Ganderkesee

Ganderkesee
Ganderkesee
	Aerial view of Ganderkesee in 2012
	Coat of arms
	Location of Ganderkesee within Oldenburg district
	Ganderkesee Ganderkesee
	Coordinates: 53°02′09″N 08°32′54″E
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Oldenburg
Subdivisions	25 districts
Government
• Mayor	Alice Gerken-Klaas
Area
• Total	138.26 km2 (53.38 sq mi)
Elevation	27 m (89 ft)
Population (2019-12-31)[1]
• Total	31,360
• Density	230/km2 (590/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	27777
Dialling codes	04222, 04221, 04223
Vehicle registration	OL
Website	ganderkesee.de

Ganderkesee is a municipality in Oldenburg district, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

Geography

Geographical Location

Ganderkesee is located on the northern edge of a nature park called "Wildeshauser Geest". The northernmost part of the community is in the glacial valley of the Weser. The sandy, higher and hilly terrain of Geest joins south.

The municipality Ganderkesee bordered to the east by the city of Delmenhorst, in the north of the communities Lemwerder and Berne in the district Wesermarsch and to the municipality Hude, to the west of the town Hatten and on the south by the municipalities Dötlingen and Harpstedt.

Geographical Classification

Ganderkesee includes 25 hamlets with about 31,200 residents: Ganderkesee, Almsloh, Bergedorf, Bookholzberg, Bookhorn, Bürstel, Elmeloh, Falkenburg, Grüppenbühren, Habbrügge, Havekost, Heide, Hengsterholz, Hohenböken, Holzkamp, Hoyerswege, Hoykenkamp, Immer, Neuenlande, Rethorn, Schierbrok, Schlutter, Schönemoor, Steinkimmen and Stenum.

History

Ganderkesee was mentioned in 860 AD for the first time under the name of "Gandrikesarde".

Trivia

Château-du-Loir is Ganderkesee's partner city in the Sarthe department in France.
With "Atlas Airport", Ganderkesee possesses a regional airport.
Near Steinkimmen is a 298-metre-high (978 ft) guyed steel tube mast for FM- and TV-broadcasting, the Transmitter Steinkimmen.

Council

Chairman: Gerd Brand, CDU

The Council of Ganderkesee:

SPD: 12 seats
CDU: 11 seats
FDP: 3 seats
UWG (Independent voters Community Ganderkesee) / Free votes: 3 seats
Bündnis 90/Die Grünen: 6 seats

References

Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen, LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle 12411: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2019.

External links

Public schools

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[1] Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen, LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle 12411: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2019.