Stöckse

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Coordinates: 52°38′09″N 09°20′19″E / 52.63583, 9.33861

Stöckse
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Stöckse
Stöckse (Germany)
Stöckse
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Nienburg/Weser
Municipal assoc. Steimbke
Mayor Dieter Vehrenkamp (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area 38.57 km² (14.9 sq mi)
Elevation 46 m  (151 ft)
Population 1,411  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 37 /km² (95 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate NI
Postal code 31638
Area codes 05026, 05021 (Führser Mühle)

Stöckse is a municipality in the district of Nienburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the forest "Krähe" between Langendamm and Steimbke.

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[edit] Policy

[edit] Municipality Stöckse

The villages Stöckse and Wenden with district Lohe form the municipality (Gemeinde) Stöckse, part of collective municipality (Samtgemeinde) Steimbke.

[edit] Municipal council

The municipal council (Gemeinderat) Stöckse has 11 members elected and a mayor elected directly. Since the local elections on September 10th, 2006, two parties and one selector's community (Wählergemeinschaft) represent it.

  • CDU - 6 seats
  • SPD - 2 seats
  • WG Stöckse - 3 seats

[edit] Culture

[edit] Theatre

In Stöckse there is an open air theatre. The stage is situated in a short part of forest in the city of Stöckse and accommodates 700 visitors. The audience is amused with comedies and stories in Low German, and a children's theatre themed „children play for children“. Furthermore the open air theatre is a favoured arena for many special events different typed. Supra-regional known the in 1951 formated open air theatre is since 1986, since the foundation of the registered association and the der accession to the Verband Deutscher Freilichtbühnen (VDF).

[edit] Sightseeing

"Giebichenstein" in Stöckse
"Giebichenstein" in Stöckse

There is the Stöckser See, a small lake. Worth seeing is the Giebichenstein, a grand stone from Ice Age and the cairns from Bronze Age.

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