Lähden
Sign in to saveLähden is a municipality in the Emsland district, in Lower Saxony, Germany.
Key facts
- German location.image_coa
- DEU Laehden COA.png
- German location.image_plan
- Lähden in EL.svg
- German location.state
- Niedersachsen
- German location.district
- Emsland
- German location.Samtgemeinde
- Herzlake
- German location.elevation
- 30
- German location.area
- 79.88
- German location.postal_code
- 49774
- German location.area_code
- 05964, 05432 (OT Vinnen)
- German location.licence
- EL
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 03 4 54 026
- German location.divisions
- 5
- German location.mayor
- Franz Strüwing
- German location.party
- CDU
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- References
Lähden is a municipality in the Emsland district, in Lower Saxony, Germany.
== History == For a long time the region of the Emsland was extremely sparsely populated, due to the fens on both sides of the river. Small villages were established in medieval times along the river and on the Hümmling. In the 13th century the bishops of Münster gained control over the region; the Emsland remained property of the bishop until 1803, when the clerical states were dissolved. It came under rule of Prussia and Arenberg, but after the Napoleonic Wars the Congress of Vienna decided to hand the territory over to the Kingdom of Hanover. The Duchy of Arenberg continued to exist as a fief of the Hanoverian kings. When Hanover was annexed by Prussia (1866), the dukes were deposed soon after (1875).
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