Integrated municipality of Bersenbrück

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
coat of arms Germany map
Coat of arms of the joint municipality of Bersenbrück
Integrated municipality of Bersenbrück
Map of Germany, position of the Samtgemeinde Bersenbrück highlighted

Coordinates: 52 ° 33 '  N , 7 ° 57'  E

Basic data
State : Lower Saxony
County : Osnabrück
Area : 255.51 km 2
Residents: 29,780 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 117 inhabitants per km 2
License plate : OS , BSB, MEL, WTL
Association key : 03 4 59 5402
Association structure: 7 municipalities
Association administration address
: 		Lindenstrasse 2
49593 Bersenbrück
Website : www.bersenbrueck.de
Samtgemeinde-
mayor : 		Michael Wernke ( CDU )
Location of the joint municipality of Bersenbrück in the Osnabrück district
Nordrhein-Westfalen Landkreis Cloppenburg Landkreis Diepholz Landkreis Emsland Landkreis Vechta Osnabrück Alfhausen Ankum Bad Essen Bad Iburg Bad Laer Bad Rothenfelde Badbergen Belm Berge (Niedersachsen) Bersenbrück Bippen Bissendorf Bohmte Bramsche Dissen am Teutoburger Wald Eggermühlen Fürstenau Gehrde Georgsmarienhütte Glandorf Hagen am Teutoburger Wald Hasbergen Hilter am Teutoburger Wald Melle Kettenkamp Menslage Merzen Neuenkirchen (Landkreis Osnabrück) Nortrup Ostercappeln Quakenbrück Rieste Voltlage Wallenhorstmap
About this picture
Template: Infobox community association in Germany / maintenance / coat of arms

The joint municipality of Bersenbrück is a joint municipality and independent municipality in the north of the Osnabrück district in Lower Saxony .

geography

Geographical location

The combined community extends from the southeastern Artland into the northern Bramgau and includes large parts of the Ankumer Höhe . The Oldenburger Münsterland connects to the east .

The hare flows through the Samtgemeinde in a south-north direction. The Alfsee is located in the south of the integrated municipality .

Joint community structure

The integrated community includes the member communities Alfhausen , Ankum , Eggermühlen , Gehrde , Kettenkamp and Rieste as well as the city of Bersenbrück .

history

Population development

Population development in the joint municipality of Bersenbrück since 1987

The following overview shows the population of the entire municipality of Bersenbrück in the respective territories and as of December 31st.

The figures are updates by the State Office for Statistics and Communication Technology Lower Saxony based on the census of May 25, 1987 .

year Residents
1987 19,300
1990 19,890
1995 25,341
2000 27,149
2005 28,143
2010 28,217
2017 29,408

1 From 2008, the reports from the registration authorities on which the migration data is based contain numerous adjustments to the register that were carried out as a result of the introduction of the personal tax identification number. The data are therefore only of limited significance.

politics

Joint council

Joint municipal council election 2016
 %
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
48.36
17.58
14.28
8.99
7.51
2.04
1.22
Gains and losses
compared to 2011
 % p
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
+2.02
-1.91
+1.09
-3.37
+3.25
-1.08
-0.02

The Samtgemeinderat currently has 36 members from 6 parties or groups. In addition, the mayor of the municipality is a member of the council with voting rights.

mayor

On March 11, 2012, the individual applicant Horst Baier was elected mayor of the municipality. He did not run for the 2020 mayoral election. The CDU candidate Michael Wernke from Holdorf prevailed against two independent candidates.

Previous incumbents:

The following table shows the local election results since 1996.

Council of the joint municipality of Bersenbrück: election results and joint municipal councils
CDU SPD Green FDP BLA 1 UWGB 2 UWGA 3 total electoral
participation
Electoral term % Mandates % Mandates % Mandates % Mandates % Mandates % Mandates % Mandates % Total number of seats on the Council %
1996-2001 67.2 25th 23.1 8th 5.6 2 - - 4.0 0 - - - - 100 35 72.3
2001-2006 67.2 25th 22.2 9 4.3 1 1.7 0 4.4 1 - - - - 100 36 64.6
2006-2011 61.2 22nd 24.3 9 4.6 2 1.6 1 4.12 1 4.11 1 - - 100 36 53.7
2011-2016 46.34 17th 19.49 7th 12.36 4th 1.24 0 3.12 1 4.26 2 13.19 5 100 36 55.05
2016-2021 48.36 17th 17.58 6th 8.99 3 1.22 1 2.04 1 7.51 3 14.28 5 100 36 55.31
Percentages rounded.
Sources: State Office for Statistics and Communication Technology Lower Saxony, District Osnabrück.
In the case of different information in the sources mentioned, the data from the State Office for Statistics and Communication Technology were used,
as they are generally more plausible.
1 Alfhausen citizens' list
2 Gehrde / Bersenbrück independent voter community.
3 Ankum independent voter community

Coat of arms, flag, official seal

Coat of arms of the joint municipality of Bersenbrück
Description of coat of arms
“The coat of arms of the combined community shows a white gatehouse with a red pointed roof on a blue background, a narrow, low extension with a red flat roof and a window each to the right and left. On the pointed roof a black weather vane pointing to the left. Under the gatehouse, coming out of the shield edge to the right and left, three white wavy bars each. "
Flag description
“The colors of the flag of the Samtgemeinde are red and blue. It shows the coat of arms as a symbol. "
Official seal

The official seal contains the coat of arms and the inscription "Samtgemeinde Bersenbrück".

Community partnerships

On November 24, 2017, the Bersenbrück municipality and the Serbian municipality of Ruma entered into a partnership.

Public facilities

Baths

Indoor swimming pools

There is a small indoor swimming pool each in Ankum and Alfhausen . The indoor swimming pool in Ankum am was built in 1969 with a 16 m × 8 m swimmer pool. This indoor pool is now in great need of renovation and is to be replaced by a new indoor pool with a pool size of 25 m × 12.5 m. This pool is to be operated by a pool company, under which the joint municipality operates the pool together with the municipal utility Haseenergie.

There is another small indoor swimming pool in Alfhausen, which is mainly used for schools and swimming lessons.

Outdoor pools

There is an outdoor swimming pool in Bersenbrück . In addition, the Dubbelausee at the Alfsee is used as a bathing lake.

fire Department

The joint municipality of Bersenbrück ensures fire protection in the member communities of the joint municipality through the provision of a volunteer fire brigade. There are currently seven volunteer fire brigades in the municipality:

  • Alfhausen volunteer fire brigade (founded in 1896), with a fire brigade diving group
  • Volunteer Fire Brigade Ankum (founded 1877)
  • Bersenbrück Volunteer Fire Brigade (founded 1913)
  • Talge volunteer fire brigade (district of Bersenbrück, founded in 1888)
  • Gehrde Volunteer Fire Brigade (founded 1902)
  • Kettenkamp Volunteer Fire Brigade (founded 1936)
  • Volunteer Fire Brigade Rieste (founded 1934)

Fire protection in Eggermühlen is ensured by the Ankum and Kettenkamp fire departments.

Web links

Commons : Samtgemeinde Bersenbrück  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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. ↑ State Office for Statistics and Communication Technology Lower Saxony, population update
  3. ↑ Nina Strakeljahn, Mirko Nordmann: CDU frenetically celebrates Michael Wernke's election victory in the joint community of Bersenbrück. In: noz.de. Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung , February 23, 2020, accessed on April 15, 2020 .
  4. ↑ State Office for Statistics and Communication Technology Lower Saxony, Table 5000311
  5. ↑ Landkreis Osnabrück, official final results of the district election on September 9, 2001 ( Memento from May 25, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 528 kB)
  6. ^ The local elections for the district of Osnabrück on September 11, 2011 (also includes 2006 results). (PDF 8.0MB p. 28 column "Municipal elections") Osnabrück district, accessed on March 6, 2016 .
  7. ↑ a b c § 3 of the main statute of the joint municipality of Bersenbrück (PDF, 0.15 MB)
  8. ↑ In Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung on November 24, 2017: "Samtgemeinde Bersenbrück and Ruma now partners"; accessed on December 24, 2018
  9. ↑ Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung of February 6, 2017: "Committee: Indoor swimming pool in Ankum should be rebuilt" ; accessed on April 12, 2019
  10. ↑ https://www.noz.de/lokales/samtgemeinde-bersenbrueck/artikel/1670730/samtgemeinde-bersenbrueck-will-baedergesellschaft-gruenden%7C In Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung of March 5, 2019: "Samtgemeinde Bersenbrück wants to found a bathing company"; accessed on April 12, 2019
  11. ↑ http://www.bersenbrueck.de/staticsite/staticsite.php?menuid=3123&topmenu=4 Internet presence of the joint municipality on the fire brigades
  12. ↑ https://www.noz.de/artikel/389832/75-jahre-feuerwehr-kettenkamp#gallery&0&0&389832 IN Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung on May 31, 2011: "75 Years of the Kettenkamp Fire Brigade"; accessed on December 8, 2018