Kirchlinteln Explained

Type:Gemeinde
Kirchlinteln
Image Coa:Wappen Kirchlinteln.png
Coordinates:52.9428°N 9.3183°W
Image Plan:Kirchlinteln in VER.svg
State:Lower Saxony
District:Verden
Elevation:45
Area:174.17
Postal Code:48268
Area Code:02571
Licence:VER
Gemeindeschlüssel:03 3 61 005
Divisions:16 incorporated villages
Website:www.kirchlinteln.de
Mayor:Arne Jacobs[1]
Leader Term:2021 - 26
Party:CDU

Kirchlinteln is a municipality in the district of Verden, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Its central village is situated approximately 6 km east of Verden, and 40 km southeast of Bremen. It is surrounded by the Linteln Geest (also called the Verden Heath) which is dominated by woods, hills, heath and small villages. Within the last decades many people decided to build their homes in Kirchlinteln or to buy old cottages in this region because of its picturesque landscape and its location close to the cities of Bremen and Hanover.

Kirchlinteln belonged to the Prince-Bishopric of Verden, established in 1180. In 1648 the Prince-Bishopric was transformed into the Principality of Verden, 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. The Kingdom of Hanover incorporated the Principality in a real union and the Princely territory, including Kirchlinteln, became part of the new Stade Region, established in 1823.

Structure of municipal subdivisions

  • Armsen
  • Bendingbostel
  • Brunsbrock
  • Heins, subdivisions:
    • Groß Heins
    • Klein Heins
  • Hohenaverbergen
  • Holtum (Geest), subdivisions:
    • Heidkrug
    • Wedehof
    • Steinberg
  • Kirchlinteln (central village)
  • Kreepen and Brammer
  • Kükenmoor
  • Luttum
  • Neddenaverbergen, subdivision:
    • Lehringen
  • Otersen, subdivisions:
    • Otersen im Sande
    • Ludwigslust
  • Schafwinkel, subdivisions:
    • Sankt Pauli
    • Odeweg
  • Sehlingen, subdivisions:
    • Groß Sehlingen
    • Klein Sehlingen
  • Stemmen
  • Weitzmühlen
  • Wittlohe
These villages each have a town provost.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 12. September 2021. 13 October 2021. Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.