The Samtgemeinde Rodenberg is a collective municipality in

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 ...

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, of about 16,000 inhabitants. It is situated in the east of the district of Schaumburg at the slopes of the hills

Deister The Deister is a chain of hills in the German state of Lower Saxony, about 15 mi (25 km) southwest of the city of Hanover. It runs in a north-westerly direction from Springe in the south to Rodenberg in the north. The next in the chai ...

and

Süntel The is a massif in the German Central Uplands that is up to . It forms part of the Weser Uplands in Lower Saxony southwest of Hanover and north of Hamelin. Geographical location The Süntel is the eastern extension of the Wesergebirge and ru ...

Subdivisions

The collective municipality consists of: *

Apelern Apelern is a municipality in the '' Samtgemeinde'' of Rodenberg in the district of Schaumburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It lies in the Deister-Süntel valley and is situated close to the A2 Autobahn at Lauenau and south of Rodenberg, between the ...

(with the quarters Groß Hegesdorf, Kleinhegesdorf, Lyhren, Reinsdorf and Soldorf) * Hülsede (with the quarters Meinsen and Schmarrie) *

Lauenau Lauenau is a small town in Lower Saxony, Germany, with about 4,200 inhabitants. It is situated in the east of the district of Schaumburg just off the A2 Autobahn at the foot of the Deister ridge in the Deister-Süntel valley. As well as Lauenau it ...

(with the quarter Feggendorf) * Messenkamp (with the quarter Altenhagen II) * Pohle *

Rodenberg Rodenberg () is a town in the district of Schaumburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the northwestern edge of the Deister hills, approx. 10 km east of Stadthagen, and 27 km west of Hanover. Rodenberg is also the seat of ...

(with the quarter Algesdorf)

Politics

The local elections as of 2014 arose the following result:

Council

SPD The Social Democratic Party of Germany (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, ; SPD, ) is a centre-left social democratic political party in Germany. It is one of the major parties of contemporary Germany. Saskia Esken has been t ...

: 24 seats * CDU: 17 seats * FDP: 1 seat * WGA: 1 seat * The Left : 1 seat * Alliance '90/The Greens : 6 seats * WGS: 4 seats * WIR: 1 seat Chairman is Heinrich Oppenhausen (

Mayor

Mayor of the collective municipality (''German:'' Samtgemeindebürgermeister) is Thomas Wolf (independent), elected in 2021.

References

Samtgemeinden in Lower Saxony {{Schaumburg-geo-stub