Bevensen is a former ''

Samtgemeinde A ''Samtgemeinde'' (; plural: ''Samtgemeinden'') is a type of administrative division in Lower Saxony, Germany. ''Samtgemeinden'' are local government associations of municipalities, equivalent to the '' Ämter'' in Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenbu ...

'' ("collective municipality") in the district of Uelzen, in

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...

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. Its seat was in the town

Bad Bevensen Bad Bevensen (West Low German: ''Bemsen'') is a town in the north of the district Uelzen in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated to the east of the Lüneburg Heath (''Lüneburger Heide''). The Ilmenau river, a tributary of the Elbe, flows thro ...

. 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: The villages in the eight municipalities:

Politics

Municipal council

After the

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of 10 September 2006 the municipal council was made up as follows: * CDU: 13 seats *

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: 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 Josef Oberhauser (21 January 1915 – 22 November 1979) was a low-ranking German SS commander during the Nazi era. He participated in Action T4 and Operation Reinhard. Oberhauser was the only person to be successfully convicted of crimes committe ...

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

References

{{Reflist Uelzen (district) Former Samtgemeinden in Lower Saxony