Kalbe, Lower Saxony

Kalbe
Kalbe
Location of Kalbe within Rotenburg (Wümme) district
Coordinates: 53°17′38″N 09°33′07″E / 53.29389°N 9.55194°E / 53.29389; 9.55194Coordinates: 53°17′38″N 09°33′07″E / 53.29389°N 9.55194°E / 53.29389; 9.55194
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Rotenburg (Wümme)
Municipal assoc.	Sittensen
Government
• Mayor	Bernd Petersen
Area
• Total	10.25 km2 (3.96 sq mi)
Elevation	41 m (135 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	551
• Density	54/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	27419
Dialling codes	04282
Vehicle registration	ROW
Website	www.sittensen.de

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

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

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