Editing Verden (district)

{{Short description|District in Lower Saxony, Germany}}
{{Infobox District DE
| name=Verden
| state=Lower Saxony
| capital=[[Verden, Germany|Verden]]
| area=787.70
| Kreisschlüssel    = 03361
| district_admin    = Peter Bohlmann
| admin_party       = SPD
| carsign=VER
| url= [http://www.landkreis-verden.de landkreis-verden.de]
| map={{Germany district OSM map |parent_subdivision = Q1197}}
| image_coa= DEU Landkreis Verden COA.svg
| image_flag= Flagge Landkreis Verden.svg
}}
'''Verden''' ({{IPA|de|ˈfeːɐ̯dn̩}}) is a [[Districts of Germany|''Kreis'']] (district) in the centre of [[Lower Saxony]], [[Germany]]. Adjoining it are (from the northwest clockwise) the districts of [[Osterholz]], [[Rotenburg (district)|Rotenburg]], [[Heidekreis]], [[Nienburg (district)|Nienburg]], and [[Diepholz (district)|Diepholz]], as well as the city of [[Bremen (city)|Bremen]].

==Geography==
The [[Aller (Germany)|Aller]] River enters the district in the east and joins the [[Weser]] in the center of the district. In the north, the [[Wümme River]] passes from west to the east across the district's territory. The western half of the district is occupied by suburbs in the Bremen metropolitan area, e.g. the town of [[Achim]].

==History==
The district dates back to the two ''[[Amt (political division)|Ämter]]'' of Verden and Achim, which were created in 1852 and 1859. After the [[Kingdom of Hanover]] became part of [[Prussia]], they were recreated as districts (''Kreise''), and merged in 1932. In 1939, two municipalities of the district were added to Bremen, and in 1972 [[Thedinghausen]] (previously an exclave of the district of [[Braunschweig (district)|Braunschweig]]) was added.

==Twinnings==
*The city and rayon of [[Bagrationovsk]] ([[Russia]])
*The city and municipality of [[Górowo Ilaweckie]] ([[Poland]])

==Coat of arms==
<!-- Missing image removed: [[Image:De verden coat.png|Coat of arms]] -->
The coat of arms shows a horse in the top part, both as a symbol for the state of Lower Saxony, as well as the historical state of Hanover, to which the district belonged. The wavy line in the middle stands for the rivers Weser and Aller, while the three ears in the bottom symbolize the agricultural character of the district.
;Blazon
"Shield Azure parted by a bar wavy Argent, above a horse passant Argent, beneath three grain ears in fan flanked by two grain leaves all Or."<ref>{{cite web |author=Bakker, Jarig |title=Verden County (Germany) |work=FOTW: Flags of the World |url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/de-ve.html |access-date=2023-08-30}}</ref>

==Towns and municipalities==
{{Imagemap Germany district VER|Municipalities in VER.svg|300px{{!}}thumb{{!}}Clickable map of towns and municipalities in the district}}

{|
! align=left width=33%|Towns
! align=left width=33%|[[Municipality|Municipalities]]
! align=left width=33%|[[Samtgemeinde]] of [[Thedinghausen (Samtgemeinde)|Thedinghausen]]
|- valign=top
||
#[[Achim]]
#[[Verden (Aller)|Verden]]
||
#[[Dörverden]]
#[[Kirchlinteln]]
#[[Langwedel]]
#[[Ottersberg]]
#[[Oyten]]
||
# [[Blender, Germany|Blender]]
# [[Emtinghausen]]
# [[Riede]]
# [[Thedinghausen]]<ref>Seat of the Samtgemeinde.</ref>
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline|Landkreis Verden}}
* [http://www.landkreis-verden.de Official homepage]

{{Germany districts lower saxony}}
{{Authority control}}

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