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Rotenburg (district)

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Statistics
State:Lower Saxony
Adm. Region:Lüneburg
Capital:Rotenburg
Area:2070 km²
Inhabitants:163,900 (2003)
pop. density:79 inh./km²
Car identification:ROW
Website:landkreisrotenburgwuemme.de
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Rotenburg is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Stade, Harburg, Soltau-Fallingbostel, Verden, Osterholz and Cuxhaven.

Table of contents
1 History
2 Geography
3 Coat of arms
4 Towns and municipalities
5 External links

History

In medieval times the region was part of the bishoprics of Bremen and Verden. After the Protestant Reformation the bishoprics became secular principalities 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 plains").

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 abbey of Verden
  • two keys from the arms of Bremen

Towns and municipalities

  1. Bremervörde
  2. Rotenburg
  3. Visselhövede
  4. Zeven
    Samtgemeinden
  1. Bothel
  2. Fintel
  3. Geestequelle
  4. Selsingen
  5. Sittensen
  6. Sottrum
  7. Tarmstedt
  8. Zeven
    Free municipalities
  1. Gnarrenburg
  2. Scheeßel

External links

Official website (German)