Rotenburg (district)

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Rotenburg

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State:	Lower Saxony
Capital:	Rotenburg } } |- | Area:||2070 km² |- | Inhabitants:||163,900 (2003) |- | pop. density:||79 inh./km² |- | Car identification:||ROW |- | Homepage:||[landkreisrotenburgwuemme.de] |- !colspan=2 align=center bgcolor=#DEFFAD|Map |- |colspan=2 align=center| |} 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. 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 Towns Samtgemeinden Free municipalities Bremervörde Rotenburg Visselhövede Bothel Fintel Geestequelle Selsingen Sittensen Sottrum Tarmstedt Zeven (incl. town Zeven) Gnarrenburg Scheeßel External links [Official website] (German) Cities and rural districts in the Federal State of Lower Saxony in Germany Region Hanover Cities Brunswick | Delmenhorst | Emden | Oldenburg | Osnabrück | Salzgitter | Wilhelmshaven | Wolfsburg Rural districts Ammerland | Aurich | Grafschaft Bentheim | Celle | Cloppenburg | Cuxhaven | Diepholz | Emsland | Friesland | Gifhorn | Goslar | Göttingen | Hamelin-Pyrmont | Harburg | Helmstedt | Hildesheim | Holzminden | Leer | Lüchow-Dannenberg | Lüneburg | Nienburg | Northeim | Oldenburg | Osnabrück | Osterholz | Osterode | Peine | Rotenburg | Schaumburg | Soltau-Fallingbostel | Stade | Uelzen | Vechta | Verden | Wesermarsch | Wittmund | Wolfenbüttel   From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details. Search Titles 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ? E-mail this article to: Personal Message: