Syke

The Finnish Environment Institute is also called SYKE. For the rapper, see Big Syke. For the heraldic roundel called 'syke', see fountain (heraldry).

Syke
Lutheran church
Coat of arms
Syke Location of Syke within Diepholz district
Coordinates: 52°54′47″N 08°49′37″E / 52.91306°N 8.82694°E / 52.91306; 8.82694Coordinates: 52°54′47″N 08°49′37″E / 52.91306°N 8.82694°E / 52.91306; 8.82694
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Diepholz
Government
• Mayor	Suse Laue
Area
• Total	114.22 km2 (44.10 sq mi)
Elevation	49 m (161 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
• Total	12,302
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	28857
Dialling codes	04242
Vehicle registration	DH
Website	www.syke.de

Syke (German pronunciation: [ˈziːkə]) is a town in the district of Diepholz, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 20 km south of Bremen.

Syke Townhall

Syke

Number of inhabitants

• 1961: 16.203
• 1970: 17.013
• 1979: 19.413
• 1987: 18.796
• 1992: 21.411
• 1997: 23.340
• 2002: 23.786
• 2007: 24.527
• 2011: 24.279
• 2013: 23.666

Mayors

• 2001–2013: Harald Behrens (FDP)
• since 2013: Suse Laue (SPD)

Suse Laue won the election in 2013 with 54,3 % of the vote against three competitors.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Andreas Frömberg (born 1954), sculptor
• Gabriele Ullrich (born 1960), author

Other personalities

Rudi Carrell 1980

• Rudi Carrell (1934–2006), Dutch showmaster and entertainer; lived 1981–2006 in the district of Wachendorf.
• Reinhold Beckmann (born 1956), TV-conductor and football commentator, made his Abitur in Syke
• Baba Saad (born 1985), rapper, lived in Syke from 1994 onwards
• Timo Perthel (born 1989), footballer, played in his youth for the TuS Syke

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