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Nienburg District

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Nienburg District
District
Coat of arms of Nienburg District
Coat of arms
Lower Saxony NI
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Lower Saxony
Capital Nienburg
Area
 • Total
 1,399 km2 (540 sq mi)

Nienburg District is a district (Landkreis) in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the districts of Diepholz, Verden, Heide, Hanover and Schaumburg, and by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (district of Minden-Lübbecke).

History[]

From the early Middle Ages to the end of the 16th century this region was the heart of the County of Hoya. The ruling family became extinct in 1582, and the central and southern parts of the county were annexed by the Lüneburg branch of the duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg. In 1705 the area of Nienburg and Hoya became subordinate to Hanover.

In 1866 the Kingdom of Hanover was annexed by Prussia. The Prussian government established the districts of Nienburg and Stolzenau, which were merged in 1932.

Geography[]

The district is roughly located between Bremen and Hanover. The Weser River enters the district in the south, coming from North Rhine-Westphalia, and runs north towards Bremen.

Coat of arms[]

Coat of arms The coat of arms displays:
  • two horses on piles, a typical decoration of farms in the region
  • a bear's paw, symbolising the County of Hoya
  • a horn from the arms of the County of Wölpe

Towns and municipalities[]

Towns Samtgemeinden
  1. Nienburg
  2. Rehburg-Loccum


Free municipalities

  1. Steyerberg
  • 1. Grafschaft Hoya
  1. Bücken
  2. Eystrup
  3. Gandesbergen
  4. Hämelhausen
  5. Hassel
  6. Hilgermissen
  7. Hoya1, 2
  8. Hoyerhagen
  9. Schweringen
  10. Warpe
  • 2. Heemsen
  1. Drakenburg
  2. Haßbergen
  3. Heemsen
  4. Rohrsen1
  • 3. Liebenau
  1. Binnen
  2. Liebenau1
  3. Pennigsehl
  • 4. Marklohe
  1. Balge
  2. Marklohe1
  3. Wietzen
  • 5. Mittelweser
  1. Estorf
  2. Husum
  3. Landesbergen
  4. Leese
  5. Stolzenau1
  • 6. Steimbke
  1. Linsburg
  2. Rodewald
  3. Steimbke1
  4. Stöckse
  • 7. Uchte
  1. Diepenau
  2. Raddestorf
  3. Uchte1
  4. Warmsen
1seat of the Samtgemeinde; 2town

See also[]

  • Metropolitan region Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg

References[]

  1. ^ "Bevölkerungsfortschreibung" (in German). Landesbetrieb für Statistik und Kommunikationstechnologie Niedersachsen. 31 December 2009. http://www1.nls.niedersachsen.de/statistik/html/parametereingabe.asp?DT=K1000014&CM=Bev%F6lkerungsfortschreibung. 

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Coordinates: 52°40′N 9°10′E / 52.67, 9.17


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