Editing Rotenburg (district)

{{short description|District in Lower Saxony, Germany}}
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{{Infobox District DE
| name=Rotenburg
| state=Lower Saxony
| capital=[[Rotenburg an der Wümme|Rotenburg]]
| area=2070
| Kreisschlüssel    = 03357
| district_admin    = Marco Prietz
| admin_party       = CDU
| carsign=ROW, BRV
| url={{url|https://www.lk-row.de/}}
| map={{Germany district OSM map |parent_subdivision = Q1197}}
|image_coa = DEU Landkreis Rotenburg Wuemme COA.svg
|image_flag = Flagge Landkreis Rotenburg.svg
}}

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

==History==

In medieval times the region was part of the bishoprics of [[Archbishopric of Bremen|Bremen]] and [[Verden, Germany|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==
{{Imagemap Germany district ROW|Municipalities in ROW.svg|300px{{!}}thumb{{!}}Clickable map of towns and municipalities in the district}}

{|
! align=left width=25%|Towns
! colspan=3 align=center width=75%|[[Amt (political division)|Samtgemeinden]]
|- valign=top
||
#[[Bremervörde]]
#[[Rotenburg an der Wümme|Rotenburg]]
#[[Visselhövede]]
<br>
'''Free municipalities'''
#[[Gnarrenburg]]
#[[Scheeßel]]
||
*'''1. [[Bothel (Samtgemeinde)|Bothel]]'''
# [[Bothel, Lower Saxony|Bothel]]<sup>1</sup>
# [[Brockel]]
# [[Hemsbünde]]
# [[Hemslingen]]
# [[Kirchwalsede]]
# [[Westerwalsede]]
*'''2. [[Fintel (Samtgemeinde)|Fintel]]'''
# [[Fintel]]
# [[Helvesiek]]
# [[Lauenbrück]]<sup>1</sup>
# [[Stemmen]]
# [[Vahlde]]
*'''3. [[Geestequelle]]'''
# [[Alfstedt]]
# [[Basdahl]]
# [[Ebersdorf, Lower Saxony|Ebersdorf]]
# [[Hipstedt]]
# [[Oerel]]<sup>1</sup>
||
*'''4. [[Selsingen (Samtgemeinde)|Selsingen]]'''
# [[Anderlingen]]
# [[Deinstedt]]
# [[Farven]]
# [[Ostereistedt]]
# [[Rhade]]
# [[Sandbostel]]
# [[Seedorf, Lower Saxony|Seedorf]]
# [[Selsingen]]<sup>1</sup>
*'''5. [[Sittensen (Samtgemeinde)|Sittensen]]'''
# [[Groß Meckelsen]]
# [[Hamersen]]
# [[Kalbe, Lower Saxony|Kalbe]]
# [[Klein Meckelsen]]
# [[Lengenbostel]]
# [[Sittensen]]<sup>1</sup>
# [[Tiste]]
# [[Vierden]]
# [[Wohnste]]
||
*'''6. [[Sottrum (Samtgemeinde)|Sottrum]]'''
# [[Ahausen]]
# [[Bötersen]]
# [[Hassendorf]]
# [[Hellwege]]
# [[Horstedt]]
# [[Reeßum]]
# [[Sottrum]]<sup>1</sup>
*'''7. [[Tarmstedt (Samtgemeinde)|Tarmstedt]]'''
# [[Breddorf]]
# [[Bülstedt]]
# [[Hepstedt]]
# [[Kirchtimke]]
# [[Tarmstedt]]<sup>1</sup>
# [[Vorwerk, Lower Saxony|Vorwerk]]
# [[Westertimke]]
# [[Wilstedt]]
*'''8. [[Zeven (Samtgemeinde)|Zeven]]'''
# [[Elsdorf, Lower Saxony|Elsdorf]]
# [[Gyhum]]
# [[Heeslingen]]
# [[Zeven]]<sup>1, 2</sup>
|-
|||colspan=3 align=center|<sup>1</sup>seat of the Samtgemeinde; <sup>2</sup>town
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category-inline|Landkreis Rotenburg (Wümme)}}
*[https://www.lk-row.de/ Official website] (German)

{{Germany districts lower saxony}}

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{{Authority control}}

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