Sittensen

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Sittensen
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Sittensen
Sittensen (Germany)
Sittensen
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Rotenburg (Wümme)
Municipal assoc. Sittensen
Mayor Heinz-Hermann Evers (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area 18.55 km² (7.2 sq mi)
Elevation 31 m  (102 ft)
Population 5,487  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 296 /km² (766 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate ROW
Postal code 27419
Area code 04282
Website www.sittensen.de

Coordinates: 53°17′00″N 09°30′00″E / 53.283333, 9.5

The St. Dionysius church of Sittensen on a winter day.
The St. Dionysius church of Sittensen on a winter day.

Sittensen is a municipality in the district of Rotenburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. 20 km northeast of Rotenburg, and 45 km southwest of Hamburg.

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