4662	2003	4150	2012	3609
1995	4485	2004	4160	2013	3618
1996	4424	2005	4127	2014	3546
1997	4293	2006	4058	2015	3543
Sources: years 1985 to 1992, years 1993 to 2016				2016	3647

politics

Local council election 2016

in percent

%

60

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

51.2

31.9

8.6

4.6

3.7

MBS ^c

Gains and losses

compared to 2011

% p

6th

4th

2

0

-2

-4

-6

-8th

-10

-12

-10.2

+2.9

+2.1

+4.6

+0.5

MBS ^c

Remarks:

^c Responsible citizens of Salzgitter

Distribution of seats in the local council

A total of 15 seats

SPD : 8
Greens : 1
MBS : 1
CDU : 5th

Like all localities, the locality east has a local council, from whose ranks a local mayor is elected.

Local council

The local council consists of 15 councilors. According to the main statutes of the city of Salzgitter, this is the number specified for a town with less than 10,000 inhabitants. The current legislative period began on November 1, 2016 and ends on October 31, 2021. The local elections on September 11, 2016 resulted in the following distribution of seats (change from 2011):

SPD : 8 seats (± 0)
CDU : 5 seats (+1)
MBS : 1 seat (± 0)
Green : 1 seat (± 0)
Left : 0 seats (−1)