Joint municipality Lüchow (Wendland)

Basic data
Existing period:	2006–
State :	Lower Saxony
County :	Lüchow-Dannenberg
Area :	561.19 km 2
Residents:	24,046 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	43 inhabitants per km 2
License plate :	DAN
Association key :	03 3 54 5407
Association structure:	12 municipalities
Association administration address ; :	Theodor-Körner-Str. 14 ; 29439 Lüchow
Website :	www.luechow-wendland.de
Mayor of the municipality :	Hubert Sweden ( independent )
Location of the joint municipality Lüchow (Wendland) in the Lüchow-Dannenberg district

The joint municipality Lüchow (Wendland) is a joint municipality in the Lüchow-Dannenberg district . Twelve municipalities are united in it to carry out their administrative business. It was formed on November 1, 2006 from the combined communities of Clenze and Lüchow . The basis for this is the Lower Saxony law to strengthen local self-government in the Lüchow-Dannenberg district . The seat of the joint municipality is the city of Lüchow (Wendland) . There is a branch office of the administration in the Clenze area.

geography

Geographical location

The joint community Lüchow (Wendland) in the southern district of Lüchow-Dannenberg is located in the middle of the triangle of Hamburg, Hanover and Berlin.

Expansion of the total municipality area

The area of the joint municipality covers an area of 561.05 km².

Joint community structure

The joint municipality Lüchow (Wendland) has comprised two cities, two towns and eight municipalities since November 1, 2006 .

politics

The joint municipality Lüchow (Wendland) belongs to the state electoral district 48 Elbe and to the federal electoral district 38 Lüchow-Dannenberg - Lüneburg .

Joint council

The council of the joint municipality Lüchow (Wendland) consists of 34 council women and councilors. This is the specified number for a joint municipality with a population of between 20,001 and 25,000. The 34 council members are elected by local elections for five years each. The current term of office began on November 1, 2016 and ends on October 31, 2021.

The full-time mayor of the joint municipality, Hubert Schwedland (independent), is also entitled to vote in the council of the joint municipality.

The last local election on September 11, 2016 had the following result:

Total number of eligible voters: 7663, number of voters: 4039, invalid votes: 84, valid ballot papers: 3955, valid votes: 11,544

The valid votes are distributed among the nominations as follows: CDU 3296 votes / 7 seats; SPD 3598 votes / 8 seats; GREEN 867 votes / 2 seats; UWG 2676 votes / 6 seats; SOLI 450 votes / 1 seat; Citizens' list 345 votes 1 seat, WFW 312 votes 0 seats.

Joint mayor of the municipality

Hubert Schwedland (non-party) has been the full-time mayor of the joint municipality of Lüchow since 2006. In the last mayoral election on May 25, 2016, he was re-elected as incumbent. Sweden began his further term on November 1, 2016.

coat of arms

The coat of arms of the Samtgemeinde shows a semicircular shield, split, in front three pointed golden diamonds in a ratio of 2: 1 in red, behind in gold an upright blue lion holding a key in its claws.

flag

The flag of the Samtgemeinde is red and gold and bears the coat of arms of the Samtgemeinde.

Culture and sights

Museums

Amtsturm Museum in Lüchow
Museum Wustrow
Blue House Museum in Clenze
Wendlandhof Rundlingsmuseum in Lübeln

Swinmark Border Museum in Goehr

Individual evidence

↑ State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony, LSN-Online regional database, Table 12411: Update of the population, as of December 31, 2019 ( help ).

↑ Landtag constituencies from the 16th electoral term. Constituency division for the election to the Lower Saxony state parliament. Annex to § 10 para. 1 NLWG, p. 4. ( PDF ( Memento of the original from July 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and remove then this note .; 87 kB) @1@ 2

↑ Description of the constituencies. Annex to Section 2, Paragraph 2 of the Federal Election Act. In: Eighteenth law amending the federal electoral law. Annex to Article 1. Bonn, March 18, 2008, p. 325. ( PDF ( Memento of the original from July 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note .; 200 kB) @1@ 2

^ Lower Saxony Municipal Constitutional Law (NKomVG) in the version of December 17, 2010; Section 46 - Number of MPs , accessed on November 20, 2014

↑ Main compilation of the results Samtgemeinde Lüchow (Wendland) 11.09.2011 ( Memento of the original from December 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 20, 2014 @1@ 2

↑ ^a ^b Main statutes of the joint community Lüchow (Wendland) ( Memento of the original from December 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 20, 2014 @1@ 2

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-NI-1] State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony, LSN-Online regional database, Table 12411: Update of the population, as of December 31, 2019 ( help ).