Barver

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Coordinates: 52°37′00″N 08°35′59″E / 52.616667, 8.59972

Barver
Coat of arms	Location

Administration
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Diepholz
Municipal assoc.	Rehden
Mayor	Detlev Osterbrink (WGB)
Basic statistics
Area	25.9 km² (10 sq mi)
Elevation	37 m (121 ft)
Population	1,096 (31/12/2005)
- Density	42 /km² (110 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	DH
Postal code	49453
Area code	05448

Barver is a municipality in the district of Diepholz, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

1 Geography
2 History
- 2.1 Town twinning
3 Links

[edit] Geography

Barver is in the north of the "Naturpark Dümmer" and "Naturpark Rehdener Geestmoor" and south of the "Naturpark Wildeshauser Geest", circa in the middle between Bremen (north) and Osnabrück (south-west). The village is east of the Kellenberg and on the west bank of the Wagenfelder Aue, a south-eastern tributary of the Hunte.

[edit] History

Barver was first mentioned in 1219.

[edit] Town twinning

There is a town twinning with the French city Lezay since August 1973.

[edit] Links

v • d • e Towns and municipalities in Diepholz (district)

Affinghausen \| Asendorf \| Bahrenborstel \| Barenburg \| Barnstorf \| Barver \| Bassum \| Borstel \| Brockum \| Bruchhausen-Vilsen \| Dickel \| Diepholz \| Drebber \| Drentwede \| Ehrenburg \| Engeln \| Eydelstedt \| Freistatt \| Hemsloh \| Hüde \| Kirchdorf \| Lembruch \| Lemförde \| Maasen \| Marl \| Martfeld \| Mellinghausen \| Neuenkirchen \| Quernheim \| Rehden \| Scholen \| Schwaförden \| Schwarme \| Siedenburg \| Staffhorst \| Stemshorn \| Stuhr \| Sudwalde \| Sulingen \| Süstedt \| Syke \| Twistringen \| Varrel \| Wagenfeld \| Wehrbleck \| Wetschen \| Weyhe