Kirchwalsede Explained

Image Coa:kein
Coordinates:53.0167°N 33°W
Image Plan:Kirchwalsede in ROW.svg
State:Niedersachsen
District:Rotenburg (Wümme)
Samtgemeinde:Bothel
Elevation:54
Area:36.9
Postal Code:27386
Area Code:04269
Licence:ROW
Gemeindeschlüssel:03 3 57 031
Divisions:4
Mayor:Klaus Lütjens
Party:CDU

Kirchwalsede is a municipality in the district of Rotenburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

Kirchwalsede 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. In 1807 the ephemeric Kingdom of Westphalia annexed the Principality, before France annexed it in 1810. In 1813 the Principality was restored to the Electorate of Hanover, which - after its upgrade to the Kingdom of Hanover in 1814 - incorporated the Principality in a real union and the Princely territory, including Kirchwalsede, became part of the new Stade Region, established in 1823.