Rosengarten, Lower Saxony

Rosengarten

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Rosengarten

Coordinates: 53°23′N 09°54′E / 53.383°N 9.900°E / 53.383; 9.900Coordinates: 53°23′N 09°54′E / 53.383°N 9.900°E / 53.383; 9.900
Country Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Harburg
Government
  Mayor Dietmar Stadie (SPD)
Area
  Total 63.67 km2 (24.58 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)[1]
  Total 13,176
  Density 210/km2 (540/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 21224
Dialling codes 04108
Vehicle registration WL

Rosengarten is a rural municipality in the district of Harburg, Lower Saxony, Germany, close to Hamburg. It has a population of 13,242 (2004). It was formed in 1972 as a combination of the villages of Eckel, Ehestorf (with Alvesen), Emsen, Iddensen, Klecken, Leversen, Nenndorf, Sottorf, Tötensen, and Vahrendorf, and was named for a nearby forest of the same name.

Established 1990 the Honorary Consulate of the Republic of Guinea to Hamburg is located in Rosengarten.[2]

The village Tötensen is well known in Germany as the residence of Dieter Bohlen.

Notes

  1. Landesbetrieb für Statistik und Kommunikationstechnologie Niedersachsen, 102 Bevölkerung - Basis Zensus 2011, Stand 31. Dezember 2013 (Tabelle K1020014)
  2. List of the Consular corps, the trade missions, cultural institutes and international institutes in the Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg, Senate of the Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg, Chancellery of the Senate (April 2008)

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