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| Coordinates:52°36′26″N8°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 (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 17,608 |
| • Density | 168.58/km2 (436.62/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 thedistrict of Diepholz inLower Saxony,Germany. It is situated on the riversHunte andLohne, approximately 45 km northeast ofOsnabrück, and 60 km southwest ofBremen.
It was the capital of the sovereignCounty 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]
Aschen is located 4 km north of the core town of Diepholz between the Federal Roads B 69 and theB 51. There is the local museum of Aschen, where large and small agricultural equipment, household items and workshops are displayed.[6]
The City Council of Diepholz consists of 32 councilwomen and councilmen. This is the prescribed number for amunicipality with a population between 15,001 and 20,000 inhabitants.[7] Council members are elected for five-year terms through alocal 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:[8]
On 10 June 2018 Florian Marré (independent), supported by the CDU and FDP, was elected as theMayor in a runoff election with 50.65% of the votes, succeeding Thomas Schulze.[9]
According to the census conducted in 2011, 59.1% of the city's inhabitants wereEvangelical Christians, 13.3% wereRoman Catholic, and 27.6% wereirreligious, belonged to a different religious community or preferred not to say.[10]On 31 December 2019, of 17.577 inhabitants, 47.3% were Evangelical Christians, 18.9% Roman Catholic and 33.8% of other confessions, or irreligious.[11]
Notable people associated with Diepholz include:
| Climate data for Diepholz (1991–2020 normals) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 4.6 (40.3) | 5.7 (42.3) | 9.5 (49.1) | 14.5 (58.1) | 18.5 (65.3) | 21.4 (70.5) | 23.7 (74.7) | 23.4 (74.1) | 19.3 (66.7) | 14.1 (57.4) | 8.6 (47.5) | 5.4 (41.7) | 14.1 (57.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 2.2 (36.0) | 2.7 (36.9) | 5.4 (41.7) | 9.5 (49.1) | 13.4 (56.1) | 16.4 (61.5) | 18.5 (65.3) | 18.0 (64.4) | 14.2 (57.6) | 9.9 (49.8) | 5.8 (42.4) | 3.1 (37.6) | 9.9 (49.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −0.6 (30.9) | −0.4 (31.3) | 1.4 (34.5) | 4.1 (39.4) | 7.7 (45.9) | 10.8 (51.4) | 12.9 (55.2) | 12.4 (54.3) | 9.2 (48.6) | 5.9 (42.6) | 2.7 (36.9) | 0.4 (32.7) | 5.5 (41.9) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 59.9 (2.36) | 48.4 (1.91) | 47.5 (1.87) | 38.4 (1.51) | 49.3 (1.94) | 63.1 (2.48) | 68.7 (2.70) | 74.0 (2.91) | 60.2 (2.37) | 59.7 (2.35) | 55.8 (2.20) | 65.5 (2.58) | 686.7 (27.04) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 18.3 | 16.4 | 15.6 | 13.2 | 13.6 | 14.2 | 15.1 | 15.3 | 14.0 | 16.5 | 18.0 | 19.2 | 188.7 |
| Average snowy days(≥ 1.0 cm) | 4.9 | 4.0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 3.2 | 15.7 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 88.1 | 84.6 | 79.4 | 72.1 | 71.1 | 72.1 | 72.8 | 74.9 | 80.8 | 85.3 | 89.2 | 89.5 | 79.9 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 45.9 | 71.4 | 118.5 | 179.1 | 204.9 | 201.9 | 210.9 | 197.8 | 149.7 | 109.2 | 52.8 | 40.9 | 1,577.1 |
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