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Nienburg (, official name: ''Nienburg/Weser''; , or ) is a town and capital of the district Nienburg, in
Lower Saxony Lower Saxony is a States of Germany, German state (') in Northern Germany, northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ' of the Germany, Federal Re ...
,
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.


Geography

Situated on the scenic
German Timber-Frame Road The German Timber-Frame Road () is a German tourist route leading from the river Elbe in the north to the Black Forest and Lake Constance in the south. Numerous cities and towns each with examples of the vernacular Timber framing, timber-framed ho ...
, Nienburg lies on the river
Weser The Weser () is a river of Lower Saxony in north-west Germany. It begins at Hannoversch Münden through the confluence of the Werra and Fulda. It passes through the Hanseatic city of Bremen. Its mouth is further north against the ports o ...
, approximately southeast of
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, and northwest of
Hanover Hanover ( ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Lower Saxony. Its population of 535,932 (2021) makes it the List of cities in Germany by population, 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-l ...
. Nienburg is the largest town in the Middle Weser Region.


Demography

(as of Dec. 31st)


Structure

Nienburg, including quarters * Erichshagen * Holtorf * Langendamm * Schäferhof/Kattriede * Nordertor * Leintor * Lehmwandlung * Alpheide


History

The major reason for the emergence and development of Nienburg into the largest city in the Middle Weser region was its location at a convenient ford in the Weser River, leading to multiple trade routes radiating from the location. As early as 1025 the location was referred to as ''Negenborg'', i.e. New Castle. In 1215 it began to be referred to as a city, a ''civitas'', when Count Henry I of Hoya began the residence of his ruling line. From 1582 until 1866 the Guelph (''Welf'') Dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg controlled the county, except for Napoleonic French rule from 1803 to 1813. In 1871, it became part of the
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. During
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, it was the location of German
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Oflag X-B Oflag X-B was a World War II German prisoner-of-war camp for officers ('' Offizierlager'') located in Nienburg/Weser, Lower Saxony, in north-western Germany. Adjacent to it was the enlisted men's camp ('' Stammlager'') Stalag X-C. Camp history ...
and Stalag X-C, in which French, Polish, Belgian, Romanian, Serbian, Italian and
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POWs were held. In the wake of the war, a large number of livestock was killed in the region by an unknown predator, called '' Lichtenmoor Strangler''. The former County of Wölpe was the seat of the Grafen (counts) von Wölpe with its associated castle. The castle (Burg Wölpe) was destroyed in the Hildesheim Diocesan Feud in 1522.


Politics


Mayor

Since the 2021 elections, the mayor is Jan Wendorf (independent). The previous mayor was Henning Onkes (independent). He was reelected in 2014 against three competitors.


Local council (Stadtrat)

The 38 members of the "Stadtrat" are divided among: * CDU: 13, among them the second deputy mayor Wilhelm Schlemermeyer * SPD:14, among them the first deputy mayor Rolf Warnecke *
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: 6, among them the third deputy mayor Hedda Freese * FDP: 1 * Wählergemeinschaft - Independent Union of Citizens WG 3 *
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: 1 * One additional vote by the elected mayor of Nienburg, Mr. Henning Onkes, who doesn't belong to any political party The elections in September 2016 showed the following results: * CDU: 13 seats * SPD: 12 seats * Alliance 90/The Greens: 5 seats * Wählergruppe Nienburg: 3seats * FDP: 2 seats * THE LEFT: 2 seats * ULN: 1 seat


Twin towns – sister cities

Nienburg is twinned with: *
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Nienburg, Saxony-Anhalt Nienburg () is a town in the district of Salzlandkreis in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is located in the lower Saale valley, approx. 5 km northeast of Bernburg. In January 2010 it absorbed the former municipalities Gerbitz, Latdorf, Neugat ...
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Notable people

* Johann Georg Steigerthal (1666–1740), a court physician to
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in Hanover. * Ernst Teichmann (1869–1919), theologian and zoologist, worked on the
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* Heinrich Lübbe (1884–1940), engineer, worked for Dutch aircraft designer
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* Kurt Matthaei (1886–1974), lawyer and a Nazi Party politician * Ernst Thoms (1896–1983), a
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painter * Oskar Gröning (1921–2018), SS
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at the
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* Lutz Meyer-Gossner (born 1936), judge at the Federal Court from 1983 to 2001 *
Angelika Neuwirth Angelika Neuwirth (born 4 November, 1943) is a German Islamic studies scholar and Professor of Qur’anic studies at the Free University of Berlin. Qur’anic education Born in Nienburg, Lower Saxony, she studied Islamic studies, Semitic studi ...
(born 1943), an Islamic studies scholar * Susanne Schröter (born 1957), contemporary social
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* Carsten Sieling (born 1959), politician, mayor and president of the senate of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (SPD) * Maja Maranow (1961–2016), actress


Sport

* Volker Finke (born 1948), football coach * Christine Traurig (born 1957), an American equestrian, bronze medallist in team dressage at the
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* Levent Ayçiçek (born 1994), footballer, played over 320 games


See also

* Metropolitan region Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg


References


External links

* {{Authority control Towns in Lower Saxony Nienburg (district)