Ganderkesee

Ganderkesee
Ganderkesee
Coordinates
Administration
Country Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Oldenburg
Municipal subdivisions 25 districts
Mayor Alice Gerken-Klaas
Basic statistics
Area 138.26 km2 (53.38 sq mi)
Elevation 27 m  (89 ft)
Population 30,941 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 224 /km2 (580 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate OL
Postal code 27777
Area codes 04222, 04221, 04223
Website ganderkesee.de

Ganderkesee is a municipality in Oldenburg district, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

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Geography

Geographical Location

Ganderkesee is located on the northern edge of a nature park called "Wildeshauser Geest". The northernmost part of the community is in the glacial valley of the Weser. The sandy, higher and hilly terrain of Geest joins south.

The municipality Ganderkesee bordered to the east by the city of Delmenhorst, in the north of the communities Lemwerder and Berne in the district Wesermarsch and to the municipality Hude, to the west of the town Hatten and on the south by the municipalities Dötlingen and Harpstedt.

Geographical Classification

Ganderkesee includes 25 hamlets with about 31,200 residents: Ganderkesee, Almsloh, Bergedorf, Bookholzberg, Bookhorn, Bürstel, Elmeloh, Falkenburg, Grüppenbühren, Habbrügge, Havekost, Heide, Hengsterholz, Hohenböken, Holzkamp, Hoyerswege, Hoykenkamp, Immer, Neuenlande, Rethorn, Schierbrok, Schlutter, Schönemoor, Steinkimmen and Stenum.

History

Ganderkesee was mentioned in 860 AD for the first time under the name of "Gandrikesarde".

Trivia

Council

Chairman: Hans-H. Hubmann, CDU

The Council of Ganderkesee:

References

External links

Public schools