Seevetal (

Northern Low Saxon Northern Low Saxon (in High German: ', in Standard Dutch: ') is a subgroup of Low Saxon dialects of Low German. As such, it covers a great part of the West Low German-speaking areas of northern Germany, with the exception of the border region ...

: ''Seevdaal'') is a municipality in the district of Harburg, 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 ...

, Germany. It is situated approximately 20 km south of

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, and 15 km west of

Winsen (Luhe) Winsen (Luhe) () is the capital of the district of Harburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the small river Luhe, near its confluence with the Elbe, approx. 25 km southeast of Hamburg, and 20 km northwest of Lüneburg. Hi ...

. Its seat is in the village Hittfeld. It is named after the river

Seeve Seeve is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany, a tributary of the Elbe. It is approximately long. The municipality of Seevetal is named after this river. Course The Seeve source located is near Wehlen, south-east of Undeloh in the northern pa ...

History

On 1 July 1972, the administrations of 19 independent smaller municipalities were merged to form the Seevetal municipality. The 19 towns and villages forming Seevetal are Beckedorf,

Bullenhausen Bullenhausen ( Low German ''Bullenhuus)'' is a district of the municipality Seevetal in the county of Harburg in Lower Saxony. Bullenhausen has a population of 1271 (35 of which own a secondary residence) and it is located at the Elbe southeast ...

, Emmelndorf, Fleestedt, Glüsingen, Groß Moor, Helmstorf, Hittfeld, Holtorfsloh, Horst, Hörsten, Klein Moor, Lindhorst,

Maschen Maschen is a village in the municipality of Seevetal in Harburg district in the German state of Lower Saxony. It lies south of Hamburg on the northern edge of the Lüneburg Heath and within the commuter zone of the city of Hamburg. Maschen Marsh ...

, Meckelfeld, Metzendorf, Ohlendorf,

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and

Ramelsloh Ramelsloh is a village in the district of Harburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on a small river Seeve, 30 km south of Hamburg. There are approximately 1600 people living within the village. Since July 1st 1972 Ramelsloh is a mem ...

. Several of these towns have a rich history: the existence of Ramelsloh was first vouched in the year 845, Maschen was first mentioned in official documents in 1294, and Hittfeld celebrated its 900th anniversary in June 2007. The St. Mauritius church in Hittfeld dates back to the 12th century. Remarkable archaeological finds of the region are the

Metzendorf-Woxdorf head burial The Metzendorf-Woxdorf head of burial is the Neolithic burial of a single human skull that was found in 1958 in the Seevetal district of Woxdorf, in Harburg, in Lower Saxony. The find is currently the only one of its kind of the Single Grave Cul ...

dating to ca. 2200 BCE or the early Christian

Maschen disc brooch The Maschen disc brooch (german: Scheibenfibel von Maschen) is an Early Medieval fibula, which was found in 1958 during archaeological excavations of the late Saxon grave field near Maschen, in the Lower Saxony district of Harburg, Germany. On it ...

which are in the permanent exhibition of the nearby Archaeological Museum Hamburg.

Demographics

Population of Seevetal (as of December 31 of each year): *1998 – 39,564 *1999 – 40,164 *2000 – 40,536 *2001 – 40,819 *2002 – 41,060 *2003 – 41,157 *2004 – 41,287 *2005 – 41,614 Seevetal is the most populous German municipality that has no

city rights Town privileges or borough rights were important features of European towns during most of the second millennium. The city law customary in Central Europe probably dates back to Italian models, which in turn were oriented towards the tradition ...

, i.e., it is the most populous rural municipality ("Gemeinde") in Germany.

Politics

The council of the Seevetal municipality consists of 40 seats. The current council was elected on September 10, 2006 and consists of: * CDU – 17 seats *

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 ...

– 13 seats *BIS – 4 seats * FDP – 3 seats *

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– 3 seats The current mayor Emily Weede (CDU) was elected on 26 September 2021.

Sport

* TuS Fleestedt * HSG Seevetal * TSV Eintracht Hittfeld * SC Seevetal * HSG Seevetal/Ashausen * VfL Maschen * ESV Maschen * MTV Ramelsloh * PBC Seevetal e.V. – Poolbillard * SV Emmelndorf * TV Meckelfeld * Schützenverein Moor * TSV Over Bullenhausen * Windsurfer Seevetal e.V.

Twin towns – sister cities

Seevetal is twinned with: * Decatur, United States

Notable people

Caroline Daur Katharina Caroline "Caro" Daur (born 12 March 1995) is a German fashion blogger and model. Biography Daur was born on 12 March 1995 in Hamburg, Germany and grew up in Seevetal. She began fashion blogging in 2014, launching ''CaroDaur.com''. S ...

(born 1995), fashion blogger, grew up here

References

External links

* {{Authority control Harburg (district)