Regional association for the greater Braunschweig area
The regional association for the greater Braunschweig area is responsible for advising and coordinating overarching tasks that affect the entire Braunschweig region . The association covers the area of the independent cities of Braunschweig , Salzgitter and Wolfsburg as well as the districts of Gifhorn , Goslar , Helmstedt , Peine and Wolfenbüttel with a total area of 5,080 square kilometers and 1.13 million inhabitants. The cities , municipalities and districts in the association area plan and design their own areas.
tasks
Regional planning
The central tasks include regional planning , i.e. the preparation and updating of superordinate, regional and comprehensive plans and programs as well as the coordination of spatially significant planning . The desired spatial and structural development of the planning area is presented in the Regional Spatial Planning Program (RROP) (see regional planning).
Public transport authority
Another important area of responsibility is local transport . The association is responsible for the local public transport (ÖPNV) and has the task of creating and implementing the local transport plan.
For local rail passenger transport (SPNV), the association orders the transport services from the railway companies. The subsidiary Regionalbahnfahrzeuge Großraum Braunschweig provided its own vehicle pool for the tender for the Lower Saxony East ( Enno ) electrical network. The 20 Alstom Coradia Continental railcars are leased to the operator of the lines, the Metronom Eisenbahngesellschaft .
For local public transport, the association puts out the transport services that can not be provided by the transport company on their own.
Association meeting
The association assembly as a political body - with 59 honorary members appointed by the city councils or district assemblies of the association members - elects the association chairperson from among its members as a representative.
- List of association chairmen
- 2001–2006 and since 2011: Detlef Tanke (SPD)
- 1996-2001: Ulrike Block-von Schwartz (SPD)
- 1991–1996 and 2006–2011: Helmut Kuhlmann (CDU)
Employee
The association employs 57 people to prepare and implement the resolutions of the association assembly. The administration is led by a director who is commissioned by the association assembly.
- List of association directors
- since 2020: Ralf Sygusch (SPD)
- 2010–2020: Hennig Brandes (CDU)
- 1992–2009: Martin Kleemeyer (FDP)
history
From December 4, 1973 to December 31, 1978, the Greater Braunschweig Association existed as a predecessor association . Members were the districts of Braunschweig (until its dissolution), Gifhorn , Helmstedt , Peine and Wolfenbüttel as well as the independent cities of Braunschweig , Salzgitter and Wolfsburg . At that time there was a political association assembly, the members of which were elected by the city councils or district assemblies involved.
The top management elected on February 7, 1974 consisted of the member of the state parliament Bernhard Ließ , the legal assistant Jürgen Bräcklein and the technical assistant Reinhold Oertwig .
The association had roughly the same tasks as the resulting special purpose association for the greater Braunschweig area . On March 22, 2017, this was further developed into the regional association for the greater Braunschweig area . This is accompanied by an expansion of the scope of duties.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 25 years of the greater Braunschweig area (Festschrift). Braunschweig 2017.
- ↑ a b Law on the Regional Association, Greater Braunschweig '
- ↑ enno - the train and the network. Regional association for the greater Braunschweig area, accessed on August 20, 2020 .
- ↑ https://www.regionalverband-braunschweig.de/ueber-uns/verwaltung/ Verbandsverwaltung
- ^ Regional association: Welcome to the regional association for the greater Braunschweig area