Hambergen Explained

Image Coa:DEU Hambergen COA.svg
Coordinates:53.3167°N 57°W
Image Plan:Hambergen in OHZ.svg
State:Niedersachsen
District:Osterholz
Samtgemeinde:Hambergen
Elevation:27
Area:30
Postal Code:27729
Area Code:04793
Licence:OHZ
Gemeindeschlüssel:03 3 56 003
Website:www.hambergen.de
Mayor:Gerd Brauns
Party:SPD

Hambergen is a municipality in the district of Osterholz, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 10 km north of Osterholz-Scharmbeck, and 25 km north of Bremen.

It belonged to the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen. In 1648 the Prince-Archbishopric was transformed into 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.

Hambergen is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Hambergen.