Integrated community of Leinebergland

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 52 ° 4 ′  N , 9 ° 47 ′  E
Basic data
Existing period:	2016–
State :	Lower Saxony
County :	Hildesheim
Area :	169.68 km 2
Residents:	18,181 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	107 inhabitants per km 2
License plate :	HI, ALF
Association key :	03 2 54 5406
Association structure:	3 municipalities
Association administration address :	Blanke Strasse 16 31028 Gronau (Leine)
Website :	www.sg-leinebergland.de
Mayor of the municipality :	Rainer Mertens ( SPD )
Location of the Leinebergland community in the Hildesheim district

The Leinebergland community is part of the Hildesheim district in Lower Saxony (Germany). It was formed on November 1, 2016 through the merger of the municipalities Gronau (Leine) and Duingen . The administrative seat is in the small town of Gronau (Leine) , in Duingen there is still a branch office with a citizens' office . It is the only integrated community in the Hildesheim district.

Joint community structure

• Stains Eime
• Patch Duingen
• Small town of Gronau (Leine) - seat of the joint municipality

history

Since 2013, the joint municipalities of Gronau (Leine) and Duingen have been negotiating the merger into a joint joint municipality, and in winter 2014 all member municipalities agreed to the merger. At the same time it was also decided to merge the municipalities of the joint municipality of Gronau (Leine), with the exception of Eime, with the city of Gronau (Leine) and the municipalities of the joint municipality of Duingen with the Duingen district .

politics

Joint council

Distribution of seats in the joint municipal council

     

A total of 39 seats

• Left : 1
• SPD : 17
• Greens : 3
• FW : 5
• CDU : 13

The Samtgemeinderat consists of 7 council women and 32 councilors from the following parties:

• SPD : 17 seats
• CDU : 13 seats
• Community of voters : 5 seats
• Greens : 3 seats
• The left : 1 seat

(Status: local election September 11, 2016)

Joint mayor of the municipality

On September 11, 2016, Rainer Mertens (SPD) was elected Mayor of the Municipality with 55% of the vote . His deputies are Volker Senftleben (SPD), Klaus Krumfuß (CDU) and Karl-Heinz Gieseler (SPD).

coat of arms

	Blazon : "Over a silver corrugated shield base , inside two blue corrugated strips , on a golden shield a green three-mountain from the left top of which a red stag jumps."
	Reasons for the coat of arms: still open

Web links

Commons : Samtgemeinde Leinebergland  - Collection of images

• Local government reform: Draft of a law on the unification of the communities of Banteln, Betheln, Brüggen, Despetal, Rheden and the city of Gronau (Leine) as well as on the new formation of the Duingen area and the Leinebergland community, Hildesheim 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. ^ Agreement on the formation of the Leinebergland integrated community. (PDF; 12 kB) (No longer available online.) In: duingen.de. Archived from the original on December 16, 2017 ; accessed on November 1, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Merger negotiations. (No longer available online.) In: gronau-leine.de. Archived from the original on January 18, 2018 ; accessed on March 4, 2019 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b} Council of the Samtgemeinde Leinebergland. In: Website Samtgemeinde Leinebergland. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
5. ↑ Tarek Abu Ajamieh: Portrait Rainer Mertens. In: Website Hildesheimer Allgemeine Zeitung . 2016, accessed July 3, 2017.
6. ↑ Main statutes of the Leinebergland community. In: Website Samtgemeinde Leinebergland. October 30, 2014, accessed on July 7, 2017 (PDF; 18 kB).