Ganderkesee
Ganderkesee is a municipality in Oldenburg district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Geography. Ganderkesee is located on the northern edge of a nature park called "Wildeshauser Geest". The northernmost part of the community is in the glacial valley of the Weser. The sandy, higher and hilly terrain of Geest joins south. The municipality Ganderkesee bordered to the east by the city of Delmenhorst, in the north of the communities Lemwerder and Berne in the district Wesermarsch and to the municipality Hude, to the west of the town Hatten and on the south by the municipalities Dötlingen and Harpstedt. Divisions. Ganderkesee  includes 25 hamlets with about 31,200 residents: Ganderkesee, Almsloh, Bergedorf, Bookholzberg, Bookhorn, Bürstel, Elmeloh, Falkenburg, Grüppenbühren, Habbrügge, Havekost, Heide, Hengsterholz, Hohenböken, Holzkamp, Hoyerswege, Hoykenkamp, Immer, Neuenlande, Rethorn, Schierbrok, Schlutter, Schönemoor, Steinkimmen and Stenum. History. Ganderkesee was mentioned in 860 AD for the first time under the name of "Gandrikesarde". Twin towns – sister cities. Ganderkesee is twinned with: Transport. With "Atlas Airport", Ganderkesee possesses a regional airport. Council. Mayor: Ralf Wessel (CDU), elected in September 2021. The Council of Ganderkesee: Trivia. Near Steinkimmen is a guyed steel tube mast for FM- and TV-broadcasting, the Transmitter Steinkimmen.