Seevetal

Seevetal
Municipality
Church of Saint Maurice at Hittfeld
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Seevetal within Harburg district
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Coordinates: 53°23′N 09°58′E / 53.383°N 9.967°E / 53.383; 9.967
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Harburg
Government
• Mayor (2021–26)	Emily Weede[1] (CDU)
Area
• Total	105.20 km2 (40.62 sq mi)
Highest elevation	70 m (230 ft)
Lowest elevation	3 m (10 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	42,449
• Density	400/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	21220, 21217, 21218
Dialling codes	04105, 04185, 040
Vehicle registration	WL
Website	www.seevetal.de

Seevetal (Northern Low Saxon: Seevdaal) is a municipality in the district of Harburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 20 km south of Hamburg, and 15 km west of Winsen (Luhe). Its seat is in the village Hittfeld. It is named after the river Seeve.

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, Emmelndorf, Fleestedt, Glüsingen, Groß Moor, Helmstorf, Hittfeld, Holtorfsloh, Horst, Hörsten, Klein Moor, Lindhorst, Maschen, Meckelfeld, Metzendorf, Ohlendorf, Over and Ramelsloh.

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 dating to ca. 2200 BCE or the early Christian Maschen disc brooch which are in the permanent exhibition of the nearby Archaeological Museum Hamburg.

Seevetal is further subdivided into 19 villages and hamlets, which are grouped into six boroughs:^[3]

• Fleestedt: Fleestedt, Glüsingen, Beckedorf, Metzendorf
• Hittfeld: Hittfeld, Emmelndorf, Helmstorf, Lindhorst
• Maschen: Maschen, Horst, Hörsten
• Meckelfeld: Meckelfeld, Klein-Moor
• Over: Over, Bullenhausen, Groß-Moor
• Ramelsloh: Ramelsloh, Ohlendorf, Holtorfsloh

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

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 – 13 seats
• BIS – 4 seats
• FDP – 3 seats
• Alliance 90/The Greens – 3 seats

The current mayor Emily Weede (CDU) was elected on 26 September 2021.^[1]

• 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.

Seevetal is twinned with:^[4]

• Decatur, United States

• Caroline Daur (born 1995), fashion blogger, grew up here

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Seevetal.

• Official website (in German)