{{other uses}} {{Infobox German location |type = Stadt |name = Syke |image_coa = Wappen Syke.svg |image_photo = Syke Christuskirche.jpg |image_caption = Lutheran church |coordinates = {{coord|52|54|47|N|08|49|37|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Syke in DH.svg |state = Lower Saxony |district = Diepholz |elevation = 49 |area = 128.11 |postal_code = 28857 |area_code = 04242 |licence = DH, SY |Gemeindeschlüssel = 03 2 51 041 |divisions = 9 districts |website = [https://www.syke.de/ www.syke.de] |mayor = Suse Laue<ref name=mayor>{{cite web|url=https://wahlen.statistik.niedersachsen.de/KW2021/reports/DW/20210912_DW_Uebersicht.pdf|title=Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 12. September 2021|date=13 October 2021|publisher=Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen}}</ref> |leader_term = 2021–26 }} '''Syke''' ({{IPA|de|ˈziːkə|-|De-Syke.ogg}}) is a town in the district of Diepholz, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 20 km south of Bremen.
thumb|242px|Syke Town Hall thumb|222px|Syke
==Population==
* 1961: 16,203 * 1970: 17,013 * 1979: 19,413 * 1987: 18,796 * 1992: 21,411 * 1997: 23,340 * 2002: 23,786 * 2007: 24,527 * 2011: 24,279 * 2013: 23,666
==Mayors== *2001–2013: Harald Behrens (FDP) *since 2013: Suse Laue (SPD)
Suse Laue won the election in 2013, with 54.3% of the vote against three competitors.
==Notable people==
* Rudi Carrell (1934–2006), Dutch game show host and entertainer; lived 1981–2006 in the district of Wachendorf * Reinhold Beckmann (born 1956), TV-conductor and football commentator, made his Abitur in Syke * Baba Saad (born 1985), rapper, lived in Syke from 1994 onwards * Timo Perthel (born 1989), footballer, played in his youth for the TuS Syke
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Category:Diepholz (district)