Harsefeld municipality

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	Coordinates: 53 ° 27 '  N , 9 ° 30'  E
Basic data
State :	Lower Saxony
County :	Stade
Area :	165.29 km 2
Residents:	22,172 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density :	134 inhabitants per km 2
License plate :	HOURS
Association key :	03 3 59 5403
Association structure:	4 municipalities
Association administration address :	Herrenstrasse 25 21698 Harsefeld
Website :	www.harsefeld.de
Samtgemeinde- mayor :	Ute Kück (independent)
Location of the Harsefeld municipality in the Stade district

The combined community of Harsefeld is located in the Lower Saxony district of Stade in the southern part of the Stader Geest . It has been run as an independent municipality since January 1, 2013 .

geography

Geographical location

The joint municipality of Harsefeld is located south of the district town of Stade and southwest of Hamburg on the Stader Geest . In the field of joint community are the places Ahlerstedt , Ahrensmoor , Ahrenswohlde , Bargstedt , Bokel , Brest , Griem Horst , Harsefeld , Hollenbeck , Issendorf , Kakerbeck , Oersdorf , Ohrensen , Ottendorf - Klethen , Reith , Ruschwedel , Wangersen , white field and Wohlerst and nature reserves Braken and Harselah , Kahles and Wildes Moor , Im Tadel , Aueniederung and side valleys , Frankenmoor and Steinbeckforst . In addition, the floodplain rises in the municipality and flows through it.

Neighboring communities

In the north-west and north, Harsefeld borders on the joint municipality of Fredenbeck , in the northeast on the joint municipality of Horneburg , in the east on the joint municipality of Apensen and in the south on the districts of Harburg and Rotenburg (Wümme) .

Joint community structure

The integrated community consists of the member communities Ahlerstedt , Bargstedt , Brest and the Harsefeld patch .

history

The first joint community Harsefeld was founded in 1967 from the then independent communities Harsefeld, Ruschwedel and Issendorf and existed until July 1, 1972. Horst Cöster was the community director.

The current joint municipality Harsefeld was formed in 1972 as part of the administrative and territorial reform of Lower Saxony from the four member municipalities mentioned above.

Population development

year	Residents
December 31, 1972	12,892
December 31, 1977	14,035
December 31, 1982	14,706
December 31, 1987	15153
December 31, 1992	16,456
December 31, 1997	17,907
December 31, 2002	20.186
December 31, 2007	20,394
December 31, 2012	20.093
December 31, 2017	21,447

politics

Joint council

The local election on September 11, 2016 led to the following result:

Parties and constituencies		% 2016	Seats 2016	% 2011	Seats 2011	% 2006	Seats 2006	% 2001	Seats 2001	Joint municipal council election 2016 Turnout: 61.67%  % 40 30th 20th 10 0 26.74 31.98 27.75 5.67 n. k. 2.37 2.67 3.08 CDU FWG SPD Green PDV NPD left ALFA Gains and losses compared to 2011  % p    8th    6th    4th    2    0   -2   -4   -6   -8th -6.04 +6.33 +2.68 -4.02 -2.21 +0.20 +1.25 +3.08 CDU FWG SPD Green PDV NPD left ALFA
CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	26.74	9	32.78	11	43.35	15th	45.73	16
FWG	Free community of voters	31.98	11	25.65	9	22.47	8th	20.97	7th
SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	27.75	9	25.07	9	26.56	9	27.79	9
GREEN	Alliance 90 / The Greens	5.67	2	9.69	3	5.19	2	4.69	1
PDV	Party of reason	-	-	2.21	1	-	-	-	-
NPD	National Democratic Party of Germany	2.37	1	2.17	1	2.43	1	-	-
LEFT	The left	2.06	1	1.42	-	-	-	-	-
FDP	Free Democratic Party	-	-	1.00	-	-	-	-	-
ALFA	Alliance for progress and awakening	3.08	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Otherwise.	Others	0.37	-	-	-	-	-	0.82	-
total		100.0	34	100.0	34	100.0	35	100.0	33
Voter turnout in%		61.67		55.24		53.17

coat of arms

The Harsefeld municipality bears the same coat of arms as the Harsefeld municipality.

Blazon : "The coat of arms of the Samtgemeinde shows in the white (silver) shield a black knight jumping to the right on a black horse with a raised sword and has three yellow (golden) roses in the blue head of the shield and two yellow (gold) roses in the base of the shield ."

Culture / sights

Museums

• Harsefeld Museum

Attractions

• Harsefeld monastery park with the courtyard and church
• Ahlerstedt Church
• Bargstedt Church
• Fulling Mill Ohrensen
• Napoleonsweg ( Via Romea ) near Ottendorf with memorial stones
• Numerous prehistoric burial mounds
• Garden of stones

Sports

The Harsefeld Tigers ice hockey team and the SV Ahlerstedt / Ottendorf soccer club are known nationwide .

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The combined community of Harsefeld is a bit away from the national transport links. The state roads L 123 and 124 connect the municipality with the federal road 73 in Stade and Horneburg and with the federal road 71 in Zeven and Bremervörde . The next motorway connection is in Sittensen on the federal motorway 1 . In the future, the federal motorway 26 , which is still under construction, with a connection in Stade, will also be important.

The Bremerhaven – Buxtehude railway line runs through the municipality with four stops in Brest-Aspe , Bargstedt , Harsefeld and Ruschwedel. The next supra-regional train station is Buxtehude train station , which offers a connection to Hamburg .

education

The joint community is responsible for four elementary schools and two high schools. These include:

• Ahlerstedt primary school (responsible for the Ahlerstedt community)
• Elementary school Bargstedt (responsible for the communities of Bargstedt and Brest)
• Elementary school Rosenborn Harsefeld
• Elementary school at Feldbusch Harsefeld
• Selma-Lagerlöf- Oberschule Harsefeld
• Oberschule Schule am Auetal (responsible for the communities Ahlerstedt, Brest and Bargstedt)

The Aue-Geest-Gymnasium Harsefeld , which has existed since the school year 2006/7, and the Balthasar-Leander-School are run by the district.

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. ↑ LSN-Online, the largest regional statistical database in Germany. Retrieved January 14, 2019 . 
3. ^ Election results for the local election of Lower Saxony 2016, Harsefeld municipal council on harsefeld.de, accessed on April 14, 2017