A Samtgemeinde ( German pronunciation: ['zamtgəmaɪndə] ; 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 .
5-556: Oderwald is a Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") in the district of Wolfenbüttel , in Lower Saxony , Germany . It is situated along the river Oker , approx. 10 km south of Wolfenbüttel . It is named after the Oderwald, a small chain of hills in the municipality. Its seat is in the village Börßum. The Samtgemeinde Oderwald consists of the following municipalities: This Wolfenbüttel district location article
10-615: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Samtgemeinde 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
15-568: The noun Gemeinde (municipality). Samtgemeinde can be translated into English as "joint municipal association" or "collective municipal association" but one-to-one translation is hardly possible. The term Sammtgemeinden (at that time written with double m) was originally used for low-level administrative units in Prussia during a short-lived reform that saw the reorganization of parishes between 1850 and 1853. Samtgemeinden have three organs: The Samtgemeinde committee consists of
20-533: The construction of local connecting roads, equipment and entertainment of libraries , sports sites and other public utilities . Samtgemeinden can take over other tasks of the member municipalities, for instance, tourism . The term Samtgemeinde (plural: Samtgemeinden ) is a neologism consisting of the German adjectives gesamt (whole, entire, all, complete, total, aggregate, collective, overall, general, joint, united) or zusammen (together, jointly) and
25-546: 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 executes many local government administrative duties for its member municipalities, including land use planning , wastewater disposal, social security , organisation of cemeteries and fire stations , sponsorship of elementary schools ,
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