The joint municipality of Meinersen, located in the district of Gifhorn in Lower Saxony, is one of Germany's 116 joint municipalities. These are a speciality of Lower Saxony, in which independent member municipalities continue to join together to form an administrative community. The joint municipality of Meinersen is made up of the four municipalities of Hillerse, Leiferden, Meinersen and Müden and is home to a total of around 20,400 inhabitants.
Meinersen is implementing a programme of support from the E.ON Foundation and supported by the Berlin Governance Platform Municipal Development Council in place. This is intended to support the municipality in realising the objectives of the Masterplan "100 % Climate Protection" of the Greater Braunschweig Regional Association.
06/2022 – 05/2024
The Municipal Development Advisory Board of the Meinersen joint municipality has the task of making recommendations on the Shaping the municipal energy and heating transition to develop. The aim is to develop effective long-term strategies that drive forward the heating and energy transition locally and Tailored to the specific needs and resources of the joint municipality are. The focus here is on optimising the use of existing energy sources, promoting the active participation of residents and improving the flow and level of information in order to reduce uncertainty and increase understanding of the necessary measures.
The energy and heating transition affects people directly in their everyday lives and is therefore sometimes the subject of heated debate, and not just in the joint municipality of Meinersen. The Municipal Development Advisory Board offers the opportunity to disclose, weigh up and negotiate the different interests and positions within the municipal community in order to reach compromises that are supported as widely as possible. The joint municipality of Meinersen wants to become a pioneer for a participatory and successful municipal energy and heating transition.
