Integrated community of Harpstedt
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Coordinates: 52 ° 54 ' N , 8 ° 35' E |
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Basic data | ||
State : | Lower Saxony | |
County : | Oldenburg | |
Area : | 210.39 km 2 | |
Residents: | 10,698 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density : | 51 inhabitants per km 2 | |
License plate : | OIL | |
Association key : | 03 4 58 5401 | |
Association structure: | 8 municipalities | |
Association administration address : |
Freedom of office 1 27243 Harpstedt |
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Samtgemeinde- mayor : |
Herwig Wöbse ( CDU ) | |
Location of the integrated community of Harpstedt in the Oldenburg district | ||
The integrated community of Harpstedt is the only integrated community in the Oldenburg district in Lower Saxony . It is headquartered in spots Harpstedt . Until the Lower Saxony district and territorial reform in 1977, it belonged to the district of Grafschaft Hoya . With an area of 210.39 km² it is the largest regional authority in the district of Oldenburg.
geography
Geographical location
The entire community is located in the Wildeshauser Geest Nature Park and is traversed by the Delme . The Hunte flows on the western edge . In addition, the Purrmühlenbach , the Annenriede (also called Annengraben ) and the Dünsener Bach flow through the joint community. The Klosterbach Grenzbach is on the eastern border of the municipality of Diepholz .
Neighboring communities
In the west, the municipality of Harpstedt borders on the district town of Wildeshausen and Dötlingen , in the north on Ganderkesee and the independent city of Delmenhorst , in the east and south on Stuhr , Bassum and Twistringen ( district of Diepholz ) and in the southwest on Goldenstedt ( district of Vechta ).
Joint community structure
The joint congregation includes:
politics
Joint council
The joint council of the joint community of Harpstedt consists of 26 councilors and councilors. This is the specified number for a municipality with a population between 10,001 and 11,000 inhabitants. The 26 council members are elected for five years each by local elections. The current term of office began on November 1, 2016 and ends on October 31, 2021.
The full-time mayor of the municipality Herwig Wöbse (CDU) is also entitled to vote in the municipal council .
The last local election on September 11, 2016 resulted in the following:
Political party | Proportional votes | Number of seats |
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CDU | 36.60% | 10 |
SPD | 27.29% | 7th |
HBL | 16.15% | 4th |
Alliance 90 / The Greens | 13.93% | 4th |
FDP | 4.09% | 1 |
Individual applicants | 1.92% | 0 |
The turnout in the 2016 local elections was 61.67%, above the Lower Saxony average of 55.5%. For comparison - in the previous local elections on September 11, 2011, the turnout was 58.78%.
mayor
In the last mayoral elections on June 16, 2014, Herwig Wöbse (CDU) was elected full-time mayor of the municipality . In the runoff election , Wöbse received 64.24% of the vote, his opponent Klaus Budzin (SPD) 35.75%. The turnout was 43.46%. Herwig Wöbse took up his post on November 1, 2014 and replaced Mayor Uwe Cordes, who had been in office since July 1, 1998, and who did not run again.
Economy and Infrastructure
Following the leading by the Integrated municipality A 1 is about the connection points Wildeshausen and large Ippener in the directions Osnabruck - Dortmund and Bremen - Hamburg .
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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 January 20, 2017.
- ↑ a b c Overall results of the municipal council election on September 11 , 2016, accessed on January 20, 2017
- ↑ The CDU gets the most votes nationwide. September 12, 2016. Retrieved January 20, 2017 .
- ↑ Samtgemeinde Harpstedt - overall result runoff mayoral election on June 16, 2014 , accessed on October 25, 2014