Rodenberg (Samtgemeinde)

Samtgemeinde in Lower Saxony, Germany

Location of Samtgemeinde Rodenberg

(2021–26) Thomas Wolf^[1]Area

• Total86.21 km² (33.29 sq mi)Elevation

135 m (443 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total16,078 • Density190/km² (480/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

31867 resp. 31552

Dialling codes05043 resp. 05723Vehicle registrationSHG

The Samtgemeinde Rodenberg is a collective municipality in Lower Saxony, Germany, of about 16,000 inhabitants. It is situated in the east of the district of Schaumburg at the slopes of the hills Deister and Süntel. Its seat is in the town of Rodenberg.

Subdivisions

The collective municipality consists of:

Apelern (with the quarters Groß Hegesdorf, Kleinhegesdorf, Lyhren, Reinsdorf and Soldorf)
Hülsede (with the quarters Meinsen and Schmarrie)
Lauenau (with the quarter Feggendorf)
Messenkamp (with the quarter Altenhagen II)
Pohle
Rodenberg (with the quarter Algesdorf)

Politics

The local elections as of 2014 arose the following result:

Council

SPD: 24 seats
CDU: 17 seats
FDP: 1 seat
WGA: 1 seat
The Left : 1 seat
Alliance '90/The Greens : 6 seats
WGS: 4 seats
WIR: 1 seat

Chairman is Heinrich Oppenhausen (SPD).

Mayor

Mayor of the collective municipality (German: Samtgemeindebürgermeister) is Thomas Wolf (independent), elected in 2021.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 12. September 2021" (PDF). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. 13 October 2021.
^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.