Wilstedt

Wilstedt

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Wilstedt

Coordinates: 53°11′35″N 09°06′01″E / 53.19306°N 9.10028°ECoordinates: 53°11′35″N 09°06′01″E / 53.19306°N 9.10028°E
Country Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Rotenburg (Wümme)
Municipal assoc. Tarmstedt
Government
  Mayor Günther Nase (SPD)
Area
  Total 18.26 km2 (7.05 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)[1]
  Total 1,726
  Density 95/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 27412
Dialling codes 04283
Vehicle registration ROW
Website www.wilstedt.de

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

Wilstedt belonged to the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen, established in 1180. In 1648 the Prince-Archbishopric was transformed into the Duchy of Bremen, 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 Duchy, before France annexed it in 1810. In 1813 the Duchy was restored to the Electorate of Hanover, which - after its upgrade to the Kingdom of Hanover in 1814 - incorporated the Duchy in a real union and the Ducal territory, including Wilstedt, became part of the new Stade Region, established in 1823.

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