Bothel, Lower Saxony
Bothel | |
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Location of Bothel
within Rotenburg district | |
Location of Bothel | |
Bothel Bothel | |
| Coordinates: 53°4′N 9°30′E / 53.067°N 9.500°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Lower Saxony |
| District | Rotenburg |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Erika Schmidt (SPD) |
| Area | |
• Total | 16.71 km2 (6.45 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 30 m (98 ft) |
| Population (2024-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 2,430 |
| • Density | 145/km2 (377/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 27386 |
| Dialling codes | 04266 |
| Vehicle registration | ROW |
| Website | bothel.de |
Bothel (German pronunciation: [ˈboːtl̩]) is a municipality in the district of Rotenburg, Germany in the Stade Geest region of central Lower Saxony. It has 2,500 inhabitants. Bothel was founded by workers of the nearby Trochel Forest. The name developed from Borstel which is Old Saxon and means "little woods".
Bothel 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 Bothel, became part of the new Stade Region, established in 1823.
Today the community has an old town part with typical Low Saxon farm houses and a modern center with town hall, schools and shopping facilities. So Bothel is important for the surrounding villages.
Bothel is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Bothel.
Geography
Bothel is situated in central Lower Saxony, Germany, within the Rotenburg (Wümme) district. It lies in the Stade Geest region, a glacial landscape characterized by sandy soils and low hills. The municipality is positioned about 50 km southeast of Bremen and 10 km west of Rotenburg an der Wümme.[2]
Bothel shares its borders with member municipalities of the Samtgemeinde Bothel, including Brockel to the northeast and Hemsbünde to the northwest, forming a cohesive administrative unit. Beyond the Samtgemeinde, it adjoins the city of Rotenburg (Wümme) to the east, Scheeßel to the south, and Neuenkirchen in the Heidekreis district to the west. Trochel Forest acts as a natural boundary, a wooded area to the north that influences local ecology, and historical settlement patterns.[3]
References
- ^ "Tabelle EVAS 12411, Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus 2022, Stand 31. Dezember 2024" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
- ^ "GeoNames.org". www.geonames.org. Retrieved 2026-03-20.
- ^ "Krebsclusteruntersuchung in der Samtgemeinde Bothel | Niedersächsisches Landesgesundheitsamt". www.nlga.niedersachsen.de (in German). Archived from the original on 2026-02-11. Retrieved 2026-03-20.