Municipality in Lower Saxony, Germany
Weyhe
Water mill
Location of Weyhe within Diepholz district
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Coordinates: 52°59′37″N 8°52′24″E / 52.99361°N 8.87333°E / 52.99361; 8.87333Coordinates: 52°59′37″N 8°52′24″E / 52.99361°N 8.87333°E / 52.99361; 8.87333
9 districts
• Mayor (2019–24)
Frank Seidel[1] (SPD)
60.25 km2 (23.26 sq mi)
510/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Dialling codes
04203, 0421
www.weyhe.de
Weyhe is a municipality in the district of Diepholz, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 15 km south of Bremen.[3]
First mentioned in 860, when a sick girl from "Wege" travelled to the grave of Saint Willehad in Bremen. Legend has it that she was cured by a miracle. However, it was not until 1 March 1974 when the municipally was officially christened as "Weyhe". That day, the nine smaller municipalities Kirchweyhe, Leeste, Lahausen, Sudweyhe, Erichshof, Melchiorshausen, Dreye, Jeebel and Ahausen were united.
In the western part there is the KGS Leeste, in the eastern part the KGS Kirchweyhe. These schools are part of the Gesamtschule (comprehensive school) system which employs all three traditional tracks in German education; Hauptschule, Realschule, and Gymnasium.
Twin towns – sister cities
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany
Weyhe is twinned with:[4]
Cesvaine, Latvia
Coulaines, France
Ērgļi, Latvia
Lubāna, Latvia
Madona, Latvia
Varakļāni, Latvia
Louise Ebert (1873–1955), wife of Friedrich Ebert, the first president of the Weimar Republic
Katja Riemann (born 1963), actress
Michael Rosemann (born 1967), professor and Honorary Consul in Brisbane, Australia
Hermann Rumsfeld, great-great-grandfather of former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld
^ "Verzeichnis der direkt gewählten Bürgermeister/-innen und Landräte/Landrätinnen". Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. April 2021.
^ Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen, LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2020.
^ weyhe.de
^ "Partnergemeinden". weyhe.de (in German). Weyhe. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
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Schwaförden
Schwarme
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Staffhorst
Stemshorn
Sudwalde
Varrel
Wehrbleck
Wetschen
Municipalities in Lower Saxony
Diepholz (district)