Reppenstedt
Reppenstedt is a municipality and administrative headquarters in the integrated municipality in the district of Lüneburg, in Lower Saxony Gellersen.
- 2.1 Amalgamations
- 2.2 assignments
- 3.1 Mayor
- 3.2 Coat of Arms
- 5.1 traffic
Geography
The village has, with the exception of remaining village core, the character of a suburban community and forms a densely populated area around the core city of Lüneburg with a total of around 30,000 inhabitants ( with the core city about 103,500 with the places Adendorf, Vögelsen, Bardowick and German evern and Wendish evern inhabitants). Reppenstedt is the seat of the municipal administration of the velvet municipality Gellersen.
Geographical Location
The community is located about 2.5 km west of the town of Lüneburg. The place is separated from Lüneburg by a green strip, which originally should also take the route for a western bypass Lüneburg.
Community structure
To Reppenstedt part of the district of Covered Missen.
History
The first written records of the place name as Repinstid comes from a deed of 1197, already before 1234 from this Reppenstedt was. The village originally consisted of at least four full courts and a noble estate.
An important prerequisite for the development of Reppenstedt made the construction of the so -called Old Lüneburg Landwehr 1397-1406. On passage of the militia in the village was a Landwehr house, the Ulensborg / Eulenburg, built with a tower and two shock trees.
Incorporations
On March 1, 1974, the neighboring municipality Covered Missen was incorporated.
Assignments
On March 1, 1974, a region was surrendered with nearly 300 residents to the county town of Lüneburg.
Policy
The municipality belongs to the Reppenstedt parliament constituency 49 Lüneburg and the Bundestag constituency 38 Lüchow -Dannenberg -Lüneburg.
The council, according to the municipal constitution the supreme governing body of the municipality and is elected every five years by the electorate. The last municipal election was held on September 11, 2011. The Council of the Municipality Reppenstedt is composed of 21 deputies.
Last local elections on 11 September 2011
Alliance 90/The Greens and SPD are the majority group. RRP and SOLI form a group.
The council has formed at its constituent meeting on 10 November 2011, in addition to the Board with seven members, two more committees, each with seven members:
- Planning Committee
- Construction, Environment and Transport Committee
Mayor
The current mayor of Reppenstedt Jürgen Backhaus ( Alliance 90/The Greens).
Coat of arms
The still existing in the field of community Landwehr is the defining landmark of Reppenstedter coat of arms. The Landwehr is represented by a five wavy, oblique dividing line of the shield in the coat of arms. The horseshoe on the emblem stands for the membership of the church in Lower Saxony. The oak leaves symbolize the ancestral population of Lower Saxony and indicate the affiliation of the community Reppenstedt to Samtgemeinde Gellersen. The silver escutcheon with the high cross is a reminder of those citizens who have lost in the former eastern territories of Germany their home and shortly before or after the end of World War II in the area of today's Samtgemeinde Gellersen - found a new home - mostly in Reppenstedt.
Culture and sights
The Old Lüneburg Landwehr, a historic ramparts of the 14th century, performs Reppenstedt. A special impression on the structure and the size of the system provides the wooded section between the town center and Reppenstedter Vögelsen. An unpaved forest road makes it possible to hike the entire route.
Economy and infrastructure
Traffic
Reppenstedt is linked via various land and county roads in the transportation network.