Integrated municipality of Schwaförden
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Coordinates: 52 ° 44 ' N , 8 ° 50' E |
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| Basic data | ||
| State : | Lower Saxony | |
| County : | Diepholz | |
| Area : | 149.42 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 6800 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 46 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| License plate : | DH, SY | |
| Association key : | 03 2 51 5406 | |
| Association structure: | 6 municipalities | |
| Association administration address : |
Poststrasse 157 27252 Schwaförden |
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| Mayor of the municipality : | Helmut Denker (independent) | |
| Location of the municipality of Schwaförden in the district of Diepholz | ||
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The joint municipality Schwaförden is a joint municipality in the district of Diepholz in Lower Saxony .
geography
Joint community structure
Member municipalities of the combined municipality of Schwaförden are: (the population of the municipality is given in brackets)
- Affinghausen (843)
- Ehrenburg (1475)
- New Churches (1206)
- Scholen (752)
- Schwaförden (1490)
- Sudwalde (1034)
history
The Schwaförden community was formed by voluntary merger in 1974.
politics
Joint council
The Samtgemeinderat of the Samtgemeinde Schwaförden consists of 18 councilors and councilors. This is the specified number for a joint municipality with a population between 6,001 and 7,000. The 18 council members are elected by local elections for five years each. The current term of office began on November 1, 2011 and ends on October 31, 2016.
The full-time Mayor of the Joint Municipality, Helmut Denker (independent), is also entitled to vote in the Council of the Joint Community.
The last local election on September 11, 2016 resulted in the following:
| CDU | SPD | FDP | WUL | Individual suggestion from Dr. Meyer | total | |
| 2011 | 34.55% - 6 seats | 33.13% - 6 seats | 11.19% - 2 seats | 17.88% - 3 seats | 3.22% - 1 seat | 18 seats |
Joint mayor of the municipality
The full-time mayor of the joint municipality of Schwaförden is Helmut Denker (non-party). In the last mayoral election on May 25, 2014, he was re-elected as incumbent unopposed candidate with 84.4% of the vote. The turnout was 47.9%. Denker began his further term on November 1, 2014.
Previous incumbents are:
- 1974–1986: Heinrich Jürgens ( FDP )
- 1986–1991: Udo Quade ( FDP )
- 1991–1998: Fritz Halves ( CDU )
- since 1998: Helmut Denker (independent)
coat of arms
Blazon : The coat of arms of the Samtgemeinde shows a red and silver wall with three towers and four battlements in a divided shield over a red and silver pedestal.
Upper half: Seal of the Ehrenburg office from the end of the 18th century.
Lower half: The moved cross of the noble lords of Grimmenberg from the family of the Counts of Oldenburg-Altbruchhausen.
Buildings
There are churches worth seeing, which can look back on an old age, in Schmalförden , Neuenkirchen , Scholen , Schwaförden and Sudwalde .
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony, LSN-Online regional database, Table 12411: Update of the population, as of December 31, 2019 ( help ).
- ↑ Law on the reorganization of the municipalities in the area of Grafschaft Diepholz / Grafschaft Hoya / Delmenhorst of November 8, 1973, promulgated in the lower part. GVBl. No. 42/1973 p. 423
- ^ Lower Saxony Municipal Constitutional Law (NKomVG) in the version of December 17, 2010; Section 46 - Number of MPs , accessed on November 10, 2014
- ↑ Individual results of the direct elections on May 25, 2014 in Lower Saxony , accessed on November 8, 2014
