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joint municipality
An association of several legally independent municipalities, especially in Lower Saxony, into one administrative unit in order to handle administrative tasks together.
Die Samtgemeinde Bersenbrück besteht aus sieben Mitgliedsgemeinden und der Stadt Bersenbrück.
The joint municipality of Bersenbrück consists of seven member municipalities and the town of Bersenbrück.
The component 'Samt-' comes from an old German word for 'together' or 'jointly'. A 'Samtgemeinde' (joint municipality) is therefore literally a 'joint municipality'. It has nothing to do with the fabric 'Samt' (velvet).
Mehrere Dörfer bilden zusammen eine Samtgemeinde, um die Verwaltung zu vereinfachen.
Several villages together form a joint municipality in order to simplify administration.
This term is specific to the German federal state of Lower Saxony. In other federal states, there are similar administrative structures, but they have different names.
Das Rathaus der Samtgemeinde befindet sich im größten Ort des Verbundes.
The town hall of the joint municipality is located in the largest town in the association.
'Samtgemeinde' (joint municipality) is a technical term from administrative language. It is used when talking about local politics, elections, or official responsibilities.
Für den neuen Personalausweis müssen Sie zur Verwaltung der Samtgemeinde gehen.
For the new ID card, you have to go to the administration office of the joint municipality.
municipality / community
'die Gemeinde' and 'die Samtgemeinde' both have to do with local administration. 'die Gemeinde' is a single place, for example a village or town with its own administration. 'die Samtgemeinde' is an association of several legally independent municipalities, especially in Lower Saxony. They handle certain administrative tasks together. The words are easy to confuse because they sound similar and both occur in the municipal context. If you mean just one individual place, 'Gemeinde' fits. If several municipalities form one administrative unit together, it is called 'Samtgemeinde'.
Die Samtgemeinde organisiert die Anmeldungen für mehrere kleine Orte.
The joint municipality organizes registrations for several small places.
Wenn ihr in die Gemeinde zieht, müsst ihr euch im Rathaus anmelden.
If you move to the municipality, you have to register at the town hall.