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'''Nord-Elm''' is a [[federation]] of municipalities (''[[Samtgemeinde]]'') in [[Helmstedt (district)|Helmstedt]], [[Lower Saxony]].<ref name=officialsite/><ref name=dnb>{{Cite web |title=Samtgemeinde Nord-Elm |url=https://portal.dnb.de/opac.htm?method=simpleSearch&cqlMode=true&query=nid%3D4338136-4 |access-date=2023-12-05 |website=Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek}}</ref> Its capital is [[Süpplingen]].<ref name=burgen>{{Cite book |last1=Sternal |first1=Bernd |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_sKzBQAAQBAJ&dq=Samtgemeinde+Nord-Elm&pg=PA107 |title=Burgen und Schlösser der Harzregion |last2=Braun |first2=Wolfgang |date=2015-04-02 |publisher=BoD – Books on Demand |isbn=978-3-7347-3773-2 |pages=107 |language=de}}</ref> It is a rural community, located in the [[Elm (hills)|Elm]] hills from which it receives its name.<ref name=officialsite/> Nord-Elm has an area of {{convert|63.32|km2|mi2}} and a population of around 5,634 people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Welcome App Germany – Nord-Elm |url=https://deutschland.welcome-app-germany.de/de/57/140/10505/10506/10506.html |access-date=2023-12-05 |website=deutschland.welcome-app-germany.de}}</ref>

Its member municipalities are [[Frellstedt]], [[Räbke]], [[Süpplingen]], [[Süpplingenburg]], [[Warberg]], and [[Wolsdorf]].<ref name=officialsite>{{Cite web |title=Samtgemeinde Nord-Elm: Startseite |url=https://www.samtgemeinde-nord-elm.de/ |access-date=2023-12-05 |website=www.samtgemeinde-nord-elm.de|quote=Die Samtgemeinde wurde 1970 durch einen freiwilligen Zusammenschluss der Gemeinden Frellstedt, Räbke, Süpplingen, Süpplingenburg, Warberg und Wolsdorf gegründet und nimmt seitdem die Verwaltungsaufgaben für ihre Mitgliedsgemeinden wahr.}}</ref>

==History==

After a union ceremony on 16 December 1969, Nord-Elm was officially founded in 1970. They planned to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding in 2020, but it was postponed due to the worldwide [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. The celebration eventually took place on 22 May 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fochler |first=Dirk |date=2022-05-10 |title=Die Samtgemeinde Nord-Elm feiert ihr 50. Jubiläum |language=de |url=https://www.braunschweiger-zeitung.de/helmstedt/koenigslutter-umgebung/article235311387/Die-Samtgemeinde-Nord-Elm-feiert-ihr-50-Jubilaeum.html |access-date=2023-12-05}}</ref>

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==References==
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==See also==
*[[List of micro-regional organizations]]

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[[Category:Samtgemeinden in Lower Saxony]]


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