Bassum

Bassum
The Seat of local government (Rathaus)
Flag Coat of arms
Bassum
Location of Bassum within Diepholz district
Coordinates:
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Diepholz
Government
• Mayor	Christian Porsch (Bürger-Block)
Area
• Total	169 km2 (65 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)
• Total	15,529
• Density	92/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	27211
Dialling codes	04241
Vehicle registration	DH
Website	www.bassum.de

Bassum is a town in the district of Diepholz, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 35 km northeast of Diepholz, and 25 km south of Bremen.

Geography

Subdivision

Subdivision of Bassum

Besides Bassum proper, the town consists of the following Ortschaften (villages):

• Albringhausen
• Apelstedt (with Pannstedt)
• Bramstedt (with Bünte and Röllinghausen)
• Eschenhausen
• Groß Henstedt
• Great Ringmar
• Hallstedt
• Hollwedel (with Dimhausen, Möhlenhof, Hilken, Katenkamp, Nüstedt, Klein and Groß Hollwedel)
• Neubruchhausen (with Freidorf)
• Nienstedt
• Nordwohlde (with Stütelberg, Fesenfeld, Kastendiek, Steinforth, Högenhausen, Kätingen and Pestinghausen)
• Osterbinde
• Schorlingborstel (with Ebersheide, Lowe and Kolloge)
• Stühren
• Wedehorn
• Bassum (with Loge, Freudenberg, Klenkenborstel, Hassel, Nienhaus and Nienhaus)

Politics

Town council

 Bassum Local election 2011

Parties		Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-
	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	7214	36.4	-3.5	11 / 30	-1
	Social Democratic Party of Germany	4568	23.0	-2.9	7 / 30	-1
	Bürger-Block	4091	20.6	-8.6	6 / 30	-3
	Alliance '90/The Greens	3100	15.6	+10.6	5 / 30	+4
	The Left	355	2.7	+2.7	1 / 30	+1
	Rainer Dambroth	319	1.6	+1.6	0 / 30	±0
Total		19825	100%		30

Mayor

 Bassum mayoral election 2014

Candidates	Party	Round 1		Round 2
		Votes	%	Votes	%
Christian Porsch		2,476	33.45 %	3,087	56.31 %
Claus Marx		2,175	29.38 %	2,395	43.69%
Bernadette Nadermann		1,619	21.87%
Cathleen Schorling	CDU	1,132	15.29%
Total Votes		7,402	99.99%	5,482	100%
Eligible Voters		13,193		13,193
Turnout		7,402	56,79 %	5,482	41,92 %
Source: City of Bassum

Coat of arms

"Party per fess Argent an upright branch vert with three tilia leaves and Or two armed gules bear claws outwards sable; above a ornamental pedestal Or, two horses rampant Argent as supporters, in the crest a three towered mural crown gules.” The arms were granted on November 24, 1927. The lower part shows the bear claws derived from the arms of the Counts of Hoya. to which the city belonged to since 1582. The tilia leaves in the upper represant the three former municipalities Bassum, Freudenberg and Loge who built the new city of Bassum in 1896. The mural crown, symbolises the 13th century Freudenburg castle and the city rights as well and two horses as supporters stand for the belonging to Lower Saxony.

International relations

Bassum has twinning arrangements with

•  Fresnay-sur-Sarthe, France (1972)
•  Telšiai, Lithunia (2009)
• Spilsby (2010)

Notable residents

Born in Bassum

• Elisabeth Wiedemann (born 1926), German actress
• Tessa Hofmann (born 1949), scholar of Armenian studies and sociology
• Hans-Hermann Sprado (1956–2014), German journalist and author
• Ulf Schirmer (born 1959), German conductor
• Roman Fricke (born 1977), German high jumper
• Christian Schulz (born 1983), German footballer

See also

• Bassum station
• Bramstedt bei Syke railway station