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Velpke (Samtgemeinde)

Samtgemeinde in Lower Saxony

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 6, 2024
Entity authorityQ460480 ↗
Source-derived summary

Velpke is a Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") in the district of Helmstedt, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Its seat is in the village Velpke.

Municipalities

The Samtgemeinde Velpke consists of the following municipalities:

Bahrdorf

Danndorf

Grafhorst

Groß Twülpstedt

Velpke

Fire departments

In February 2024, the fire brigades of the collective municipality were called to fight a major fire at a biogas plant in Büstedt.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Velpke (Samtgemeinde)” as samtgemeinde in Lower Saxony. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Velpke, Samtgemeinde and Lower.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2024—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1972-07-01. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Velpke, Samtgemeinde and Lower providing the first useful test.
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The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 6, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q460480. VIAF identifies the subject as 245812443. Authority coordinates are 52.400, 10.933. 3 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2024.

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This entry incorporates text from “Velpke (Samtgemeinde)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.