Ganderkesee
Ganderkesee (Northern Low Saxon: Gannerseer) is a municipality in Oldenburg district, in Lower Saxony, Germany.
Ganderkesee
- Name
- Ganderkesee
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Ganderkesee. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
In this article
Key facts
Key facts
• Type — Gemeinde • Name — Ganderkesee • State — Niedersachsen • District — Oldenburg • Elevation — 27 • Area — 138.26 • Postal Code — 27777 • Area Code — 04222, 04221, 04223 • Licence — OL • Gemeindeschlussel — 03 4 58 005 • Divisions — 25 districts • Website — ganderkesee.de • Mayor — Ralf Wessel • Leader Term — 2021–26 • Party — CDU
Geography
Geography
Ganderkesee is located on the northern edge of a nature park called "Wildeshauser Geest". The northernmost part of the community is in the glacial valley of the Weser. The sandy, higher and hilly terrain of Geest joins south. The municipality Ganderkesee bordered to the east by the city of Delmenhorst, in the north of the communities Lemwerder and Berne in the district Wesermarsch and to the municipality Hude, to the west of the town Hatten and on the south by the municipalities Dötlingen and Harpstedt.
Divisions
Divisions
Ganderkesee includes 25 hamlets with about 31,200 residents: Ganderkesee, Almsloh, Bergedorf, Bookholzberg, Bookhorn, Bürstel, Elmeloh, Falkenburg, Grüppenbühren, Habbrügge, Havekost, Heide, Hengsterholz, Hohenböken, Holzkamp, Hoyerswege, Hoykenkamp, Immer, Neuenlande, Rethorn, Schierbrok, Schlutter, Schönemoor, Steinkimmen and Stenum.
History
History
Ganderkesee was mentioned in 860 AD for the first time under the name of "Gandrikesarde".
Twin towns – sister cities
Twin towns – sister cities
Ganderkesee is twinned with: • Montval-sur-Loir, France • Pułtusk, Poland
Transport
Transport
With "Atlas Airport", Ganderkesee possesses a regional airport.
Council
Council
Mayor: Ralf Wessel (CDU), elected in September 2021. The Council of Ganderkesee: • SPD: 12 seats • CDU: 11 seats • FDP: 3 seats • UWG (Independent voters Community Ganderkesee) / Free votes: 3 seats • Bündnis 90/Die Grünen: 6 seats
Trivia
Trivia
Near Steinkimmen is a 298 m guyed steel tube mast for FM- and TV-broadcasting, the Transmitter Steinkimmen.
Text attribution
Licensing
Text attribution
Part of the biographical narrative on this page reuses licensed material. Its origin, revision and licence are recorded here.
The biographical narrative on this page is based on the Wikipedia article Ganderkesee, revision 1233477010 (EN edition), by its contributors. VALÉORINE has edited that text and built its own documentary record around it. The reused material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, and this page's reuse of it is offered under the same licence. Everything else on this page — the chronology, the holdings, the evidence, the plates and the connections — is VALÉORINE's own record. Sources and licences.
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 26 September 2026.
Elsewhere in General
22,760 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- GanacPlace
- GanadoPlace
- GananoquePlace
- GanderPlace
- GandharaPlace
- Gandhi Faiz-E-Aam CollegeOrganisation
- Gandhi Memorial Intercontinental SchoolOrganisation
- GandhinagarPlace
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own an object connected with Ganderkesee?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.