joint municipality
Loading your saved state.
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.
office / agency
An Amt can take over administrative tasks for several municipalities. Samtgemeinde, by contrast, is the specific term for an association of independent municipalities, especially in Lower Saxony. The decisive factor is the official organizational form used in the respective federal state.
In Niedersachsen verwaltet die Samtgemeinde mehrere selbstständige Gemeinden gemeinsam.
In Lower Saxony, the joint municipality administers several independent municipalities jointly.
In dieser Region verwaltet das Amt mehrere selbstständige Gemeinden gemeinsam.
In this region, the office administers several independent municipalities jointly.
