Ahlden municipality
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Coordinates: 52 ° 46 ' N , 9 ° 35' E |
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| State : | Lower Saxony | |
| County : | Heidekreis | |
| Area : | 84.8 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 7016 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 83 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| License plate : | HK | |
| Association key : | 03 3 58 5401 | |
| Association structure: | 5 municipalities | |
| Association administration address : |
Bahnhofstrasse 30 29693 Hodenhagen |
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| Location of the joint community of Ahlden in the Heidekreis district | ||
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The joint municipality of Ahlden is a joint municipality in the district of Heidekreis in Lower Saxony . Five municipalities have come together in it to carry out their administrative business. The administrative seat of the joint municipality is in Hodenhagen .
geography
Geographical location
The joint municipality of Ahlden is centrally located in the triangle of the major cities Bremen - Hamburg - Hanover . The A 7 and A 27 motorways can be reached via the Westenholz driveway at the Walsrode motorway triangle . The joint community of Ahlden is located in the Aller-Leine valley .
Joint community structure
The Ahlden community includes five communities.
| Name of the parish | Population (December 31, 2019) |
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| Ahlden (Aller) , Flecken | 1552 |
| Eickeloh | 794 |
| Grethem | 627 |
| Hademstorf | 866 |
| Hodenhagen | 3177 |
history
The integrated community was founded on March 1, 1974 through the regional reform of the state of Lower Saxony .
politics
Joint council
The council of the joint municipality of Ahlden consists of 18 council women and councilors. This is the specified number for a municipality with a population between 6,001 and 7,000. The 18 council members are elected by local elections for five years each. The current term of office began on November 1, 2011 and ends on October 31, 2016.
The full-time mayor of the joint municipality is also entitled to vote in the council of the joint municipality.
The last local election on September 11, 2011 resulted in the following:
- SPD : 8 seats (43.8%)
- CDU : 7 seats (40.4%)
- Voluntary Independent Voting Association (FUWG) : 3 seats (15.8%)
Joint mayor of the municipality
The joint municipality mayor is the third body of the joint municipality with important, independent decision-making powers , alongside the joint municipality council and the joint municipality committee. He is the head of the joint municipality administration, executes the decisions of the other organs and represents the joint municipality externally. So he is also a representative of the Ahlden community.
The full-time mayor of the joint municipality of Ahlden has been Heinz-Günter Klöpper (SPD) since 2006. In the last mayoral election on May 25, 2014, he was re-elected as incumbent with 51.0% of the vote. His opponent Carsten Niemann (CDU) received 49.0%. The turnout was 52.5%. Klöpper took up his further term on November 1, 2014 and held the office until his death on April 9, 2016.
On September 11, 2016, Carsten Niemann (non-party) was elected as a single applicant with 78.1% of the votes as mayor of the entire municipality.
coat of arms
The coat of arms of the Samtgemeinde Ahlden is divided into blue and gold and shows a golden eagle wing above, a red crowned lion below.
Economy and Infrastructure
economy
Well-known companies with logistics companies and manufacturing companies have settled in the member community of Hodenhagen, and companies from the service sector also find good location conditions. The municipality of Ahlden also has a lot to offer in terms of tourism.
education
There are six kindergartens, two elementary schools and one high school in the municipality.
traffic
- A 7 Hamburg - Hanover (exit Westenholz)
- A 27 Bremen - Walsrode (exit Walsrode Süd)
- State roads 190, 191 and 157
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony, LSN-Online regional database, Table 12411: Update of the population, as of December 31, 2019 ( help ).
- ↑ State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony, LSN-Online regional database, Table 12411: Update of the population, as of December 31, 2019 ( help ).
- ^ Lower Saxony Municipal Constitutional Law (NKomVG) in the version of December 17, 2010; Section 46 - Number of MPs , accessed on November 29, 2014
- ↑ Individual results of the direct elections on May 25, 2014 in Lower Saxony , accessed on November 29, 2014
- ^ Samtgemeinde Ahlden: Samtgemeindebürgermeister , accessed on May 24, 2016
- ↑ Main statutes of the Samtgemeinde Ahlden ( Memento of December 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on November 29, 2014
