| District of Schaumburg |
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| General |
| Administration¹ | |
Towns and municipalities
in the district
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Special
location features¹ | Through the opening-up of Eastern Europe, the administrative district of Schaumburg has moved into a central within the axes of European business. Whether it is through the A 2 federal motorway, the rail traffic between East and West, the Mittelland Canal or the River Weser: the entire region adopts an important turntable position in East/West and North/South traffic - with good opportunities for all sectors of business and industry.
The economic development and business promotion agencies in the Schaumburger Land region makes existing development possibilities visible and actively supports firms in realising their goals. It is not for nothing that the district of Schaumburg was chosen as Lower Saxony's first "SME-friendly local government unit" in 2002. This praise is at once an accolade and a responsibility.
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Business sites,
real estates | | Business sites: | 25 |
View | | | Real estates: | 15 |
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| Population |
Population²
| | | | | | | | | | Inhabitants: | 162,971 | | 83,857 |
(51.5 %)
| | 79,114 |
(48.5 %)
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Age structure: |  | |
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Population density²
| | Inhabitants/km²: | 241.2 | |
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| Infrastructure |
| Educational institutions² | | Elementary schools: | 27 | | Secondary schools: | 7 | | Secondary modern schools: | 7 | | Grammar schools: | 5 | | Special schools: | 5 | | Vocational schools: | 8 | | Other educational
facilities¹:
| Lower Saxony University of Applied Sciences for Administration and Jurisprudence - Department of Tax Administration - in Rinteln
Lower Saxony State School of Finance in Bad Eilsen
Private schools and state-recognised vocational schools in Bückeburg, Rinteln and Stadthagen
"Kreisjugend- u. Schullandheim" (country house used by school classes and youth groups for short visits) Norderney u. Frossee, Ruhpolding
Kreisjugendmusikschule (district school of music for young people)
Adult education college
Youth, education and leisure centre in Bückeburg
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| Health care¹ | | General practitioners: | 101 | | Dentists: | 93 | | Medical specialists: | 88 | | Hospitals: | 5
(796 total beds)
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facilities:
| Health resort treatment and wellness in Bad Eilsen and Bad Nenndorf
Sulphur and saltwater springs
Latest health treatment and therapy facilities
Landgrafen thermal baths in Bad Nenndorf
Thermal baths
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| Leisure/culture/sport¹ | Leisure
facilities:
| Theme cycle tours between 25 and 87 km:
- "Princes' Route"
- Castles and manor houses
- Parks and gardens
- Wilhelm Busch
- Schaumburg's industrial history
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| | Cultural
facilities:
| Bückeburg Castle and Mausoleum
The Schaumburg (castle)
Steinzeichen ("Stone Signs" geological exhibition) in Steinbergen
Fürstliche Hofreitschule (riding school)
Birthplace of Wilhelm Busch
Steam railway
"Garden of the Beloved Stones"
Hagenburg Moor Garden
Wilhelmstein Fortifications
Draisinen on Tour
Historic Town Squares
| | | Special amenities on offer: | Tourism in the district of Schaumburg 
| Schaumburger Landschaft e.V.
| Tourism in the Weserbergland region
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| Living space¹ | |
| Transport¹ | Comment on the
transport infrastructure:
| Schaumburg is optimally situated geographically for a dynamic, internetworking and global economy. The district of Schaumburg is a nodal point of German and European business and transport axes:
- On the West-East axis, the federal motorway A 2 links Western with Eastern Europe via the Ruhr Basin region
- Tightly meshed network of federal trunk roads – B 65, B 83, B 283, B 441, B 442, B 482
- Mittelland Canal
- River Weser as access route to the North German seaports
- Rail traffic along the axis France/Netherlands/Benelux – Ruhr Basin region - Hannover - Berlin – Eastern Europe
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| Economics |
Economic strength²  | | | | | | | Gross domestic product 2007:
| 19,127 | 65 % | | Buying power level 2002:
| 16,600 | - | | | | | | | | | Gross value added 2007 | | - Production sector: | 52,616 | 81 % | | - Service sector: | 45,175 | 87 % | | | | | | | | Net revenue from local business tax 2008:
| 205.72 | 65 % | | Municipal share of income tax 2008:
| 296.43 | 103 % | | |
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Employment²
| | | | | | | | | | | Employed persons: | 37,191 | 17,616 |
(47.4 %)
| 19,575 |
(52.6 %)
| | Change over previous year: | +637 |
(+1.7 %)
| | | Employment rate: | 50.1 | % | |
Employed persons acc. to
economic sectors: |  | | | | | | | | Commuters: | 25,020 | 37,161 | -12,141 | | | |
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| Unemployment³ | |
Major
companies¹ | |
| Business promotion schemes¹ | Service spectrum provided by the business promotion department:
- Service for companies
- Employment and training positions
- Consolidation
- Innovation sponsoring
- Business start-up assistance
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Service for companies:
- Moderation and guidance function
- Communication platform
- Acceleration of authorisation procedures
- Mediation of cooperation partners
- Company database
- Commercial and business estates
- Research into possible grants and subsidies
... | | | Link to promotion info: | NBank
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Business promotion
agencies¹ | |
