Stöckse

Stöckse
Stöckse
Coordinates
Administration
Country Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Nienburg/Weser
Municipal assoc. Steimbke
Mayor Dieter Vehrenkamp (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area 38.57 km2 (14.89 sq mi)
Elevation 46 m  (151 ft)
Population 1,370 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 36 /km2 (92 /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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Municipality Stöckse

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

Municipal council

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

Culture

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).

Sightseeing

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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