Horstedt

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Horstedt

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Horstedt
Coordinates: 53°11′N 09°14′E / 53.183°N 9.233°E / 53.183; 9.233Coordinates: 53°11′N 09°14′E / 53.183°N 9.233°E / 53.183; 9.233
Country Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Rotenburg (Wümme)
Municipal assoc. Sottrum
Subdivisions 4
Government
  Mayor Heinz Dieter Gebers (SPD)
Area
  Total 22.49 km2 (8.68 sq mi)
Elevation 31 m (102 ft)
Population (2012-12-31)[1]
  Total 1,284
  Density 57/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 27367
Dialling codes 04288
Vehicle registration ROW
Website www.sottrum.de

Horstedt is a municipality in the district of Rotenburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

Horstedt 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. In 1807 the ephemeric Kingdom of Westphalia annexed the Principality, before France annexed it in 1810. In 1813 the Principality was restored to the Electorate of Hanover, which - after its upgrade to the Kingdom of Hanover in 1814 - incorporated the Principality in a real union and the Princely territory, including Horstedt, became part of the new Stade Region, established in 1823.

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