Sittensen
Sittensen | |
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 The St. Dionysius church of Sittensen on a winter day. | |
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Location of Sittensen within Rotenburg (Wümme) district  | |
Rotenburg (Wümme) | |
| Municipal assoc. | Sittensen |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Diedrich Höyns (SPD) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 18.55 km2 (7.16 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 31 m (102 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[1] | |
| • Total | 6,102 |
| • Density | 330/km2 (850/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 27419 |
| Dialling codes | 04282 |
| Vehicle registration | ROW or BRV |
| Website | www.sittensen.de |
Sittensen is a municipality in the district of Rotenburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 20 km northeast of Rotenburg, and 45 km southwest of Hamburg.
Sittensen belonged - as to its government - to the
Duchy of Bremen, which was first ruled in personal union by the Swedish and from 1715 on by the Hanoverian Crown. In 1823, the Duchy was abolished and its territory became part of the Stade Region
.
Sittensen is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Sittensen.
References
- Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
- ^ ISBN 978-3-9801919-8-2.
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