Seevetal

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
Art = Gemeinde
Name = Seevetal
Wappen = Wappen_Seevetal.jpg
lat_deg = 53 |lat_min = 23
lon_deg = 09 |lon_min = 58
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Niedersachsen
Landkreis = Harburg
Höhe = 3 - 70
Fläche = 105.19
Einwohner = 41506
Stand = 2006-06-30
PLZ = 21220, 21217, 21218
Vorwahl = 04105, 04185, 040
Kfz = WL
Gemeindeschlüssel = 03 3 53 031
Adresse = Kirchstraße 11
21218 Seevetal
Bürgermeister = Günter Schwarz, SPD

Seevetal is a municipality in the district of Harburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. 20 km south of Hamburg, and 15 km west of Winsen (Luhe). Its seat is in the village Hittfeld. It is named after the river Seeve.

History

On July 1st, 1972, the administrations of 19 independent small towns were merged to form the Seevetal municipality.The 19 towns forming Seevetal are:
* Beckedorf
* Bullenhausen
* Emmelndorf
* Fleestedt
* Glüsingen
* Groß Moor
* Helmstorf
* Hittfeld
* Holtorfsloh
* Horst
* Hörsten
* Klein Moor
* Lindhorst
* Maschen
* Meckelfeld
* Metzendorf
* Ohlendorf
* Over
* RahmelslohSeveral of these towns have a rich history: the existence of Rahmelsloh was first vouched in the year 845, Maschen was first mentioned in official documents in 1294, and Hittfeld celebrated it's 900th anniversary in June 2007. The St. Mauritius church in Hittfeld dates back to the 12th century.

Demographics

Population of Seevetal (as of December 31st of each year):
*1998 - 39.564
*1999 - 40.164
*2000 - 40.536
*2001 - 40.819
*2002 - 41.060
*2003 - 41.157
*2004 - 41.287
*2005 - 41.614

Politics

The council of the Seevetal municipality consists of 40 seats.The current council was elected on September 10th, 2006 and consists of:
*CDU - 17 seats
*SPD - 13 seats
*BIS - 4 seats
*FDP - 3 seats
*Alliance 90 - The Greens - 3 seats

The current mayor Günter Schwarz (SPD) was elected on October 2nd, 2005.

Sports

* [http://www.tusfleestedt.de/ TuS Fleestedt]
* HSG Seevetal
* TSV Eintracht Hittfeld
* SC Seevetal
* VfL Maschen
* ESV Maschen
* MTV Ramelsloh
* PBC Seevetal e.V. - Poolbillard
* SV Emmelndorf
* TV Meckelfeld
* Schützenverein Moor
* TSV Over Bullenhausen
* Windsurfer Seevetal e.V.

Sister city

*Decatur/Illinois USA