Vest (Lower Saxony)
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Coordinates: 53 ° 4 ′ N , 10 ° 42 ′ E |
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Basic data | ||
State : | Lower Saxony | |
County : | Uelzen | |
Joint municipality : | Bevensen-Ebstorf | |
Height : | 59 m above sea level NHN | |
Area : | 25.27 km 2 | |
Residents: | 945 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density : | 37 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Postal code : | 29599 | |
Area code : | 05828 | |
License plate : | UE | |
Community key : | 03 3 60 026 | |
Community structure: | 7 districts | |
Association administration address: | Lindenstrasse 12 29549 Bad Bevensen |
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Mayor : | Achim Ritzer ( CDU ) | |
Location of the municipality of Weste in the district of Uelzen | ||
Weste is a municipality in the Lüneburg Heath in the district of Uelzen , Lower Saxony . The municipality Weste belongs to the integrated municipality Bevensen-Ebstorf . The community is on the Uelzen – Dannenberg railway line .
Community structure
The municipality of Weste consists of the districts Weste, Hagen, Höver , Oetzendorf (until September 10, 1936 Oitzendorf ), Schlagte , Testorf and Weste-Bahnhof and the Westersunderberg residential area.
politics
Municipal council
The council of the municipality of Weste consists of eleven councilors and councilors.
CDU | SPD | total | |
2011 | 7 (64.3%) | 4 (35.7%) | 11 seats |
Last local election on September 11, 2011
Mayor / Administration
Mayor is Achim Ritzer (CDU). The municipal administration is located in the fire station .
coat of arms
The blazon reads: The coat of arms shows a golden shield, divided by a red zigzag bar with three points, on the middle point of which two crossed, outward-looking red horse heads, including a blue cornflower with five petals.
Culture and sights
- The neo-Gothic chapel in Höver is also a listed building, as are the bell towers in Testorf and Weste themselves.
- Another attraction is the Heidefriedhof between Weste and Testorf.
Listed bell tower of the chapel zu Weste
Architectural monuments
Personalities
- Heinrich Heine (born August 28, 1860 in Weste; † March 12, 1931 in Nordhausen), teacher and local history researcher
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony, LSN-Online regional database, Table 12411: Update of the population, as of December 31, 2019 ( help ).
- ↑ Statistics of the German Reich, Volume 450: Official municipality directory for the German Reich, Part I, Berlin 1939; Page 265
- ^ Result of local elections 2011