Diepholz

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Diepholz
Town
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Diepholz within Diepholz district
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Coordinates: 52°36′26″N 8°22′16″E / 52.60722°N 8.37111°E / 52.60722; 8.37111
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Diepholz
Government
• Mayor (2018–23)	Florian Marré[1]
Area
• Total	104.45 km2 (40.33 sq mi)
Elevation	37 m (121 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	17,685
• Density	170/km2 (440/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	49356
Dialling codes	0 54 41
Vehicle registration	DH
Website	www.stadt-diepholz.de

Diepholz (German pronunciation: [ˈdiːpˌhɔlts] ^ⓘ; Northern Low Saxon: Deefholt) is a town and capital of the district of Diepholz in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the rivers Hunte and Lohne, approximately 45 km northeast of Osnabrück, and 60 km southwest of Bremen.

It was the capital of the sovereign County of Diepholz and the principal seat of the Noble Lords, later Counts, of Diepholz.

Diepholz consists of the core city of Diepholz (44.59 km²), which comprises several boroughs, as well as the incorporated villages of Aschen (32.01 km²), Sankt Hülfe (15.75 km²) and Heede (12.12 km²).^{[3] [4] [5]}

The City Council of Diepholz consists of 32 councilwomen and councilmen. This is the prescribed number for a municipality with a population between 15,001 and 20,000 inhabitants.^[6] Council members are elected for five-year terms through a local election. In addition to the 32 members elected in the municipal council election, the full-time mayor also has voting rights in the council.

The results of the 2021 local election led to the following seat distribution:^[7]

• CDU: 12 seats
• SPD: 9 seats
• FDP: 4 seats
• GREENS: 4 seats
• LEFT: 1 seat
• AfD: 2 seats

On June 10, 2018, Florian Marré (independent), supported by the CDU and FDP, was elected as the Mayor in a runoff election with 50.65% of the votes, succeeding Thomas Schulze.^[8]

According to the census conducted in 2011, 59,1% of the city's inhabitants were Evangelical Christians, 13,3% were Roman Catholic, and 27,6 % were irreligious, belonged to a different religious community or preferred not to say.^[9] On December 31, 2019, of 17.577 inhabitants, 47,3 % were Evangelical Christians, 18,9 % Roman Catholic and 33,8 % of other confessions, or irreligious.^[10]

Notable people associated with Diepholz include:

• Marianne of Sweden (died after 1285), Swedish Princess and countess consort of Diepholz
• Rudolf van Diepholt (c. 1390 – 1455), bishop of Utrecht and bishop of Osnabrück
• Georg Moller (1784–1852), architect and town planner who worked in the South of Germany, mostly in Hesse.^[11]
• Fritz Klatte (1880–1934), German chemist, discovered polyvinyl acetate
• Eva Leo (1901–1998 in Dubuque, Iowa), German Master Metal Sculptor
• Zygfryd Kuchta (born 1944), Polish handball player, team bronze medallist at the 1976 Summer Olympics
• Klaus Schlichte (born 1963), political scientist and professor

• Lordship, later County, of Diepholz

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