Seevetal
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| type | Gemeinde |
| name | Seevetal |
| image_flag | Flagge Seevetal.svg |
| image_coa | DEU Seevetal COA.svg |
| image_photo | St Mauritius Kirche Hittfeld.JPG |
| image_caption | Church of Saint Maurice at Hittfeld |
| coordinates | |
| image_plan | Seevetal in WL.svg |
| state | Niedersachsen |
| district | Harburg |
| elevation | 3 - 70 |
| area | 105.33 |
| postal_code | 21220, 21217, 21218 |
| area_code | 04105, 04185, 040 |
| licence | WL |
| Gemeindeschlüssel | 03 3 53 031 |
| mayor | Emily Weede |
| leader_term | 2021–26 |
| party | CDU |
| website | |
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|type = Gemeinde |name = Seevetal |image_flag = Flagge Seevetal.svg |image_coa = DEU Seevetal COA.svg |image_photo = St Mauritius Kirche Hittfeld.JPG |image_caption = Church of Saint Maurice at Hittfeld |coordinates = |image_plan = Seevetal in WL.svg |state = Niedersachsen |district = Harburg |elevation = 3 - 70 |area = 105.33 |postal_code = 21220, 21217, 21218 |area_code = 04105, 04185, 040 |licence = WL |Gemeindeschlüssel = 03 3 53 031 |mayor = Emily Weede |leader_term = 2021–26 |party = CDU |website = Seevetal (; ; both ) is a municipality in the district of Harburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 20 km south of Hamburg, and 15 km west of Winsen (Luhe). Its seat is in the village Hittfeld. It is named after the river Seeve.
History
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On 1 July 1972, the administrations of 19 independent smaller municipalities were merged to form the Seevetal municipality. The 19 towns and villages forming Seevetal are Beckedorf, Bullenhausen, Emmelndorf, Fleestedt, Glüsingen, Groß Moor, Helmstorf, Hittfeld, Holtorfsloh, Horst, Hörsten, Klein Moor, Lindhorst, Maschen, Meckelfeld, Metzendorf, Ohlendorf, Over and Ramelsloh.
Several of these towns have a rich history: the existence of Ramelsloh was first vouched in the year 845, Maschen was first mentioned in official documents in 1294, and Hittfeld celebrated its 900th anniversary in June 2007. The St. Mauritius church in Hittfeld dates back to the 12th century. Remarkable archaeological finds of the region are the Metzendorf-Woxdorf head burial dating to ca. 2200 BCE or the early Christian Maschen disc brooch which are in the permanent exhibition of the nearby Archaeological Museum Hamburg.
Populated places
Seevetal is further subdivided into 19 villages and hamlets, which are grouped into six boroughs:
- Fleestedt: Fleestedt, Glüsingen, Beckedorf, Metzendorf
- Hittfeld: Hittfeld, Emmelndorf, Helmstorf, Lindhorst
- Maschen: Maschen, Horst, Hörsten
- Meckelfeld: Meckelfeld, Klein-Moor
- Over: Over, Bullenhausen, Groß-Moor
- Ramelsloh: Ramelsloh, Ohlendorf, Holtorfsloh
Demographics
Population of Seevetal (as of December 31 of each year):
- 1998 – 39,564
- 1999 – 40,164
- 2000 – 40,536
- 2001 – 40,819
- 2002 – 41,060
- 2003 – 41,157
- 2004 – 41,287
- 2005 – 41,614
Seevetal is the most populous German municipality that has no city rights, i.e., it is the most populous rural municipality ("Gemeinde") in Germany.
Politics
The council of the Seevetal municipality consists of 40 seats. The current council was elected on September 10, 2006 and consists of:
- CDU – 17 seats
- SPD – 13 seats
- BIS – 4 seats
- FDP – 3 seats
- Alliance 90/The Greens – 3 seats
The current mayor Emily Weede (CDU) was elected on 26 September 2021.
Sport
- TuS Fleestedt
- HSG Seevetal
- TSV Eintracht Hittfeld
- SC Seevetal
- HSG Seevetal/Ashausen
- VfL Maschen
- ESV Maschen
- MTV Ramelsloh
- PBC Seevetal e.V. – Poolbillard
- SV Emmelndorf
- TV Meckelfeld
- Schützenverein Moor
- TSV Over Bullenhausen
- Windsurfer Seevetal e.V.
Twin towns – sister cities
Seevetal is twinned with:
- USA Decatur, United States
Notable people
- Caroline Daur (born 1995), fashion blogger, grew up here
References
References
- (13 October 2021). "Stichwahlen zu Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 26. September 2021". [[Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen]].
- "Hauptsatzung der Gemeinde Seevetal".
- "Städtepartnerschaft Seevetal - Decatur". Seevetal.
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