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Country
  
District
  
Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Area
  
105.2 km²

Local time
  
Sunday 4:27 PM

State
  
Elevation
  
3 - 70 m (−227 ft)

Postal codes
  
21220, 21217, 21218

Population
  
41,560 (31 Dec 2008)

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Weather
  
13°C, Wind E at 10 km/h, 45% Humidity

Seevetal is a municipality in the district of Harburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 20 km south of Hamburg, and 15 km west of Winsen (Luhe). Its seat is in the village Hittfeld. It is named after the river Seeve.

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Map of Seevetal, Germany

History

On July 1, 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, 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.

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, 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 - 3 seats
  • The current mayor Günter Schwarz (SPD) was elected on October 2, 2005.

    Sports

  • TuS Fleestedt
  • HSG Seevetal
  • TSV Eintracht Hittfeld
  • SC Seevetal
  • VfL Maschen
  • ESV Maschen
  • MTV Ramelsloh
  • PBC Seevetal e.V. - Poolbillard
  • SV Emmelndorf
  • TV Meckelfeld
  • Schützenverein Moor
  • TSV Over Bullenhausen
  • Windsurfer Seevetal e.V.
  • Sister city

  • Decatur/Illinois United States
  • References

    Seevetal Wikipedia


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