Stöckse is a municipality in the district of Nienburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the forest "Krähe" between Langendamm and Steimbke.
Stöckse | |
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Location of Stöckse within Nienburg/Weser district ![]() | |
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Coordinates: 52°38′09″N 09°20′19″E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Lower Saxony |
District | Nienburg/Weser |
Municipal assoc. | Steimbke |
Government | |
• Mayor | Dieter Vehrenkamp (CDU) |
Area | |
• Total | 38.57 km2 (14.89 sq mi) |
Elevation | 46 m (151 ft) |
Population (2020-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 1,215 |
• Density | 32/km2 (82/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 31638 |
Dialling codes | 05026, 05021 (Führser Mühle) |
Vehicle registration | NI |
The villages Stöckse and Wenden with district Lohe form the municipality (Gemeinde) Stöckse, part of collective municipality (Samtgemeinde) Steimbke.
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.
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).
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.
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