Dransfeld (Samtgemeinde)
Dransfeld is a ''Samtgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") in the Göttingen (district), district of Göttingen, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Its seat is in the town Dransfeld. The ''Samtgemeinde'' Dransfeld consists of the following municipalities: # Bühren # Dransfeld # Jühnde # Niemetal # Scheden Samtgemeinden in Lower Saxony {{Göttingen-geo-stub ...
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Samtgemeinde
A ''Samtgemeinde'' (; plural: ''Samtgemeinden'') is a type of administrative division in Lower Saxony, Germany. ''Samtgemeinden'' are local government associations of municipalities, equivalent to the '' Ämter'' in Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and Brandenburg, and the ''Verbandsgemeinden'' in Rhineland-Palatinate. Function A ''Samtgemeinde'' is a government body composed of a collective association of '' gemeinden'' (municipalities), the lowest level of official territorial division in Germany. ''Samtgemeinden'' were introduced in Lower Saxony on 4 March 1955 upon the adoption of the Lower Saxony Municipal Code (''Niedersächsische Gemeindeordnung''), which was based on British administrative structures at the time. According to §71 paragraph 1 Lower Saxony law on local government, a ''Samtgemeinde'' should have at least 7,000 inhabitants. Approximately 80% of the municipalities in Lower Saxony have united to ''Samtgemeinden''. The ''Samtgemeinde'' execute ...
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