Bevern, Lower Saxony

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Bevern
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Bevern
Bevern, Lower Saxony (Germany)
Bevern, Lower Saxony
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Holzminden
Municipal assoc. Bevern
Local subdivisions 5
Mayor Ernst Warnecke (FDP)
Basic statistics
Area 33.23 km² (12.8 sq mi)
Elevation 138 m  (453 ft)
Population 4,216  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 127 /km² (329 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate HOL
Postal code 37639
Area code 05531
Website www.bevern.de

Coordinates: 51°52′00″N 9°30′00″E / 51.866667, 9.5

Bevern (IPA[ˈbeːvɐn]) is a municipality in the District of Holzminden, Lower Saxony, Germany. Bevern lies on the River Weser in the Weserbergland.

Bevern is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Bevern.

Bevern Palace, located in town, was in the 17th and 18th centuries the residence of a cadet line of the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg, known as Brunswick-Bevern.

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