Bevensen
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| 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 | 70.81/km2 (183.4/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
[edit | edit source]Municipalities
[edit | edit source]The Bevensen Samtgemeinde consisted of the following eight municipalities:
The villages in the eight municipalities:
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Politics
[edit | edit source]Municipal council
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]- Josef Oberhauser (1915–1979), German Nazi SS concentration camp commandant and Holocaust perpetrator