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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox German location<br />
|image_photo=View of St. Pankratius Church.jpg<br />
|image_caption=Church of St. Pancratius in Bockenem.<br />
|type = Stadt<br />
|image_coa = DE-NI 03-2-54-008 Bockenem COA.svg<br />
|coordinates = {{coord|52|00|42|N|10|07|55|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}<br />
|image_plan = Bockenem in HI.svg<br />
|state = Niedersachsen<br />
|district = Hildesheim<br />
|elevation = 110<br />
|area = 109.96<br />
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 03254008<br />
|postal_code = 31167<br />
|area_code = 05067<br />
|licence = HI<br />
|website = [https://www.bockenem.de/ www.bockenem.de]<br />
|mayor = Rainer Block<ref name=mayor>{{cite web|url=https://wahlen.statistik.niedersachsen.de/KW2021/reports/DW/20210912_DW_Uebersicht.pdf|title=Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 12. September 2021|date=13 October 2021|publisher=[[Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen]]}}</ref><br />
|leader_term = 2021&ndash;26<br />
|party = Ind<br />
}}<br />
'''Bockenem''' ({{IPA|de|ˈbɔkənəm|-|De-Bockenem.ogg}}; [[Eastphalian language|Eastphalian]]: ''Bokeln'') is a town in the [[Hildesheim (district)|district of Hildesheim]], [[Lower Saxony]], [[Germany]] that was founded in 1154. It is located on the [[German Timber-Frame Road]].<br />
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==Surrounding villages==<br />
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[[File:NetteKirche.jpg|thumb|Protestant Church in Nette]]<br />
*Jerze<br />
*Königsdahlum<br />
*Bornum<br />
*Mahlum<br />
*Schlewecke<br />
*Ortshausen<br />
*Volkersheim<br />
*Hary<br />
*Störy<br />
*Bönnien<br />
*Werder<br />
*Nette<br />
*Upstedt<br />
*Bültum<br />
*Groß Ilde<br />
*Klein Ilde<br />
*Wohlenhausen<br />
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==Sights==<br />
*The village of Störy was famous for having the largest museum of small cars in the world. The museum, however, was closed around 2005.<br />
*The nave of the Protestant Church in Bockenem was built in 1403, its baptismal font dates from 1703.<br />
*Another interesting church can be seen in the village of Nette. The romanesque tower has firing slits and may have been used as a fortification in times of war. The nave dates from 1731. Close to the church, several well-preserved half-timbered houses can be seen.<br />
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==Local council (Stadtrat)==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! style="background:#CCCC99;" colspan="9"| Local council, elections September 2016<br />
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee" align="center"<br />
| width=60 align=left | '''Party/List'''<br />
| width=100 | CDU<br />
| width=100 | SPD<br />
| width=100 | UWG<br />
| width=100 | Alliance 90/The Greens<br />
| width=100 | Independents<br />
| width=100 | '''Total'''<br />
|- align="center"<br />
| align=left | '''Seats''' || 11 || 9 || 2 || 1 || 1 || '''24'''<br />
|- align="center"<br />
| align=left | '''Vote share''' || 45.2% || 36.1% || 9.5% || 4.4% || 3.7% || 100%<br />
|}<br />
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==International relations==<br />
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany}}<br />
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Bockenem is [[town twinning|twinned]] with:<br />
*{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Güntersberge]], [[Germany]]<br />
*{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Zawadzkie]], [[Poland]]<br />
*{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Thornbury, South Gloucestershire|Thornbury]], [[United Kingdom]].<br />
Meteor Gummiwerke is also located in Bockenem. Meteor is an automotive sealing company that supplies seals worldwide. Meteor is the largest factory in Bockenem employing over 1500 people.<br />
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== Personalities ==<br />
* Karl-Heinz Bädje, (1917-1998), honorary citizen of the city in 1991 and founder of the company Meteor.<br />
* [[Henriette Schrader-Breymann]], (1827-1899), pioneer of the kindergarten system in Germany and early women's rights activist.<br />
* Friedrich Buchholz, Mayor of the town of Bockenem from 1827 to 1865, also worked there as a lawyer. (1802-1865) The centrally located Buchholzmarkt was named after him<br />
* [[Ernst Deger]] (1809-1885), significant church painter, especially in the Rhineland<br />
* Johann Schwartzkopff, (1596-1658), lawyer at the University of Helmstedt and from 1646 Chancellor in the Duchy of Braunschweig<br />
* Johann Friedrich Weule, (1811-1897), founder of the tower watch company J. F. Weule<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20041010181717/http://www.thornburytowncouncil.gov.uk/bockenem.htm Description of Bockenem by Thornbury Town Council]<br />
*[https://www.bockenem.de/ Official site (In German)]<br />
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