Brobergen

Brobergen (Low Saxon: "Brobargen") is a village in the German municipality of Kranenburg in the district of Stade, Lower Saxony. The village of 6,06 km² has 215 inhabitants (April 1, 2008) [ [http://www.samtgemeinde-oldendorf.de/kranenburg.html Samtgemeinde Oldendorf] ] .

Brobergen was first mentioned in written sources in 1286 as "Brocberge". It was a separate municipality until it merged with Kranenburg in 1972.

The villages lies on the right (eastern) bank of the Oste river. The river Mehe, a tributary of the Oste, has its estuary near Brobergen. There is a ferry crossing from the village to the "Hollander Höfe", once the ancestral seat of the noble family von Brobergen, on the left bank of the river. Brobergen once referred to a larger area along the Oste between Gräpel and Burweg ruled by the family von Brobergen.

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