Rosengarten, Lower Saxony

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Rosengarten

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Rosengarten
Coordinates: 53°23′N 09°54′E / 53.383°N 9.900°E / 53.383; 9.900Coordinates: 53°23′N 09°54′E / 53.383°N 9.900°E / 53.383; 9.900
Country Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Harburg
Subdivisions 10 Ortsteile
Government
  Mayor Dietmar Stadie (SPD)
Area
  Total 63.67 km2 (24.58 sq mi)
Elevation 85 m (279 ft)
Population (2012-12-31)[1]
  Total 12,907
  Density 200/km2 (530/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 21224
Dialling codes 04108
Vehicle registration WL

Rosengarten is a rural municipality in the district of Harburg, Lower Saxony, Germany, close to Hamburg. It has a population of 13,242 (2004). It was formed in 1972 as a combination of the villages of Eckel, Ehestorf (with Alvesen), Emsen, Iddensen, Klecken, Leversen, Nenndorf, Sottorf, Tötensen, and Vahrendorf, and was named for a nearby forest of the same name.

Established 1990 the Honorary Consulate of the Republic of Guinea to Hamburg is located in the street Rehwechsel 28. [2]

The village Tötensen is well known in Germany as the residence of Dieter Bohlen.

Notes

  1. Landesbetrieb für Statistik und Kommunikationstechnologie Niedersachsen, Fortgeschriebene Einwohnerzahlen zum 31. Dezember 2012
  2. List of the Consular corps, the trade missions, cultural institutes and international institutes in the Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg, Senate of the Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg, Chancellery of the Senate (April 2008)

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