Elbe, Lower Saxony

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Elbe is a municipality in the east of the velvet municipality Baddeckenstedt district Wolfenbüttel in Lower Saxony ( Germany ).

• 3.1 municipal
• 3.2 Mayor
• 3.3 Coat of Arms

• 4.1 traffic

Geography

The same community is located southwest of Salzgitter in the valley of the core. Starting in the north east borders clockwise on the Elbe: the district-free city of Salzgitter and the communities Haverlah, armies and Baddeckenstedt.

The three districts of the municipality are Groß Elbe, Elbe and Klein Gustedt.

History

For the first time the district of Groß Elbe in 1132 was first mentioned in a charter of Bishop Bernard of Hildesheim for the Michaelskloster as Elvethe. In Quedlinburg recess of 1523 the place came with the Great pin to the Principality of Brunswick- Wolfenbüttel. In 1643 he was returned to the diocese of Hildesheim and remained there until Reichsdeputationshauptschluss 1803.

Incorporations

On March 1, 1974, the municipalities Groß Elbe, Gustedt and small Elbe were joined to the new community Elbe.

Policy

Parish council

The municipal council of same shall be composed of eleven women council and councilors.

• SPD 7 seats
• CDU 4 seats

(As at municipal election on September 11, 2011)

Mayor

The honorary mayor Friedhelm Vree was elected on 27 November 2006.

Coat of arms

Blazon: "In green over a silver dreilätzigen Tournament collar a silver daffodils bloom. "

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

The Federal Highway 6 (Hildesheim - Goslar ) runs through the municipality.