Bevensen
Samtgemeinde in Lower Saxony, Germany
Coat of arms
Location of Bevensen
53°04′43″N 10°34′41″E / 53.07861°N 10.57806°E / 53.07861; 10.57806
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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:
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The villages in the eight municipalities:
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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
- ^ Population data