Syke

Town in Lower Saxony, Germany

(2021–26) Suse Laue^[1]Area • Total127.93 km² (49.39 sq mi)Elevation49 m (161 ft)Population • Total24,810 • Density190/km² (500/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codesDialling codes04242Vehicle registrationDH, SYWebsitewww.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.

Population

• 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.

Notable people

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

Other personalities

• Rudi Carrell (1934–2006), Dutch game show host 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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