Nord-Elm is a

federation A federation (also known as a federal state) is a political entity characterized by a union of partially self-governing provinces, states, or other regions under a central federal government (federalism). In a federation, the self-governin ...

of municipalities (''

Samtgemeinde A ''Samtgemeinde'' (; plural: ''Samtgemeinden'') is a type of administrative division in Lower Saxony, Germany. ''Samtgemeinden'' are local government associations of municipality, municipalities, equivalent to the ''Amt (administrative division ...

'') in

Helmstedt Helmstedt (; Eastphalian: ''Helmstidde'') is a town on the eastern edge of the German state of Lower Saxony. It is the capital of the District of Helmstedt. The historic university and Hanseatic city conserves an important monumental heritage of ...

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...

. It is named after the

Elm Elms are deciduous and semi-deciduous trees comprising the flowering plant genus ''Ulmus'' in the plant family Ulmaceae. They are distributed over most of the Northern Hemisphere, inhabiting the temperate and tropical-montane regions of North ...

, on the northern edge of which it is located. Nord-Elm has an area of 63 km² and a population of 6,200 (2003); its capital is

Süpplingen Süpplingen is a municipality in the district of Helmstedt, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The village is located on the Schunter in Helmstedt district, Lower Saxony, about 6 km to the west of Helmstedt, by the Bundesstraße 1. It is one of the mu ...

. It was founded in 1969. Member municipalities: *

Frellstedt Frellstedt is a Municipalities of Germany, municipality in the Helmstedt (district), district of Helmstedt, in Lower Saxony, Germany. References

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Räbke Räbke is a municipality in the district of Helmstedt, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is part of the collective municipality (''Samtgemeinde'') of Nord-Elm. The village is situated north of the wooded Elm hill range at the Schunter river. The ...

Süpplingenburg Süpplingenburg is a Municipalities of Germany, municipality in the district of Helmstedt (district), Helmstedt, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is part of the collective municipality (''Samtgemeinde'') of Nord-Elm. The village developed next to a 10th ...

* Warberg * Wolsdorf

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