Hambergen is a municipality in the
district of Osterholz, in
Lower Saxony,
Germany. It is situated approximately 10 km north of
Osterholz-Scharmbeck, and 25 km north of
Bremen
Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (german: Stadtgemeinde Bremen, ), is the capital of the German state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (''Freie Hansestadt Bremen''), a two-city-state consis ...
.
It belonged to the
Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen. 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 1823 the Duchy was abolished and its territory became part of the
Stade Region.
Hambergen is also the seat of the ''
Samtgemeinde'' ("collective municipality")
Hambergen.
References
Osterholz
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