Diepholz

{{Infobox German location

|type = Stadt

|name = Diepholz

|image_photo = Diepholzer schloss.jpg

|image_flag = Hissflagge der Stadt Diepholz.svg

|image_coa = DEU Diepholz COA.svg

|coordinates = {{coord|52|36|26|N|8|22|16|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|image_plan = Diepholz in DH.svg

|state = Lower Saxony

|district = Diepholz

|elevation = 37

|area = 104.45

|postal_code = 49356

|area_code = 0 54 41

|licence = DH

|Gemeindeschlüssel = 03 2 51 012

|website = [https://www.stadt-diepholz.de/ www.stadt-diepholz.de]

|mayor = Florian Marré{{cite web|url=https://www.statistik.niedersachsen.de/download/169156|title=Verzeichnis der direkt gewählten Bürgermeister/-innen und Landräte/Landrätinnen|date=April 2021|publisher=Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen}}

|leader_term = 2018–23

}}

Diepholz ({{IPA|de|ˈdiːpˌhɔlts|-|De-Diepholz.ogg}}; Northern Low Saxon: Deefholt) is a town and capital of the district of Diepholz in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the rivers Hunte and Lohne, approximately 45 km northeast of Osnabrück, and 60 km southwest of Bremen.

It was the capital of the sovereign County of Diepholz and the principal seat of the Noble Lords, later Counts, of Diepholz.

Administrative division

Diepholz consists of the core city of Diepholz (44.59 km²), which comprises several boroughs, as well as the incorporated villages of Aschen (32.01 km²), Sankt Hülfe (15.75 km²) and Heede (12.12 km²).{{cite map | title = Aschen, Germany | url = https://www.google.com/maps/place/49356+Diepholz-Aschen/@52.6499445,8.3599858,15z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x47b74c16e0f178cb:0x8cf237940c67f9e0!8m2!3d52.6504024!4d8.3604941!16s/g/121hf7cd?entry=ttu | access-date = 2023-12-17 | publisher = Google}}

{{cite map | title = Heede, Germany | url = https://www.google.com/maps/place/49356+Diepholz-Heede/@52.6210662,8.3859189,14z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x47b74c457a69f4b1:0xa26cf79ea8be870!8m2!3d52.6195325!4d8.3851393!16s%2Fg%2F1223q1dc | access-date = 2023-12-17 | publisher = Google}}

{{cite map | title = Sankt Hülfe, Germany | url = https://www.google.com/maps/place/49356+Diepholz-St.+Hülfe/@52.6221152,8.3982855,13z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x47b74cf8b070f061:0xa26cf79ea8be880!8m2!3d52.6208582!4d8.3932011!16s%2Fg%2F120x6n27 | access-date = 2023-12-17 | publisher = Google}}

Aschen is located 4 km north of the core town of Diepholz between the Federal Roads B 69 and the B 51. There is the local museum of Aschen, where large and small agricultural equipment, household items and workshops are displayed.{{cite web |url=https://museum-aschen.de/ |title=Heimatmuseum Aschen| language= de|access-date=17 December 2023}}

Politics

= City Council =

The City Council of Diepholz consists of 32 councilwomen and councilmen. This is the prescribed number for a municipality with a population between 15,001 and 20,000 inhabitants.[http://www.nds-voris.de/jportal/?quelle=jlink&query=KomVerfG+ND&psml=bsvorisprod.psml&max=true Lower Saxony Municipal Constitution Act (NKomVG) as of 17 December 2010; § 46 – Number of Delegates.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610161134/http://www.nds-voris.de/jportal/?quelle=jlink&query=KomVerfG+ND&psml=bsvorisprod.psml&max=true |date=June 10, 2020 }} In: nds-voris.de, retrieved on October 7, 2022. Council members are elected for five-year terms through a local election. In addition to the 32 members elected in the municipal council election, the full-time mayor also has voting rights in the council.

The results of the 2021 local election led to the following seat distribution:{{cite web|access-date=2022-10-07|date=2021-09-15|title=City Council Election 12.09.2021 - Diepholz|url=https://votemanager.kdo.de/20210912/03251012/presentation/result.html?election_id=222&voting_type=0&id=ebene_3_id_319|work=votemanager.kdo.de}}

CDU: 12 seats
SPD: 9 seats
FDP: 4 seats
GREENS: 4 seats
LEFT: 1 seat
AfD: 2 seats

= Mayor =

On 10 June 2018 Florian Marré (independent), supported by the CDU and FDP, was elected as the Mayor in a runoff election with 50.65% of the votes, succeeding Thomas Schulze.[https://www.kreiszeitung.de/lokales/diepholz/diepholz-ort28581/florian-marr-officially-mayor-diepholz-9950779.html kreiszeitung.de]

Religion

According to the census conducted in 2011, 59.1% of the city's inhabitants were Evangelical Christians, 13.3% were Roman Catholic, and 27.6% were irreligious, belonged to a different religious community or preferred not to say.{{Cite web |url=https://ergebnisse.zensus2011.de/#StaticContent:032510012012,BEK_4_2_6,RELIGION_KURZ-1,table |title=Stadt Diepholz Religion |access-date=2023-05-24 |archive-date=2013-06-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130605031517/https://ergebnisse.zensus2011.de/#StaticContent:032510012012,BEK_4_2_6,RELIGION_KURZ-1,table |url-status=dead }}

On 31 December 2019, of 17.577 inhabitants, 47.3% were Evangelical Christians, 18.9% Roman Catholic and 33.8% of other confessions, or irreligious.[https://www.stadt-diepholz.de/portal/seiten/zahlen-daten-fakten-900000066-21770.html Stadt Diepholz Zahlen Daten Fakten], retrieved on May 5th 2020

Notable people

Notable people associated with Diepholz include:

File:Zygfryd Kuchta.jpg, 2015]]

Marianne of Sweden (died after 1285), Swedish Princess and countess consort of Diepholz
Rudolf van Diepholt ({{circa|1390}} – 1455), bishop of Utrecht and bishop of Osnabrück
Georg Moller (1784–1852), architect and town planner who worked in the South of Germany, mostly in Hesse.{{Cite AmCyc|wstitle=Moller, Georg |volume= XI |short=x}}
Fritz Klatte (1880–1934), German chemist, discovered polyvinyl acetate
Eva Leo (1901–1998 in Dubuque, Iowa), German Master Metal Sculptor
Zygfryd Kuchta (born 1944), Polish handball player, team bronze medallist at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Klaus Schlichte (born 1963), political scientist and professor

Climate

{{Weather box

| location = Diepholz (1991–2020 normals)

| metric first = Y

| single line = Y

|collapsed = Y

|Jan high C = 4.6

|Feb high C = 5.7

|Mar high C = 9.5

|Apr high C = 14.5

|May high C = 18.5

|Jun high C = 21.4

|Jul high C = 23.7

|Aug high C = 23.4

|Sep high C = 19.3

|Oct high C = 14.1

|Nov high C = 8.6

|Dec high C = 5.4

| year high C = 14.1

|Jan mean C = 2.2

|Feb mean C = 2.7

|Mar mean C = 5.4

|Apr mean C = 9.5

|May mean C = 13.4

|Jun mean C = 16.4

|Jul mean C = 18.5

|Aug mean C = 18.0

|Sep mean C = 14.2

|Oct mean C = 9.9

|Nov mean C = 5.8

|Dec mean C = 3.1

|year mean C = 9.9

|Jan low C = -0.6

|Feb low C = -0.4

|Mar low C = 1.4

|Apr low C = 4.1

|May low C = 7.7

|Jun low C = 10.8

|Jul low C = 12.9

|Aug low C = 12.4

|Sep low C = 9.2

|Oct low C = 5.9

|Nov low C = 2.7

|Dec low C = 0.4

| year low C = 5.5

| precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 59.9

|Feb precipitation mm = 48.4

|Mar precipitation mm = 47.5

|Apr precipitation mm = 38.4

|May precipitation mm = 49.3

|Jun precipitation mm = 63.1

|Jul precipitation mm = 68.7

|Aug precipitation mm = 74.0

|Sep precipitation mm = 60.2

|Oct precipitation mm = 59.7

|Nov precipitation mm = 55.8

|Dec precipitation mm = 65.5

| year precipitation mm =686.7

| unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 18.3

|Feb precipitation days = 16.4

|Mar precipitation days = 15.6

|Apr precipitation days = 13.2

|May precipitation days = 13.6

|Jun precipitation days = 14.2

|Jul precipitation days = 15.1

|Aug precipitation days = 15.3

|Sep precipitation days = 14.0

|Oct precipitation days = 16.5

|Nov precipitation days = 18.0

|Dec precipitation days = 19.2

|year precipitation days = 188.7

|Jan sun = 45.9

|Feb sun = 71.4

|Mar sun = 118.5

|Apr sun = 179.1

|May sun = 204.9

|Jun sun = 201.9

|Jul sun = 210.9

|Aug sun = 197.8

|Sep sun = 149.7

|Oct sun = 109.2

|Nov sun = 52.8

|Dec sun = 40.9

|year sun = 1577.1

|Jan humidity = 88.1

|Feb humidity = 84.6

|Mar humidity = 79.4

|Apr humidity = 72.1

|May humidity = 71.1

|Jun humidity = 72.1

|Jul humidity = 72.8

|Aug humidity = 74.9

|Sep humidity = 80.8

|Oct humidity = 85.3

|Nov humidity = 89.2

|Dec humidity = 89.5

| year humidity =79.9

|unit snow days = 1.0 cm

|Jan snow days = 4.9

|Feb snow days = 4.0

|Mar snow days = 1.1

|Apr snow days = 0

|May snow days = 0

|Jun snow days = 0

|Jul snow days = 0

|Aug snow days = 0

|Sep snow days = 0

|Oct snow days = 0

|Nov snow days = 0.8

|Dec snow days = 3.2

|year snow days = 15.7

| source 1 = NOAA{{cite web

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230916125616/https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Germany/CSV/Diepholz_10321.csv

| archive-date = 16 September 2023

| url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Germany/CSV/Diepholz_10321.csv

| title = Diepholz Climate Normals 1991–2020

| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

| access-date = 16 September 2023}}

}}

References

Category:Diepholz (district)