Vechta

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Vechta

Location of Vechta within Vechta district

Coordinates: 52°43′50″N 08°17′19″E / 52.73056°N 8.28861°ECoordinates: 52°43′50″N 08°17′19″E / 52.73056°N 8.28861°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Helmut Gels (CDU)

Area

• Total

87.8 km² (33.9 sq mi)

Population (2013-12-31)^[1]

• Total

30,944

• Density

350/km² (910/sq mi)

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

49377

04441

VEC

Website

www.vechta.de

Vechta (German pronunciation: [ˈfɛçta]) with a population of nearly 32,000 is the biggest city and also the capital of the Vechta district in Lower Saxony, Germany.

It is known for the 'Stoppelmarkt' fair, which takes place every summer and has a history dating back to 1298. With an attendance of 800,000 visitors it is one of the biggest annual fairs in north-western Germany.^[2]

The town was in the recent past known as a centre of far northern German Catholicism.

Town subdivisions

Vechta consists of 25 boroughs, but the city proper was made out of 16 boroughs, until in 1933 the three boroughs of the old "Community of Oythe" were added to the city. The six boroughs of the "Community of Langförden" were added to the city in 1974.

Bergstrup
Calveslage (1974)
Deindrup (1974)
Füchtel
Grünenmoor

Hagen
Holtrup (1974)
Holzhausen (1933)
Innenstadt
Langförden (1974)

Oythe (1933)
Petersburg
Rieden
Spreda (1974)
Stoppelmarkt

Strohe (1974)
Stukenborg
Tannenhof
Telbrake (1933)
Tonnenmoor

Vardel
Vechta-North
Vechta-West
Vor dem Moore
Welpe

Transport and infrastructure

The Hansalinie also known as A1 is near Vechta. There are three interchanges: Vechta-West/Bakum, Vechta-Langförden/Emstek, Vechta-Nord/Ahlhorn . Also the B69 goes through the city of Vechta.

Public transport:

The City of Vechta has a very good public transport system. It is a citybus system of four buses which run every day until the nighttime except on Sundays.