Seevetal (
Northern Low Saxon
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: ''Seevdaal'') is a municipality in the district of
Harburg, in
Lower Saxony
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, Germany. It is situated approximately 20 km south of
Hamburg
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, and 15 km west of
Winsen (Luhe). Its seat is in the village Hittfeld. It is named after the river
Seeve.
History
On 1 July 1972, the administrations of 19 independent smaller municipalities were merged to form the Seevetal municipality.
The 19 towns and villages forming Seevetal are Beckedorf,
Bullenhausen, Emmelndorf, Fleestedt, Glüsingen, Groß Moor, Helmstorf, Hittfeld, Holtorfsloh, Horst, Hörsten, Klein Moor, Lindhorst,
Maschen
Maschen is a village in the municipality of Seevetal in Hamburg district in the German state of Lower Saxony. It lies south of Hamburg on the northern edge of the Lüneburg Heath and within the commuter zone of the city of Hamburg. Maschen Mars ...
, Meckelfeld, Metzendorf, Ohlendorf,
Over and
Ramelsloh.
Several of these towns have a rich history: the existence of Ramelsloh was first vouched in the year 845, Maschen was first mentioned in official documents in 1294, and Hittfeld celebrated its 900th anniversary in June 2007. The St. Mauritius church in Hittfeld dates back to the 12th century. Remarkable archaeological finds of the region are the
Metzendorf-Woxdorf head burial dating to ca. 2200 BCE or the early Christian
Maschen disc brooch which are in the permanent exhibition of the nearby
Archaeological Museum Hamburg.
Populated places
Seevetal is further subdivided into 19 villages and hamlets, which are grouped into six boroughs:
* Fleestedt: Fleestedt, Glüsingen, Beckedorf, Metzendorf
* Hittfeld: Hittfeld, Emmelndorf, Helmstorf, Lindhorst
* Maschen: Maschen, Horst, Hörsten
* Meckelfeld: Meckelfeld, Klein-Moor
* Over: Over, Bullenhausen, Groß-Moor
* Ramelsloh: Ramelsloh, Ohlendorf, Holtorfsloh
Demographics
Population of Seevetal
(as of December 31 of each year):
*1998 – 39,564
*1999 – 40,164
*2000 – 40,536
*2001 – 40,819
*2002 – 41,060
*2003 – 41,157
*2004 – 41,287
*2005 – 41,614
Seevetal is the most populous German municipality that has no
city rights
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, i.e., it is the most populous rural municipality ("Gemeinde") in Germany.
Politics
The council of the Seevetal municipality consists of 40 seats. The current council was elected on September 10, 2006 and consists of:
*
CDU – 17 seats
*
SPD – 13 seats
*BIS – 4 seats
*
FDP – 3 seats
*
Alliance 90/The Greens
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– 3 seats
The current mayor Emily Weede (CDU) was elected on 26 September 2021.
Sport
* TuS Fleestedt
* HSG Seevetal
* TSV Eintracht Hittfeld
* SC Seevetal
* HSG Seevetal/Ashausen
* VfL Maschen
* ESV Maschen
* MTV Ramelsloh
* PBC Seevetal e.V. – Poolbillard
* SV Emmelndorf
* TV Meckelfeld
* Schützenverein Moor
* TSV Over Bullenhausen
* Windsurfer Seevetal e.V.
Twin towns – sister cities
Seevetal is
twinned with:
*
Decatur, United States
Notable people
*
Caroline Daur (born 1995), fashion blogger, grew up here
References
External links
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{{Authority control
Harburg (district)