Bevensen

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Bevensen
Samtgemeinde
Coordinates	53°04′43″N 10°34′41″E
State	Lower Saxony
District	Uelzen
Elevation	33
Area	226.66
Population	16050
Stand	2010-12-31
Postal code	29549
Area code	05821
Licence	UE
Divisions	8 municipalities
Website	bad-bevensen.de
Dissolved	1 November 2011
Noautocat	yes

Bevensen is a former Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") in the district of Uelzen, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Its seat was in the town Bad Bevensen. At the 1 November 2011 local government reform, the Samtgemeinden Bevensen and Altes Amt Ebstorf merged to form the new Samtgemeinde Bevensen-Ebstorf.

Geography

Municipalities

The Bevensen Samtgemeinde consisted of the following eight municipalities:

The villages in the eight municipalities:

Gemeinde Altenmedingen
- Aljarn
- Altenmedingen
- Bohndorf
- Bostelwiebeck
- Eddelstorf
- Haaßel
- Reisenmoor
- Secklendorf
- Vorwerk
Town of Bad Bevensen
- Bad Bevensen
- Gollern
- Groß Hesebeck
- Jastorf
- Klein Bünstorf
- Klein Hesebeck
- Medingen
- Röbbel
- Sasendorf
- Seedorf
Gemeinde Barum
- Barum
- Tätendorf-Eppensen
- Gut Hoystorf
Gemeinde Emmendorf
- Emmendorf
- Heitbrack
- Nassennottorf
- Walmstorf

Gemeinde Himbergen
- Almstorf
- Brockhimbergen
- Groß Thondorf
- Himbergen
- Hohenfier
- Kettelstorf
- Klein Thondorf
- Kollendorf
- Rohrstorf
- Strothe
Gemeinde Jelmstorf
- Addenstorf
- Bruchtorf
- Jelmstorf
Gemeinde Römstedt
- Drögennottorf
- Havekost
- Masbrock
- Niendorf I
- Römstedt
Gemeinde Weste
- Hagen
- Höver
- Oetzendorf
- Schlagte
- Testorf
- Weste

Politics

Municipal council

After the local elections of 10 September 2006 the municipal council was made up as follows:

CDU: 13 seats
SPD: 11 seats
Greens: 3 seats
Bad Bevensen independents: 3 seats
FDP: 2 Sitze

The mayor also had a seat and a vote.

Notable residents

Josef Oberhauser (1915–1979), German Nazi SS concentration camp commandant and Holocaust perpetrator

Connections

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