Oerel

Oerel
Oerel
Location of Oerel within Rotenburg (Wümme) district
Coordinates	53°29′1″N 9°03′36″E / 53.48361°N 9.06°E / 53.48361; 9.06Coordinates: 53°29′1″N 9°03′36″E / 53.48361°N 9.06°E / 53.48361; 9.06
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Rotenburg (Wümme)
Municipal assoc.	Geestequelle
Local subdivisions	3
Mayor	Helmut Ringe (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area	33.70 km2 (13.01 sq mi)
Elevation	16 m  (52 ft)
Population	1,869 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	55 /km2 (144 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	ROW
Postal code	27432
Area codes	04761, 04765, 04766
Website	www.geestequelle.de

Oerel is a municipality in the district of Rotenburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

Oerel 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 Oerel, 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.