Stöckse

Stöckse
Coat of arms of Stöckse
Location of Stöckse within Nienburg/Weser district
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Stöckse is located in Germany
Stöckse
Stöckse
Stöckse is located in Lower Saxony
Stöckse
Stöckse
Coordinates: 52°38′09″N 09°20′19″E / 52.63583°N 9.33861°E / 52.63583; 9.33861
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
DistrictNienburg/Weser
Municipal assoc.Steimbke
Government
 • MayorDieter Vehrenkamp (CDU)
Area
 • Total38.57 km2 (14.89 sq mi)
Elevation
46 m (151 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[1]
 • Total1,271
 • Density33/km2 (85/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
31638
Dialling codes05026, 05021 (Führser Mühle)
Vehicle registrationNI

Stöckse is a municipality in the district of Nienburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the forest "Krähe" between Langendamm and Steimbke.

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Municipality Stöckse

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The villages Stöckse and Wenden with district Lohe form the municipality (Gemeinde) Stöckse, part of collective municipality (Samtgemeinde) Steimbke.

Municipal council

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The municipal council (Gemeinderat) Stöckse has 11 members elected and a mayor elected directly. Since the local elections on September 10, 2006, two parties and one selector's community (Wählergemeinschaft) represent it.

  • CDU - 6 seats
  • SPD - 2 seats
  • WG Stöckse - 3 seats

Culture

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Theatre

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In Stöckse there is an open-air theatre. The stage is situated in a short part of forest in the city of Stöckse and accommodates 700 visitors. The audience is amused with comedies and stories in Low German, and a children's theatre themed "children play for children". Furthermore, the open-air theatre is a favoured arena for many special events different typed. Supra-regional known the in 1951 formatted open-air theatre is since 1986, since the foundation of the registered association and the der accession to the Verband Deutscher Freilichtbühnen (VDF).

Sightseeing

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"Giebichenstein" in Stöckse

There is the Stöckser See, a small lake. Worth seeing is the Giebichenstein, a large erratic dating from the Ice Age and the cairns from Bronze Age.

References

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  1. ^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
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