Osterholz
Sign in to saveOsterholz is a district (Landkreis) in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the districts of Wesermarsch, Cuxhaven, Rotenburg and Verden, and by the city of Bremen.
Key facts
- District DE.name
- Osterholz
- District DE.state
- Lower Saxony
- District DE.capital
- Osterholz-Scharmbeck
- District DE.area
- 650.73
- District DE.Kreisschlüssel
- 03356
- District DE.district_admin
- Bernd Lütjen
- District DE.admin_party
- SPD
- District DE.carsign
- OHZ
- District DE.url
- landkreis-osterholz.de
- District DE.image_coa
- DEU Landkreis Osterholz COA.svg
- District DE.image_flag
- Flagg Landkreis Oosterholt.svg
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Osterholz is a district (Landkreis) in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the districts of Wesermarsch, Cuxhaven, Rotenburg and Verden, and by the city of Bremen.
==History== Originally the prince-archbishops of Bremen ruled the area comprising today's district. 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 1807 the ephemeral Kingdom of Westphalia annexed the Duchy, before France annexed it in 1810, there comprising a part of the département Bouches-du-Weser. In 1813 the Duchy was restored to the Electorate of Hanover, which - after its upgrade to the Kingdom of Hanover in 1814 - incorporated the Duchy in a real union and the Ducal territory became part of the Stade Region, established in 1823. In 1866 the Kingdom of Hanover fell to Prussia, forming the Province of Hanover. The Prussian administration established districts in 1885, among them the district of Osterholz.