Sassenburg
Sass Castle is a municipality in Lower Saxony Gifhorn.
- 2.1 Population development
- 3.1 municipal
- 3.2 Mayor
- 3.3 Local Councils
- 3.4 Coat of Arms
- 4.1 Media
Geography
In the transition region between resin and heath extends east of Gifhorn and northwest of Wolfsburg, the territory of the municipality Sass castle. It is traversed in its southern range in east-west direction of the Aller. In a north-south direction of the Elbe Lateral Canal cuts through the municipality. Today's municipality covers an area of 8,840 ha, of which 17% are housing and transport area.
Geology
The landscape is dominated in the north west of the Great Moor, a largely dug up peat bog, which in 1984 declared part of the nature reserve. To the east, it turns into a gently undulating hills, to the south in the all- glacial valley.
Neighboring communities
Neighboring municipalities are (clockwise, starting in the north ): Wahrenholz, Lessien, Barwedel, Jembke, Bokensdorf, Osloß, Calberlah, Isenbuttel, Gifhorn.
Nearest towns are Wolfsburg and Braunschweig.
Community structure
The parish includes the hamlets of Dannenbüttel, Grußendorf, Neudorf - Platendorf, Stüde, triangle and Wester Beck (including residential space Neuhaus). Before the eastern outskirts Wester Becks is the town hall.
History
Sass Castle is a municipality in the district unit Gifhorn, which emerged in the course of the Lower Saxony government reform on March 1, 1974 from the previously independent municipalities Dannenbüttel, Grußendorf, Neudorf - Platendorf, Stüde, triangle and Wester Beck. It was named after the eponymous municipality Sass castle, in which there could have been a lowland castle inside a wall. They are located on the River Aller near Dannenbüttel. The castle site is now an irregular terrain with small hills. There are yet no historical or archaeological evidence for the presence of the fortification. The former castle area now belongs to the district Gifhorn.
Population Development
After the Lower Saxony State Office for Statistics 2005 lived in the unit community Sassenburg 10,973 people in 3146 buildings with a total of 4466 apartments with an average area of 44.1 m² per person. Since the founding of the municipality, the population grew steadily, both by a positive natural population development as well as by a positive migration balance. 24.40% of the population in 2005 were under 18 years old, 7.70 % from 18 to 25 31.60 % between 25 and 45, 23.10% between 45 and 64, and 13.20% were 65 years old or older. The unemployment rate (men: 7.5%, women: 12.4 %) at an average of 9.5 %. 3,705 people regularly commute out of the church, in 609.
Policy
Parish council
The Council of the Municipality Sassenburg are represented by the local elections of 11 September 2011, the following parties and groups of voters:
- SPD 12 seats
- CDU 10 seats
- List for Sassenburg ( LiSa ) 2 seats
- Citizen interests - Community ( BIG) Sassenburg 1 seat
- Action citizens Sassenburg ( A.B.S. ) 1 seat
This form CDU and A.B.S. in the municipal council a counting group.
Mayor
With the municipal election in 2001 also came in Sassenburg the new Lower Saxon communal constitution to bear. With it ended the long-standing separation of personnel between Mayor (politics ) and community director (administration), was instead the " one-track " introduced. The mayor was first elected directly by the population and is the head of government and politics in a person.
This office dressed:
- 2001-2006: Wolfgang Stein (CDU )
- Since 2006: Volker Arms (SPD )
Local councils
Each of the six districts has a Ortsrat with a mayor at the top. These bodies are not quorate. The local councils are to be heard on important, concerned the village matters. However, the final decision on a measure the responsibility of the council.
Coat of arms
Blazon: " Shared by blue and green covers above a golden castle with silver gate and palisade wall, below a silver gear by a golden Torfbesteck oblique intersection and both sides thereof two golden ears. "
The castle symbolizes the former fortifications on the Aller, each of the Palisades is one of the villages in the municipality. The Torfbesteck refers to the traditional peat cutting in this region and the gear points to the location of industry in the area of the village triangle. The green color and the ears point to the agricultural use and the blue background in the upper area of the marsh.
The coat of arms was designed by Arnold Long, adopted by the Council of the municipality on November 8 and officially confirmed on 21 December 1977.
The colors of the community are green and blue.
The flag of the municipality of Sass castle bears in two equally wide vertical stripes from left to right, the colors green and blue and is busy in the midfield with the coat of arms.
Culture and sights
In Stüde is the recreation area Bernsteinsee. In Dannenbüttel there is the Beversee.
Media
Since the founding period of the community appears Sass The castle as an official handout. The contents of the sheet is always been significantly higher than mere official communications out: it contains, inter alia, a variety of club announcements.