Farven

Farven
Coat of arms
Farven
Location of Farven within Rotenburg (Wümme) district
Coordinates: 53°26′08″N 09°19′34″E / 53.43556°N 9.32611°E / 53.43556; 9.32611Coordinates: 53°26′08″N 09°19′34″E / 53.43556°N 9.32611°E / 53.43556; 9.32611
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Rotenburg (Wümme)
Municipal assoc.	Selsingen
Government
• Mayor	Ulrich Mehrkens
Area
• Total	25.44 km2 (9.82 sq mi)
Elevation	26 m (85 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	634
• Density	25/km2 (65/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	27446
Dialling codes	04762
Vehicle registration	ROW

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

Farven 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 ephemeral 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 Farven, became part of the new Stade Region, established in 1823.

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