Integrated community of Bruchhausen-Vilsen

Basic data
State :	Lower Saxony
County :	Diepholz
Area :	227.07 km 2
Residents:	17,447 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	77 inhabitants per km 2
License plate :	DH, SY
Association key :	03 2 51 5403
Association structure:	4 municipalities
Association administration address ; :	Lange Strasse 11 ; 27305 Bruchhausen-Vilsen
Website :	www.bruchhausen- ; vilsen.de
Samtgemeinde- ; mayor :	Bernd Bormann ( independent )
Location of the joint municipality of Bruchhausen-Vilsen in the Diepholz district

The joint municipality of Bruchhausen-Vilsen is a joint municipality in the district of Diepholz in Lower Saxony . Four municipalities have come together in it to carry out their administrative business. The seat of the joint community is the climatic health resort of Bruchhausen-Vilsen .

geography

Joint community structure

Bruchhausen-Vilsen area before the 1974 local government reform

The municipalities belong to the joint municipality of Bruchhausen-Vilsen

history

The joint congregation was formed in 1974. More than 20 parishes were dissolved. The municipalities angels and Süstedt , which originally belonged to the joint community, were on November 1, 2011 and November 1, 2016 for each part of the newly formed borough Bruchhausen-Vilsen.

Population development

year	1987	1992	1997	2002	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2013
Residents	14,333	15,316	16,591	17,232	17.057	17.002	16,839	16,795	16,704	16,779

(as of December 31st)

politics

Joint council

The joint municipality council of the joint municipality of Bruchhausen-Vilsen consists of 32 council women and councilors. This is the specified number for a joint municipality with a population between 15,001 and 20,000. The 32 council members are elected for five years each by local elections. The current term of office began on November 1, 2011 and ends on October 31, 2016.

The full-time Mayor of the Joint Community, Bernd Bormann (non-party), is also entitled to vote in the Council of the Joint Community.

The last local election on September 11, 2016 resulted in the following:

CDU - 10 seats
SPD - 9 seats
Green - 6 seats
UWG - 5 seats
FDP - 1 seat
The left - 1 seat

Joint mayor of the municipality

Bernd Bormann has been the full-time mayor of the municipality since November 1, 2014 . In the last mayoral election on May 25, 2014, he was elected unopposed with 85.7% of the vote. The turnout was 46.8%.

Previous incumbents of the joint municipality:

2000–2014: Horst Wiesch (independent)
since 2014: Bernd Bormann (independent)

coat of arms

Blazon : "In the split sign into gold a growing gap in the line, upright, red reinforced black bear paw , left eight times gest changes from blue and silver."

Community partnerships

Janowice Wielkie municipality in Poland

Culture and sights

Museum train

The German Railway Association has been operating a museum railway on an 8 km long narrow-gauge line to Asendorf since 1966 . The Asendorf Art Shed is located in a half-timbered shed at Asendorf train station .

Mills

In the four member communities of the integrated community, nine historical mills have been preserved - of the original 20 - which have been partially restored and can be visited:

Windmills
- Behlmer Mühle in Bruchhausen-Vilsen , Engeln district , built in 1876
- Fehsenfeldsche Mühle in Martfeld , built in 1871
- Martfeld field mill in Martfeld, rebuilt in 1851, first documented mention in 1583
- Sprakener Windmühle in Schwarme , built in 1856
- Stühr mill in Martfeld, built in 1878

Behlmer mill
Fehsenfeldsche Mühle in Martfeld
Field mill in Martfeld

Watermills
- Noltesche Mühle in Bruchhausen-Vilsen , Süstedt district , rebuilt in 1880, first documented mention in 1745
- Bruchmühlen watermill in Bruchhausen-Vilsen, Bruchmühlen district, newly built in 1749, first documented mention in 1532
- Heiligenberg monastery mill in Bruchhausen-Vilsen, Heiligenberg district, rebuilt in 1785, first mention of a miller at this location in 1370