# Syke

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{{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](/source/Landesamt_f%C3%BCr_Statistik_Niedersachsen)}}</ref>
|leader_term       = 2021&ndash;26
}}
'''Syke''' ({{IPA|de|ˈziːkə|-|De-Syke.ogg}}) is a town in the [district of Diepholz](/source/Diepholz_(district)), [Lower Saxony](/source/Lower_Saxony), [Germany](/source/Germany). It is situated approximately 20&nbsp;km south of [Bremen](/source/Bremen_(city)).

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](/source/Rudi_Carrell) (1934–2006), Dutch game show host and entertainer; lived 1981–2006 in the district of Wachendorf
* [Reinhold Beckmann](/source/Reinhold_Beckmann) (born 1956), TV-conductor and football commentator, made his Abitur in Syke
* [Baba Saad](/source/Baba_Saad) (born 1985), rapper, lived in Syke from 1994 onwards
* [Timo Perthel](/source/Timo_Perthel) (born 1989), footballer, played in his youth for the TuS Syke

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Cities and towns in Diepholz (district)}}

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Category:Diepholz (district)

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