Elm-Asse municipality

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Elm-Asse municipality
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Coordinates: 52 ° 8 '  N , 10 ° 47'  E

Basic data
Existing period: 2015–
State : Lower Saxony
County : Wolfenbüttel
Area : 213.37 km 2
Residents: 18,161 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 85 inhabitants per km 2
License plate : WF
Association key : 03 1 58 5407
Association structure: 12 municipalities
Association administration address
: 		Markt 3
38170 Schöppenstedt
Website : www.elm-asse.de
Mayor of the municipality : Dirk Neumann (non-party)
Location of the Elm-Asse community in the Wolfenbüttel district
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The joint municipality of Elm-Asse is a joint municipality in the district of Wolfenbüttel in Lower Saxony . It was created on January 1, 2015 from the previous joint municipalities Asse and Schöppenstedt . Its administrative seat is the city of Schöppenstedt . In Remlingen there is a branch office including a citizens' office.

geography

Joint community structure

The following congregations belong to the joint congregation:

history

In June 2011 a future contract for the merger was signed. The merger plans were motivated by high municipal debts and the dwindling population. The councils of the joint municipalities of Asse and Schöppenstedt approved the merger to form the joint municipality of Elm-Asse in October 2013.

The member communities Remlingen and Semmenstedt merged on November 1, 2016 to form the new community Remlingen-Semmenstedt.

politics

Joint council

The council of the Elm-Asse municipality consists of 36 councilors and councilors.

Council of the Samtgemeinde Elm-Asse: Election results and joint municipal councils
SPD CDU B'90 / Greens AfD total electoral
participation 		electoral
legitimate 		Voters
Joint municipal council election 2014
Turnout: 44.18%
 %
60
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
50.55%
35.91%
7.28%
5.35%
Electoral term % Mandates % Mandates % Mandates % Mandates % Total number of seats on the Council %
2014-2019 50.55 19th 35.91 13 7.28 2 5.36 2 100 36 44.18 15,631 6,907
Source .

Joint mayor of the municipality

Regina Bollmeier has been the mayor of the municipality since January 1st, 2015. In the last mayoral election on November 16, 2014, she was elected with 59.36% of the vote against a competitor. The turnout was 44.11%.

Previous incumbent
  • since 2015: Regina Bollmeier (SPD)

coat of arms

Coat of arms of the municipality of Elm-Asse

Blazon : The coat of arms shows in a golden shield a ten-leaf green beech growing from a corrugated green shield base; the base of the shield is covered in bars with two square silver salt crystals standing on the tip. "

The coat of arms was designed by the local heraldist Jörg Mantzsch and decided on October 29, 2013 by the municipality to be used as a guide. It refers to the hilly geography of the region, to the rich beech population as well as to the salt production as an economic activity carried out over generations.

The colors of the community are: green-yellow.

flag

The flag is green-yellow (1: 1) striped (landscape format: stripes running horizontally from above, lengthwise format: stripes running vertically from the mast) and centered with the coat of arms of the municipality of Elm-Asse.

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. ↑ a b Council Asse votes for the merger . October 30, 2013.
  3. ↑ a b Council Schöppenstedt is also for the merger , October 30, 2013
  4. ^ Fusion between Schöppenstedt and Asse is sealed , June 5, 2011
  5. ↑ Greens from the joint communities Schöppenstedt and Asse want to support the merger constructively . December 29, 2011.
  6. ↑ Law on the reorganization of the community of Remlingen-Semmenstedt, Wolfenbüttel district of February 17, 2016. In: Niedersächsisches Gesetz- und Verordnungsblatt No. 2/2016 of February 25, 2016, p. 37
  7. ↑ Announcement on www.schoeppenstedt.net
  8. ↑ Announcement on www.schoeppenstedt.net
  9. ↑ Jörg Mantzsch : The coat of arms of the joint municipality Elm-Asse, documentation on the identification of the coat of arms , deposited with the joint municipality Elm-Asse and with the local authority of the district Wolfenbüttel, 2013
  10. ↑ The green beech stands for Elm and Asse , November 8, 2013

Web links

Website of the municipality of Elm-Asse