Bevensen

This article is about the Samtgemeinde. For the town, see Bad Bevensen.

Bevensen
Samtgemeinde
Coat of arms
Location of Bevensen
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Coordinates: 53°04′43″N10°34′41″E / 53.07861°N 10.57806°E / 53.07861; 10.57806
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Uelzen
Disbanded	1 November 2011
Subdivisions	8 municipalities
Area
• Total	226.66 km2 (87.51 sq mi)
Elevation	33 m (108 ft)
Population  (2010-12-31) [1]
• Total	16,050
• Density	71/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	29549
Dialling codes	05821
Vehicle registration	UE
Website	bad-bevensen.de

Bevensen is a former Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") in the district of Uelzen, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Its seat was in the town Bad Bevensen. At the 1 November 2011 local government reform, the Samtgemeinden Bevensen and Altes Amt Ebstorf merged to form the new Samtgemeinde Bevensen-Ebstorf.

Geography

Municipalities

The Bevensen Samtgemeinde consisted of the following eight municipalities:

Altenmedingen Bad Bevensen, town Barum Emmendorf Himbergen Jelmstorf Römstedt Weste

The villages in the eight municipalities:

Gemeinde Altenmedingen Aljarn Altenmedingen Bohndorf Bostelwiebeck Eddelstorf Haaßel Reisenmoor Secklendorf Vorwerk Town of Bad Bevensen Bad Bevensen Gollern Groß Hesebeck Jastorf Klein Bünstorf Klein Hesebeck Medingen Röbbel Sasendorf Seedorf Gemeinde Barum Barum Tätendorf-Eppensen Gut Hoystorf Gemeinde Emmendorf Emmendorf Heitbrack Nassennottorf Walmstorf

Gemeinde Himbergen Almstorf Brockhimbergen Groß Thondorf Himbergen Hohenfier Kettelstorf Klein Thondorf Kollendorf Rohrstorf Strothe Gemeinde Jelmstorf Addenstorf Bruchtorf Jelmstorf Gemeinde Römstedt Drögennottorf Havekost Masbrock Niendorf I Römstedt Gemeinde Weste Hagen Höver Oetzendorf Schlagte Testorf Weste

Politics

Municipal council

After the local elections of 10 September 2006 the municipal council was made up as follows:

• CDU: 13 seats
• SPD: 11 seats
• Greens: 3 seats
• Bad Bevensen independents: 3 seats
• FDP: 2 Sitze

The mayor also had a seat and a vote.

Notable residents

• Josef Oberhauser (1915–1979), German Nazi SS concentration camp commandant and Holocaust perpetrator

References

1. Population data