Rotenburg is a district ( Landkreis ) in Lower Saxony , Germany . It is landlocked by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Stade , Harburg , Heidekreis , Verden , Osterholz and Cuxhaven .
3-791: Oerel is a municipality in the district of Rotenburg , in Lower Saxony , Germany . Oerel 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
6-603: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Rotenburg (district) In medieval times the region was part of the bishoprics of Bremen and 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. The Wümme River runs through
9-576: 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 Oerel, became part of the new Stade Region , established in 1823. This Rotenburg district location article
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