Oyten

Oyten
Oyten
Location of Oyten within Verden district
Coordinates	53°3′40″N 9°1′4″E / 53.06111°N 9.01778°E / 53.06111; 9.01778Coordinates: 53°3′40″N 9°1′4″E / 53.06111°N 9.01778°E / 53.06111; 9.01778
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Verden
Mayor	Manfred Cordes (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area	63.47 km2 (24.51 sq mi)
Elevation	15 m  (49 ft)
Population	15,450 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	243 /km2 (630 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	VER
Postal code	28876
Area code	04207
Website	www.oyten.de

Oyten is a municipality in the district of Verden, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. 20 km northwest of Verden, and 15 km east of Bremen.

Oyten belonged to the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen, established in 1180. In 1648 the Prince-Archbishopric was transformed into the Duchy of Bremen, 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 Duchy, before France annexed it in 1810. 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, including Oyten, became part of the new Stade Region, established in 1823.

References

1. ^ "Bevölkerungsfortschreibung" (in German). Landesbetrieb für Statistik und Kommunikationstechnologie Niedersachsen. 31 December 2009. http://www1.nls.niedersachsen.de/statistik/html/parametereingabe.asp?DT=K1000014&CM=Bev%F6lkerungsfortschreibung.