| District of Diepholz |
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| General |
| Administration¹ | | Street address: | Landkreis Diepholz
Niedersachsenstraße 2
49356 Diepholz |  | | Postal address: |
Postfach
13 40
49343 Diepholz | | | Telephone: | 05441 / 976-0 | | Fax: | 05441 / 976-1726 | | E-mail: | info@diepholz.de | | Homepage: | http://www.diepholz.de  | | | Contact: | Mr. Gerd Stötzel | | Telephone: | 05441 / 976-0 | | | |
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Towns and municipalities
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Special
location features¹ | The administrative district of Diepholz is a modern business location with an efficiently performing industry and a modern, future-oriented service sector. Diepholz is one of the largest districts in the region with almost 2,000 sq.km. and 215,000 inhabitants. Bordered by the federal states of Bremen and North-Rhine Westphalia, it occupies the centre of Lower Saxony. Thanks to the good infrastructure, a climate favourable to entrepreneurial activity and low location costs, the district of Diepholz offers advantageous conditions for new company settlements.
The positive population trend within the district can be particularly attributed to the high quality of life, the large number of leisure and recreational facilities, and the dynamically growing economic structure.
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Business sites,
real estates | | Business sites: | 48 |
View | | | Real estates: | 7 |
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| Population |
Population²
| | | | | | | | | | Inhabitants: | 213,634 | | 107,599 |
(50.4 %)
| | 106,035 |
(49.6 %)
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Age structure: |  | |
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Population density²
| | Inhabitants/km²: | 107.5 | |
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| Infrastructure |
| Educational institutions² | | Elementary schools: | 53 | | Secondary schools: | 16 | | Secondary modern schools: | 19 | | Grammar schools: | 10 | | Special schools: | 5 | | Vocational schools: | 4 | | Other educational
facilities¹:
| The adult education centre (Volkshochschule) offered qualified training to all segments of the population. Further information is available at www.vhs-diepholz.de.
The district school of music offers music teaching for 2,300 pupils. Further information is available at www.kreismusikschule-diepholz.de.
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| Health care¹ | | Hospitals: | 4 | |
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| Leisure/culture/sport¹ | Leisure
facilities:
| Dümmer Nature Park, Wildeshauser Geest Nature Park, Diepholzer Moorniederung (moor lowlands), climatic spa Bruchhausen-Vilsen, Ströhen Wildlife Park, cycle tourism on more than 1,400 km of excellently signposted cycle routes, farmyard holidays | | Cultural
facilities:
| District museum in Syke and Dümmermuseum in Lembruch
Further information available under www.kreismuseum-syke.de | | Sport
facilities:
| Numerous sports halls, sports grounds and tennis courts, open-air swimming baths and indoor pools, riding arenas and riding halls, boat harbour with approx. 2,300 berths, golf courses | | |
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| Transport¹ | Comment on the
transport infrastructure:
| Diepholz-Dümmerland Airfield (abbreviated in German to fdd) perfectly complements the transport infrastructure of the district. | | |
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| Economics |
Economic strength²  | | | | | | | Gross domestic product 2007:
| 22,803 | 77 % | | | | | | | | | Gross value added 2007 | | - Production sector: | 58,479 | 90 % | | - Service sector: | 48,249 | 93 % | | | | | | | | Net revenue from local business tax 2009:
| 380.07 | 148 % | | Municipal share of income tax 2009:
| 280.10 | 105 % | | |
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Employment²
| | | | | | | | | | | Employed persons: | 55,325 | 24,584 |
(44.4 %)
| 30,741 |
(55.6 %)
| | Change over previous year: | -183 |
(-0.3 %)
| | | Employment rate: | 55.6 | % | |
Employed persons acc. to
economic sectors: |  | | | | | | | | Commuters: | 37,661 | 54,768 | -17,107 | | | |
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| Unemployment³ | |
Major
companies¹ | |
| Business promotion schemes¹ | | Information on the business-related promotion schemes and funding in the District of Diepholz can be obtained from the homepage of the Diepholz district government at www.landkreis-diepholz.de under the rubric "Wirtschaft & Tourismus" ("Business and Tourism"). | | | Link to promotion info: | Business-related promotion schemes in the district of Diepholz
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Business promotion
agencies¹ | |
