Bothel

Infobox German Location
name = Bothel
name_local =
image_coa = sin escudo.png
state = Lower Saxony
regbzk =
district = Rotenburg
population = 2462
population_as_of = 2003-01-01
population_ref =
area = 16.75
elevation = 30
lat_deg = 53 | lat_min = 4 | lat_sec=0 | lat_hem = N
lon_deg = 9 | lon_min = 30 | lon_sec=0 | lon_hem = E
postal_code = 27386
area_code = 04266
licence = ROW
mayor = Erwin Bock (SPD)
website = [http://www.bothel.de/ bothel.de]

Bothel is a small town in the district of Rotenburg, Germany in the Luneburg Heath 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". 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.