Vechta

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Vechta
Vechta Zentrum.jpg
Coat of arms of Vechta
Vechta is located in Germany
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Vechta
Coordinates 52°43′50″N 8°17′19″E / 52.73056°N 8.28861°E / 52.73056; 8.28861Coordinates: 52°43′50″N 8°17′19″E / 52.73056°N 8.28861°E / 52.73056; 8.28861
Administration
Country Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Vechta
Town subdivisions 25
Mayor Helmut Gels (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area 87.8 km2 (33.9 sq mi)
Elevation 37 m  (121 ft)
Population 31,516 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 359 /km2 (930 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate VEC
Postal code 49377
Area code 04441
Website www.vechta.de

Vechta (German pronunciation: [ˈfɛçta]) with a population of nearly 32,000 is the biggest city and also the capital of the Vechta district in Lower Saxony, Germany.

It's well known all around Europe for the 'Stoppelmarkt' fair, which occurs every summer and has a history dating back to 1298.

The town was in the recent past known as a centre of far northern German Catholicism.

Contents

[edit] Town Subdivisions

Vechta consists of 25 boroughs, but the city proper was made out of 16 boroughs, until.. ...In 1933 the three boroughs of the old "Community of Oythe" where added to the city. ...The six boroughs of the "Community of Langförden" where added to the city in 1974.

  • Bergstrup
  • Calveslage (1974)
  • Deindrup (1974)
  • Füchtel
  • Grünenmoor
  • Hagen
  • Holtrup (1974)
  • Holzhausen (1933)
  • Innenstadt
  • Langförden (1974)
  • Oythe (1933)
  • Petersburg
  • Rieden
  • Spreda (1974)
  • Stoppelmarkt
  • Strohe (1974)
  • Stukenborg
  • Tannenhof
  • Telbrake (1933)
  • Tonnenmoor
  • Vardel
  • Vechta-North
  • Vechta-West
  • Vor dem Moore
  • Welpe

[edit] Transport and Infrastructure

The Hansalinie also known as A1 is near Vechta. There are three interchanges : Vechta-West/Bakum , Vechta-Langförden/Emstek , Vechta-Nord/Ahlhorn . Also the B69 goes through the city of Vechta.

Public Transport :

The City of Vechta has a very good public transport system. It's a citybus system of 4 busses which are driving every day till the nighttime except on Sundays.

[edit] Population Development

Vechta has become a very rich city with a high quality of living, so Vechta is one of the rare german towns, that still has a growing population.

  • 1890: 2.188 inhabitants
  • 1905: 3.895 inhabitants
  • 1910: 4.373 inhabitants
  • 1933: 7.280 inhabitants
  • 1939: 8.095 inhabitants
  • 1950: 13.097 inhabitants
  • 1977: 22.133 inhabitants
  • 1980: 23.000 inhabitants
  • 1990: 23.200 inhabitants
  • 1995: 25.616 inhabitants
  • 2000: 27.832 inhabitants
  • 2005: 30.061 inhabitants
  • 2008: 30.903 inhabitants
  • 2009: 31.250 inhabitants

[edit] Twin towns

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Bevölkerungsdichte der kreisfreien Städte und Landkreise - Stand 31.12.2010" (in German). Landesbetrieb für Statistik und Kommunikationstechnologie Niedersachsen. July 2011. http://www.lskn.niedersachsen.de/download/59963. 

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