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53°15′N 9°20′E / 53.25°N 9.33°E / 53.25; 9.33
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Rotenburg
District
Flag of Rotenburg
Flag
Coat of arms of Rotenburg
Coat of arms
Country Germany
State Lower Saxony
Capital Rotenburg
Government
 • District admin.Marco Prietz ( CDU)
Area
 • Total2,070 km2 (800 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2022) [1]
 • Total167,604
 • Density81/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 ( CET)
 • Summer ( DST) UTC+02:00 ( CEST)
Vehicle registrationROW, BRV
Website www.lk-row.de

Rotenburg is a district (Landkreis) in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is landlocked by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Stade, Harburg, Heidekreis, Verden, Osterholz and Cuxhaven.

History

In medieval times the region was part of the bishoprics of Bremen and Verden. After the Protestant Reformation the bishoprics became secular principalities, colloquially called Bremen-Verden, and finally parts of the Kingdom of Hanover.

The present district was established in 1977 by merging the former districts of Rotenburg and Bremervörde.

Geography

The Wümme River runs through the district from east to west. The marshy area to both sides of the river is called the Wümmeniederung ( Wümme Depression).

Coat of arms

The coat of arms displays:

  • a lion carrying a cross; the lion was the heraldic animal of Hanover, the cross is symbolising the Prince-Bishopric of Verden
  • two criss-crossed keys from the arms of the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen

Towns and municipalities

Bremen Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein Cuxhaven (district) Diepholz (district) Harburg (district) Osterholz Stade (district) Heidekreis Verden (district) Ahausen Alfstedt Anderlingen Basdahl Rotenburg an der Wümme Bötersen Bothel Breddorf Bremervörde Brockel Bülstedt Deinstedt Ebersdorf Elsdorf Farven Fintel Gnarrenburg Groß Meckelsen Gyhum Hamersen Hamersen Hassendorf Heeslingen Hellwege Helvesiek Hemsbünde Hemslingen Hepstedt Hipstedt Horstedt Horstedt Kalbe Kirchtimke Kirchwalsede Klein Meckelsen Lauenbrück Sittensen Lengenbostel Oerel Ostereistedt Reeßum Rhade Rotenburg an der Wümme Sandbostel Scheeßel Seedorf Selsingen Sittensen Sittensen Sottrum Stemmen Tarmstedt Tiste Tiste Vahlde Vahlde Vierden Visselhövede Vorwerk Westertimke Westerwalsede Wilstedt Wohnste Zeven
Clickable map of towns and municipalities in the district
Towns Samtgemeinden
  1. Bremervörde
  2. Rotenburg
  3. Visselhövede


Free municipalities

  1. Gnarrenburg
  2. Scheeßel
  1. Bothel1
  2. Brockel
  3. Hemsbünde
  4. Hemslingen
  5. Kirchwalsede
  6. Westerwalsede
  1. Fintel
  2. Helvesiek
  3. Lauenbrück1
  4. Stemmen
  5. Vahlde
  1. Alfstedt
  2. Basdahl
  3. Ebersdorf
  4. Hipstedt
  5. Oerel1
  1. Anderlingen
  2. Deinstedt
  3. Farven
  4. Ostereistedt
  5. Rhade
  6. Sandbostel
  7. Seedorf
  8. Selsingen1
  1. Groß Meckelsen
  2. Hamersen
  3. Kalbe
  4. Klein Meckelsen
  5. Lengenbostel
  6. Sittensen1
  7. Tiste
  8. Vierden
  9. Wohnste
  1. Ahausen
  2. Bötersen
  3. Hassendorf
  4. Hellwege
  5. Horstedt
  6. Reeßum
  7. Sottrum1
  1. Breddorf
  2. Bülstedt
  3. Hepstedt
  4. Kirchtimke
  5. Tarmstedt1
  6. Vorwerk
  7. Westertimke
  8. Wilstedt
  1. Elsdorf
  2. Gyhum
  3. Heeslingen
  4. Zeven1, 2
1seat of the Samtgemeinde; 2town

References

  1. ^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.

External links

Media related to Landkreis Rotenburg (Wümme) at Wikimedia Commons

53°15′N 9°20′E / 53.25°N 9.33°E / 53.25; 9.33

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