Rotenburg (district)

Rotenburg

District

Coat of arms

Country

Germany

State

Lower Saxony

Capital

Rotenburg

Area

• Total

2,070 km² (800 sq mi)

Population (31 December 2013)^[1]

• Total

161,308

• Density

78/km² (200/sq mi)

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

Vehicle registration

ROW or BRV

Website

landkreis
rotenburgwuemme.de

Rotenburg is a district (Landkreis) in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Stade, Harburg, Heidekreis, Verden, Osterholz and Cuxhaven.

History

In medieval times the region was part of the bishoprics of Bremen and Verden. After the Protestant Reformation the bishoprics became secular principalities, colloquially called Bremen-Verden, and finally parts of the Kingdom of Hanover.

The present district was established in 1977 by merging the former districts of Rotenburg and Bremervörde.

Geography

The Wümme River runs through the district from east to west. The marshy area to both sides of the river is called the Wümmeniederung (Wümme Depression).

Coat of arms

The coat of arms displays:

a lion carrying a cross; the lion was the heraldic animal of Hanover, the cross is symbolising the Prince-Bishopric of Verden
two criss-crossed keys from the arms of the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen

Towns and municipalities

Towns	Samtgemeinden
Bremervörde Rotenburg Visselhövede Free municipalities Gnarrenburg Scheeßel	1. Bothel Bothel¹ Brockel Hemsbünde Hemslingen Kirchwalsede Westerwalsede 2. Fintel Fintel Helvesiek Lauenbrück¹ Stemmen Vahlde 3. Geestequelle Alfstedt Basdahl Ebersdorf Hipstedt Oerel¹	4. Selsingen Anderlingen Deinstedt Farven Ostereistedt Rhade Sandbostel Seedorf Selsingen¹ 5. Sittensen Groß Meckelsen Hamersen Kalbe Klein Meckelsen Lengenbostel Sittensen¹ Tiste Vierden Wohnste	6. Sottrum Ahausen Bötersen Hassendorf Hellwege Horstedt Reeßum Sottrum¹ 7. Tarmstedt Breddorf Bülstedt Hepstedt Kirchtimke Tarmstedt¹ Vorwerk Westertimke Wilstedt 8. Zeven Elsdorf Gyhum Heeslingen Zeven^{1, 2}
	¹seat of the Samtgemeinde; ²town

Towns

Samtgemeinden

Free municipalities

1. Bothel

2. Fintel

3. Geestequelle

4. Selsingen

5. Sittensen

6. Sottrum

7. Tarmstedt

8. Zeven

¹seat of the Samtgemeinde; ²town

References

↑ Landesbetrieb für Statistik und Kommunikationstechnologie Niedersachsen, 102 Bevölkerung - Basis Zensus 2011, Stand 31. Dezember 2013 (Tabelle K1020014)

External links

Media related to Landkreis Rotenburg (Wümme) at Wikimedia Commons

Official website (German)

Urban and rural districts in the state of Lower Saxony in Germany

Region	Hanover

Urban districts	Braunschweig Delmenhorst Emden Oldenburg Osnabrück Salzgitter Wilhelmshaven Wolfsburg

Rural districts	Ammerland Aurich Bentheim Celle Cloppenburg Cuxhaven Diepholz Emsland Friesland Gifhorn Goslar Göttingen Hamelin-Pyrmont Harburg Heidekreis Helmstedt Hildesheim Holzminden Leer Lüchow-Dannenberg Lüneburg Nienburg Northeim Oldenburg Osnabrück Osterholz Osterode Peine Rotenburg Schaumburg Stade Uelzen Vechta Verden Wesermarsch Wittmund Wolfenbüttel

Coordinates: 53°15′N 9°20′E / 53.25°N 9.33°E / 53.25; 9.33

Authority control	VIAF: 130689544 GND: 4050656-3 BNF: cb16218476t (data)

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