Vechta

Vechta
Vechta
Town
	Coat of arms
	Location of Vechta within Vechta district
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Vechta
Subdivisions	25
Government
• Mayor	Helmut Gels (CDU)
Area
• Total	87.8 km2 (33.9 sq mi)
Elevation	37 m (121 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	33,769
• Density	380/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	49377
Dialling codes	04441
Vehicle registration	VEC
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.

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" were added to the city. ...The six boroughs of the "Community of Langförden" were 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

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 is a citybus system of four buses which run every day until the nighttime except on Sundays.