Sottrum

Sottrum
Sottrum
Coordinates
Administration
Country Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Rotenburg (Wümme)
Municipal assoc. Sottrum
Local subdivisions 3
Mayor Hans-Jürgen Krahn (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area 28.58 km2 (11.03 sq mi)
Elevation 20 m  (66 ft)
Population 6,053 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 212 /km2 (549 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate ROW
Postal code 27367
Area code 04264
Website www.sottrum.de

Sottrum is a municipality in the district of Rotenburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. 11 km west of Rotenburg, and 30 km east of Bremen.

Sottrum belonged to the Prince-Bishopric of Verden, established in 1180. In 1648 the Prince-Bishopric was transformed into the Principality of Verden, which was first ruled in personal union by the Swedish Crown - interrupted by a Danish occupation (1712–1715) - and from 1715 on by the Hanoverian Crown. The Kingdom of Hanover incorporated the Principality in a real union and the Princely territory, including Sottrum, became part of the new Stade Region, established in 1823.

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

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