Integrated community of Fürstenau

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	Coordinates: 52 ° 31 '  N , 7 ° 41'  E
Basic data
State :	Lower Saxony
County :	Osnabrück
Area :	224.58 km 2
Residents:	15,870 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	71 inhabitants per km 2
License plate :	OS , BSB, MEL, WTL
Association key :	03 4 59 5403
Association structure:	3 municipalities
Association administration address :	Schloßplatz 1 49584 Fürstenau
Website :	www.fuerstenau.de
Samtgemeinde- mayor :	Benno Trütken ( SPD )
Location of the joint municipality of Fürstenau in the Osnabrück district

The joint municipality of Fürstenau is a joint municipality in the northwest of the Osnabrück district in Lower Saxony .

geography

The integrated community includes the southwestern Artland with the northwestern part of the Ankumer Höhe and the eastern foothills of the Lingener Höhe . The Bramgau connects to the east, the Tecklenburger Land to the south and the Emsland to the west .

Joint community structure

The combined community includes the member communities Berge and Bippen and the city of Fürstenau .

history

Population development

Population development in the Fürstenau municipality since 1987

The following overview shows the population of the municipality of Fürstenau 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	13864
1990	14631
1995	16494
2000	16619
2005	16841
2010	16450

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

The Samtgemeinderat currently has 32 members from 4 parties or groups. In addition, the mayor of the municipality, Benno Trütken (SPD), is a voting member. The council chairman is Herbert Gans (CDU).

The following table shows the local election results since 1996.

Council of the joint municipality Fürstenau: election results and joint municipality councils
	CDU		SPD		Green		FDP		Wählerge- Communities		Individual applicants		Others		total		electoral participation
Electoral term	%		%		%		%		%		%		%		%		%
1996-2001	58.4	19th	35.5	12	4.0	1	2.1	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	100	32	67.7
2001-2006	56.7	19th	38.7	13	2.9	0	1.5	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	100	32	62.4
2006-2011	47.4	15th	48.1	15th	2.5	1	2.0	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	100	32	60.9
2011-2016
2016-2021	48.98	13	43.20	11	5.23	1	2.60	1								26th	56.73

mayor

Benno Trütken (SPD) is the full-time mayor of the joint community of Fürstenau. In the last mayoral election on May 25, 2014, he was elected with 50.4% of the vote. His opponent Ann Oldiges (CDU) received 49.6%. The turnout was 56.0%. Trütken took up his term in office on November 1, 2014, replacing the previous incumbent Peter Selter (CDU), who was no longer a candidate.

• Since 2014 Benno Trütken (SPD)
• 2006-2014 Peter Selter (CDU)
• 1996-2006 Helmut Kamlage (CDU)

Web links

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

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.

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. ↑ Joint election leadership : Announcement of the final election results. Retrieved March 13, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Individual results of the direct elections on May 25, 2014 in Lower Saxony , accessed on November 8, 2014
5. ↑ Jürgen Ackmann: A farewell after 43 years. CDU Samtgemeindeverband Fürstenau, November 3, 2006, accessed on March 8, 2020 . 
6. ↑ State Office for Statistics and Communication Technology Lower Saxony, Table 5000311
7. ↑ 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)
8. ^ The local elections for the district of Osnabrück on September 11, 2011 (also includes 2006 results). (PDF 8.0MB p. 21 column "Municipal elections") Osnabrück district, accessed on March 6, 2016 .