Bassum
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Geography
Subdivision
Besides Bassum proper, the town consists of the following Ortschaften (villages):
- Albringhausen
- Apelstedt (with Pannstedt)
- Bramstedt (with Bünte and Röllinghausen)
- Eschenhausen
- Groß Henstedt
- Great Ringmar
- Hallstedt
- Hollwedel (with Dimhausen, Möhlenhof, Hilken, Katenkamp, Nüstedt, Klein and Groß Hollwedel)
- Neubruchhausen (with Freidorf)
- Nienstedt
- Nordwohlde (with Stütelberg, Fesenfeld, Kastendiek, Steinforth, Högenhausen, Kätingen and Pestinghausen)
- Osterbinde
- Schorlingborstel (with Ebersheide, Lowe and Kolloge)
- Stühren
- Wedehorn
- Bassum (with Loge, Freudenberg, Klenkenborstel, Hassel, Nienhaus and Nienhaus)
Neighbouring municipalities
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Harpstedt | Stuhr | Syke | |
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Politics
Town council
| Parties | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Democratic Union of Germany | 7214 | 36.4 | -3.5 |
11 / 30
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-1 | |
| Social Democratic Party of Germany | 4568 | 23.0 | -2.9 |
7 / 30
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-1 | |
| Bürger-Block | 4091 | 20.6 | -8.6 |
6 / 30
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-3 | |
| Alliance '90/The Greens | 3100 | 15.6 | +10.6 |
5 / 30
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+4 | |
| The Left | 355 | 2.7 | +2.7 |
1 / 30
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+1 | |
| Rainer Dambroth | 319 | 1.6 | +1.6 |
0 / 30
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±0 | |
| Total | 19825 | 100% | 30 | |||
Mayor
| Candidates | Party | Round 1 | Round 2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
| Christian Porsch | 2,476 | 33.45 % | 3,087 | 56.31 % | |
| Claus Marx | 2,175 | 29.38 % | 2,395 | 43.69% | |
| Bernadette Nadermann | 1,619 | 21.87% | |||
| Cathleen Schorling | CDU | 1,132 | 15.29% | ||
| Total Votes | 7,402 | 99.99% | 5,482 | 100% | |
| Eligible Voters | 13,193 | 13,193 | |||
| Turnout | 7,402 | 56,79 % | 5,482 | 41,92 % | |
Coat of arms
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"Party per fess Argent an upright branch vert with three tilia leaves and Or two armed gules bear claws outwards sable; above a ornamental pedestal Or, two horses rampant Argent as supporters, in the crest a three towered mural crown gules.”
The arms were granted on November 24, 1927. The lower part shows the bear claws derived from the arms of the Counts of Hoya. to which the city belonged to since 1582. The tilia leaves in the upper represant the three former municipalities Bassum, Freudenberg and Loge who built the new city of Bassum in 1896. The mural crown, symbolises the 13th century Freudenburg castle and the city rights as well and two horses as supporters stand for the belonging to Lower Saxony. |
International relations
Bassum has twinning arrangements with
Fresnay-sur-Sarthe, France (1972)
Telšiai, Lithunia (2009)
Spilsby (2010)
Notable residents
Born in Bassum
- Elisabeth Wiedemann (born 1926), German actress
- Tessa Hofmann (born 1949), scholar of Armenian studies and sociology
- Hans-Hermann Sprado (1956–2014), German journalist and author
- Ulf Schirmer (born 1959), German conductor
- Roman Fricke (born 1977), German high jumper
- Christian Schulz (born 1983), German footballer
See also
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bassum. |
References
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- ↑ Landesbetrieb für Statistik und Kommunikationstechnologie Niedersachsen, 102 Bevölkerung - Basis Zensus 2011, Stand 31. Dezember 2013 (Tabelle K1020014)
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