Integrated community of Oldendorf-Himmelpforten

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	Coordinates: 53 ° 37 '  N , 9 ° 18'  E
Basic data
Existing period:	2014–
State :	Lower Saxony
County :	Stade
Area :	196.23 km 2
Residents:	18,398 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	94 inhabitants per km 2
License plate :	HOURS
Association key :	03 3 59 5409
Association structure:	10 municipalities
Association administration address :	Mittelweg 2 21709 Himmelpforten
Website :	www.oldendorf-himmelpforten.de
Samtgemeinde- mayor :	Holger Falcke (independent)
Location of the combined community of Oldendorf-Himmelpforten in the Stade district

The combined community of Oldendorf-Himmelpforten is a community association in the Stade district in Lower Saxony . The administrative headquarters are in Himmelpforten , with a branch office including a citizens' office in Oldendorf . Around 17,500 people live in the municipality.

Joint community structure

The integrated community consists of the ten member communities Burweg , Düdenbüttel , Engelschoff , Estorf , Großenwörden , Hammah , Heinbockel , Himmelpforten, Kranenburg and Oldendorf.

history

The joint community was created on January 1, 2014 from the merger of the joint communities Himmelpforten and Oldendorf .

politics

Joint council

The joint council of the combined community of Oldendorf-Himmelpforten consists of 32 councilors. This is the specified number for a joint municipality with a population between 15,001 and 20,000. The council members are elected for a five-year term 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 Joint Community, Holger Falcke, is also entitled to vote in the Council of the Joint Community.

The last local election on September 11, 2016 resulted in the following:

Political party	Votes in percent	Seats
CDU	37.19%	12
SPD	32.47%	10
FWG	17.02%	6th
GREEN	6.84%	2
OLH 1)	4.46%	1
FDP	1.99%	1

^{1) Hammah Open List}

The turnout in the 2016 local elections was 62.90%, above the Lower Saxony average of 55.5%.

The fountain water feature as a symbol of how water connects the places of the integrated municipality, behind the town hall in Himmelpforten

Joint mayor of the municipality

In the mayoral election on November 10, 2013, Holger Falcke was able to prevail with 85.09 percent yes-votes. Falcke is independent and with the support of the CDU, the SPD, the FWG and the OLH, he was the only applicant for the office of mayor of the municipality. He was previously mayor of the municipality of Himmelpforten and a decisive supporter of the creation of the new municipality of Oldendorf-Himmelpforten.

Partnerships

Since July 8, 2005, the joint community of Oldendorf has been in partnership with the Polish rural community of Puck on the Baltic Sea .

Web links

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

• Website of the joint municipality of Oldendorf-Himmelpforten

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. ↑ Main statutes of the combined community of Oldendorf-Himmelpforten
3. ↑ Ordinance on the merger of the municipalities of Himmelpforten and Oldendorf of February 14, 2013 In: Niedersächsisches Gesetz- und Verordnungsblatt No. 4/2013 p. 69
4. ^ Lower Saxony Municipal Constitutional Law (NKomVG) in the version of December 17, 2010; Section 46 - Number of MPs , accessed on April 2, 2017
5. ↑ ^{a b} Samtgemeinde Oldendorf-Himmelpforten - Samtgemeinderatswahl 2016 , accessed on April 2, 2017
6. ↑ The CDU gets the most votes nationwide. September 12, 2016, accessed April 2, 2017 . 
7. ↑ Overall result of the municipal mayor election on November 10, 2013 , accessed on April 2, 2017
8. ^ Town twinning