Verden district

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	Coordinates: 52 ° 58 '  N , 9 ° 11'  E
Basic data
State :	Lower Saxony
Administrative headquarters :	Verden (Aller)
Area :	787.97 km 2
Residents:	137,133 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	174 inhabitants per km 2
License plate :	VER
Circle key :	03 3 61
Circle structure:	11 municipalities
Address of the district administration:	Lindhooper Strasse 67 27283 Verden (Aller)
Website :	www.landkreis-verden.de
District Administrator :	Peter Bohlmann ( SPD )
Location of the district of Verden in Lower Saxony

The district of Verden is a district in the center of Lower Saxony in the south-east of Bremen. It belongs to the Northwest Metropolitan Region . The county seat is Verden (Aller), the largest city is Achim .

geography

Neighboring areas

The district borders clockwise to the north, beginning with the districts of Osterholz , Rotenburg (Wümme) , Heidekreis , Nienburg / Weser and Diepholz (all in Lower Saxony) as well as the municipality of Bremen ( Free Hanseatic City of Bremen ).

Urban catchment areas

The Verden district is characterized by its proximity to Bremen. It has joined the Northwest Metropolitan Region and is part of the Bremen / Lower Saxony transport association . Hanover is important as the state capital; some commuter flows are recorded. Oyten and Ottersberg are also orienting themselves towards Hamburg .

Historical and institutional catchment areas

Historically, most of the district belonged to the former territory of Bremen-Verden . Many catchment areas of the institutions such as the Chamber of Commerce, Chamber of Crafts, Protestant Church District , Landscape Association and others are still based on the boundaries of this historical area.

Natural conditions

The district is located in the geographic center of Lower Saxony and represents one of the most typical regions. In terms of geography and natural space, the district is largely part of the Mittelweser region (Weser-Aller-Flachland) and the Stader Geest , which forms the Achim-Verdener Geest here. It is therefore slightly undulating flat land with wide river valleys, in which the landscape in places already resembles the coastal marshland. The landscape of the district is mainly shaped by the rivers Aller and Weser . Peripheral areas of the district have a share in other scenic areas. The northernmost municipality of Ottersberg is in the Wümmeniederung , which also belongs to the Stader Geest. The landscape of Kirchlinteln , located southeast of the district, belongs to the glacial valley of the Aller and the Lintelner Geest .

The highest elevation in the district is the Steinberg near Wallemit in Verden, at 74 m above sea level. NN. Striking for the Steinberg is the Verden-Walle telecommunications tower located on it and the federal highway 215, which crosses the Steinberg. The lowest point in the district of Verden is at sea level (0 m above sea level) and is in the Wümmen lowlands on the border with Bremen.

Nature reserves

There are twelve nature reserves in the district . The largest ( Fischerhuder Wümmeniederung ) has an area of ​​772 ha , the smallest ( Auequelle ) an area of ​​5 ha.

See also:

• List of nature reserves in the Verden district
• List of landscape protection areas in the Verden district
• List of natural monuments in the Verden district
• List of protected landscape elements in the Verden district

history

Middle Ages and early modern times

In the Middle Ages, today's district area belonged to various spiritual and secular domains, including the diocese of Verden . In the early modern times the district was part of the Duchies of Verden and Bremen . After the Thirty Years' War , the area was part of the Swedish territory of Bremen-Verden with the administrative headquarters in Stade .

Belonging to Hanover

In 1714 Sweden lost the territory to Denmark , which sold it to the Electorate of Braunschweig-Lüneburg (since 1814 Kingdom of Hanover ) in 1715 . After various administrative reforms in the Kingdom of Hanover, the two offices of Verden and Achim as well as the independent city of Verden and the offices of Ottersberg (1859 to the office of Achim) and Westen-Thedinghausen (1681–1852) and the West office (1852–1852) existed in today's district 1859). After the German War in 1866, the Kingdom of Hanover was annexed by Prussia and in 1867 the Province of Hanover .

German Empire

As part of the introduction of the new district order for the province of Hanover, the district of Verden was formed on April 1, 1885 from the city and the Verden office . At the same time, the Achim office became the Achim district .

During the district reform in the Free State of Prussia in 1932, the new district of Verden was formed from the district of Verden, the district of Achim and the municipality of Oiste of the district of Hoya . Together with the two communities of Hemelingen and Mahndorf , the Verden district had to surrender part of the old Achim district to the city of Bremen on November 1, 1939 , thereby losing some of the inhabitants that had been gained in 1932.

In the late phase of the Weimar Republic , the NSDAP achieved above-average electoral success in the district. The local groups formed there very early, the density of so-called " old fighters " around Heinrich Peper and others was correspondingly high .

During the time of National Socialism there were various armaments factories in the area of ​​the district, such as the explosives factory Eibia GmbH for chemical products in Barme , which used forced laborers , many of whom died or were unable to return to their homeland as displaced persons . The Jewish residents were persecuted, expropriated, deported and murdered by the National Socialists. The synagogues in Achim and Verden were destroyed. Sinti and Roma were also discriminated against. [4] Towards the end of the Second World War in 1945, especially the railway lines were fiercely contested between German and British troops. In February 1945 a refugee train near Scharnhorst was bombed. The railway lines were also used for the deportation of Dutch Jews to Auschwitz. After the end of the Second World War, the Prussian province of Hanover became the state of Hanover and finally the state of Lower Saxony, which from then on also included the district of Verden.

After the Second World War

The Verden district has been sponsoring the Preußisch Eylau district community in East Prussia since 1955 . This has resulted in a partnership with the Bagrationovsk district in Russia and the Górowo Iławeckie commune in Poland .

In 1956, when new license plates were introduced, the district was assigned the distinctive symbol VER .

The regional reform in Lower Saxony began in the 1960s with a series of municipal mergers. The law on the restructuring of the municipalities in the Verden area on July 1, 1972 resulted in a comprehensive reorganization and an expansion of the district :

• Until then the district Braunschweig belonging exclave Thedinghausen became part of the district of Verden.
• The municipality of Riede moved from the county of Hoya to the county of Verden.
• The municipality of Hülsen from the Fallingbostel district was incorporated into the Dörverden municipality of the Verden district.
• As a result of numerous community mergers, the Verden district then comprised twelve communities.

Since the incorporation of the municipality of Morsum into the municipality of Thedinghausen on November 1, 2006, the district has consisted of eleven municipalities, of which Achim and Verden (Aller) have municipal rights.

Population development

Population development in the Verden district from 1890 to 2010

year	Residents	source
1890	25,125
1900	26,392
1910	27,638
1925	28,177
1939	68.107
1950	87,704
1960	87,704
1970	89,500
1980	110,300
1990	117.716
2000	132,820
2010	133,368

Religions

Traditionally, the area of ​​the Verden district is evangelical-Lutheran . The parishes belong to the regional church of Hanover . The size of the Verden church district corresponds to that of the district. Especially after the war, Catholic parishes that belong to the diocese of Hildesheim were formed . There are Catholic parishes in Verden ( Propsteikirche St. Josef ) and Achim / Oyten ( St. Matthias ). Due to the high number of people leaving the church, both large Christian churches are subject to restructuring processes.

There are also Muslims , members of free churches , Yazidis and Jehovah's Witnesses living in the district .

Denomination statistics

In 2011, 55.0% (72,758) of the population were Protestant , 6.6% (8,757) Roman Catholic and 38.4% (50,785) had no denomination , belonged to another religious community or did not provide any information. The number of Protestants has fallen since then. The total number of Protestants is currently 65,000 (47.4%) out of a total population of 137,133.

politics

Politically, the district was led by the dual leadership of the senior district director as head of the district authority and the honorary district administrator with representative tasks. The last chief district director was Werner Jahn, successor to Rainer Mawick, the last honorary district administrator was Hans-Jürgen Wächter.

After the introduction of the single-track administration in the municipalities with the reform of the municipal constitutional law in 1996, the Verden district was the last municipality in Lower Saxony to appoint a directly elected, full-time district administrator for the first time in 2005.

The district council is composed as follows:

Parties and constituencies		Percent 2016	Seats 2016	Percent 2011	Seats 2011	Percent 2006	Seats 2006	Percent 2001	Seats 2001
SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	31.24	16	37.16	19th	39.24	20th	40.1	21st
CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	35.42	18th	36.25	18th	37.23	19th	39.4	21st
Green	Alliance 90 / The Greens	14.24	7th	17.87	9	10.03	5	8.8	5
FDP	Free Democratic Party	4.72	2	3.31	2	6.99	3	8.4	4th
left	The left	3.13	2	2.16	1	-	-	-	-
NPD	National Democratic Party of Germany	-	-	1.55	1	2.75	1	-	-
WGA LV	Voting Community Achim District Verden (WGA LV)	-	-	1.04	-	1.53	1	-	-
UBL	Independent list of citizens in the Thedinghausen community in the Verden district (UBL)	0.45	-	0.62	-	-	-	-	-
Lower Austria	New ecological left, voter association in the district of Verden (Lower Austria)	-	-	-	-	1.41	1	-	-
FBO	Free Citizens Ottersberg (FBO)	-	-	-	-	0.79	-	-	-
Flat share	Voter communities	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.3	-
AfD	Alternative for Germany	9.25	5	-	-	-	-	-	-
PIRATES	Pirate Party Germany	0.83	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
ALFA	Alliance for progress and awakening	0.35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
EW	Individual nomination by Hollen	0.3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
total		100	50	100	50	100	50	100	51
Turnout in percent		56.61		53.44		54.84		54.8

• Voting communities, as the 2001 result cannot be broken down into individual voter communities.
• In addition to the elected members of the district council, the district administrator belongs to the district council.

The MPD of the NPD joined The Rights in 2012 .

District administrators

• 1885 to 1888 Carl Roscher
• 1888 to 1890 Paul Bugisch
• 1890 to 1924 Max Seifert
• 1924 to 1932 Adolf Varain
• 1932 to 1933 Otto Eichhorn
• 1933 to 1945 Karl Weber (NSDAP)
• June - December 1945 Johann Thies (appointed by the military government)
• December 1945 - January 1946 Hans Gröffel
• January - March 1946 Friedrich Rasch
• in March 1946, Robert Becker did not accept the election
• April - June 1946 Kurt Utermann
• June - October 1946 Hermann Müller
• October 1946–1972 Ratje Niebuhr
• 1972–1981 Hans Puvogel (CDU)
• 1981 to 1986 Dieter Dieckhoff (CDU)
• 1986 to 1999 Christoph Rippich (SPD)
• 1999 to 2005 Hans-Jürgen Wächter (SPD)
• since 2005 Peter Bohlmann (SPD)

Proposal for administrative reform

A merger of the rural districts of Rotenburg (Wümme) and Verden was most recently proposed by the expert JJ Hesse, previously also by the expert G. Cassing. However, the proposed merger is met with rejection, particularly among Union politicians on the ground.

coat of arms

Blazon : "In blue a golden wavy bar, above a jumping silver horse , below growing out of the shield edge three golden ears of corn, fanned out, the two outer ones with a leaf each."

Reasons for the coat of arms: The coat of arms is dominated by a jumping horse, which is borrowed from the coat of arms of the state of Lower Saxony ( Sachsenross ) and indicates the importance of the region as the center of horse breeding. The connection to agriculture is established through the golden ears and the connection to the water ( Weser , Aller ) through the golden ribbon . Hence the blue background.

The coat of arms was introduced in 1935, and in 1948 the horse was changed to its current version. It was not until 1979 that the district council decided to introduce a district flag.

Culture and sights

Regional Association

The Landschaftsverband Stade was founded as a registered association to maintain cultural institutions . The Verden district also belongs to its sphere of activity.

Verden

A popular tourist attraction in the region is the old town of Verden (Aller) with the cathedral and other churches. Verden, with its delightful landscape on the Aller lies on the Weser and Aller cycle paths , is a center for horse and cattle breeding and equestrian sports.

Jewish cemeteries

There are three Jewish cemeteries in the Verden district : in Achim , Otterstedt and Verden . They are cultural monuments that are worth protecting - stone witnesses to formerly existing Jewish communities and a lively Jewish community life up to the 1930s. The cemeteries are usually difficult to find, especially since they are mainly on the outskirts of the communities. There was also a Jewish cemetery in Thedinghausen , which was occupied until 1934. However, it was sold during the Nazi era in 1941, destroyed in 1942 and the tombstones removed.

Castles

There are various castles and castle-like buildings in the district. These include Etelsen Castle , the Ottersberg District Court - a former castle - and the Thedinghausen Hereditary Farm . The buildings mentioned are not open to the public, only the Etelsen Castle Park is open to visitors.

Fischerhude

A popular excursion destination is the village of Fischerhude with its artistic tradition, located in the Ottersberg patch .

Economy and Transport

economy

In the future atlas 2016 , the district of Verden was ranked 146th out of 402 districts, municipal associations and independent cities in Germany, making it one of the regions with a "balanced risk-opportunity mix".

Important employers

The central district of Verden is an economically strong district in northern Germany with convenient transport connections. The proximity to the city of Bremen strengthens the regional economy.
The large Dodenhof shopping center is located in the Posthausen district of Ottersberg . In addition to many small and medium-sized companies, internationally important companies in the food industry, animal breeding and marketing, mechanical engineering and logistics are located in the district. Verden and Achim are locations of the Aller-Weser-Klinik . The communities in the south and south-east of Kirchlinteln, Dörverden and the combined community Thedinghausen are considered to be structurally weak, especially Dörverden after the withdrawal of the Bundeswehr. Verden is the seat of the Kreissparkasse Verden . In the cooperative banking sector are Volksbank Aller-Weser , the Volksbank Oyten that Bremische Volksbank , Volksbank Syke and the People's Bank Wümme Wieste operates.

tourism

For reasons of regional marketing , the district is also known as the Reiterkreis , which aims at the horse breeding tradition of the region. The Aller cycle path , the Weser cycle path and the long -distance cycle path Hamburg – Bremen run through the district . Rural tourism (riding holidays, water hiking, hunting) in the Thedinghausen-Verden-Dörverden-Kirchlinteln area is also important. There are museum railways in Thedinghausen and between Verden and Kirchlinteln-Stemmen.

traffic

railroad

By the district extend the railway line trough-Eickel-Hamburg , the Bremen-Hanover railway , the uelzen-langwedel railway , the railway Verden-Rotenburg and in freight the Bremen-Thedinghauser railway and the Verden-Walsroder® rail with the portion Verden-caulking. In mid-December 2011, the connection from Bremen to Verden was integrated into the regional S-Bahn Bremen / Lower Saxony network. There are passenger stations in Achim, Achim-Baden, Dörverden, Langwedel, Langwedel-Etelsen, Ottersberg, Oyten-Sagehorn and Verden (Aller) . The re-establishment of a stop in Kirchlinteln is currently planned.

History of the railway

The district of Verden was crossed by the Wunstorf – Bremen line of the Hanover State Railway as early as 1847 . From here a line branches off in Langwedel to Soltau-Uelzen (-Stendal-Berlin / -Magdeburg), which has become known as the " Amerikalinie " and which was put into operation by the Hanseatic city of Bremen in 1873.

In the north of the district, the Cologne-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft opened in 1874 with the Wanne-Eickel – Hamburg line, a connection between the two port cities of Bremen and Hamburg, along with a bypass for Bremen.

The connection between the Bremen – Hamburg line and the Hanover – Bremen line was only established in 1928 between Verden and Rotenburg (Wümme) , then Rotenburg in Hanover, by the Deutsche Reichsbahn .

In 1904 the Prussian State Railroad opened a branch line from Wahnebergen near Verden up to Schwarmstedt.

In 1910, Verden-Walsroder Eisenbahn GmbH set up a cross-connection to the Soltau – Hanover railway line. (Today from Verden to Stemmen operation of the museum railway). In 1910, the Bremen-Huchting-Leeste-Riede-Thedinghausen line of the Bremisch-Hannoversche Eisenbahn AG opened up the Thedinghausen Office, which belonged to Braunschweig until 1945. This connection is also operated by the Bremen-Thedinghauser Eisenbahn as a museum railway. The Bremen tram will operate on part of this line with line 8 .

From 1936 to 1969 38 km of the now 118 km long rail network were closed for passenger traffic. Of these, 20 km are still in use for museum railways. In 1936 Stemmen – Otersen – Walsrode (4 km), 1955 Bremen-Huchting – Leeste – Thedinghausen (8 km), 1966: Wahnebergen – Hülsen – Rethem (14 km) and 1969: Verden – Stemmen (12 km).

Street

Through the north of the district in space Ottersberg / Oyten running motorway A 1 ( Fehmarn - Cologne - Saarbrücken ). The main settlement axis between Achim and Verden is accessed by the A 27 ( Cuxhaven - Bremen - Walsrode ), in the southeast the federal highway 215 ( Rotenburg - Nienburg - Petershagen ) crosses the district area.

Inland shipping

The Weser and Aller rivers, which are suitable for inland navigation, flow through the district. Only the Weser is of importance for inland navigation.

Air traffic

When Verden Scharnhorst district is a commercial airport . The most important nearby commercial airports are Bremen Airport and Hanover Airport .

schools

The district of Verden is responsible for the vocational schools of the district of Verden (BBS Verden) as well as the four grammar schools, the Cato Bontjes van Beek grammar school , grammar school on the market in Achim, the cathedral grammar school in Verden and the grammar school on Wall Verden . In addition, it is responsible for the two special needs schools Andreasschule Verden and Erich Kästner-Schule Achim .

The Verden district has transferred the responsibility for the four main, four secondary and four secondary schools to the cities and municipalities. The district runs the district school building fund, with which the cities and municipalities are financially relieved of major investment measures. All municipalities are contributors to the school building fund.

Communities

(Residents on December 31, 2019)

Unified municipalities Achim , town, independent municipality (31,923) Dörverden (9009) Kirchlinteln (9911) Long fronds , spots (14,432) Ottersberg , Flecken (12,957) Oyten (15,863) Verden (Aller) , district town , independent municipality (27,706) Joint municipality with its member municipalities: * Seat of the joint municipality administration Integrated community Thedinghausen (15,332) Blender (2885) Emtinghausen (1464) Vineyard (2821) Thedinghausen * (8162)

Former parishes

The following list contains all former municipalities in the district and the dates of their incorporations.

local community	incorporated after	Date of incorporation
Ancestral mountains	Wahnebergen	1st February 1971
Allerdorf	Hintzendorf	September 1, 1960
Armsen	Kirchlinteln	July 1, 1972
to bathe	Achim	July 1, 1972
Barm	Dörverden	July 1, 1972
Barnstedt	west	1st February 1971
Bass	Oyten	July 1, 1972
Bendingbostel	Kirchlinteln	July 1, 1972
Benkel	Otterstedt	July 1, 1968
Beep	Morsum	July 1, 1972
Bierden	Achim	July 1, 1972
Bockhorst	Oyten	January 1, 1963
Bollen	Achim	July 1, 1972
Borstel	Verden (Aller)	July 1, 1972
Brunsbrock	Kirchlinteln	July 1, 1972
Cluvenhagen	Etelsen	July 1, 1968
Dauelsen	Verden (Aller)	July 1, 1972
Daverden	Langwedel	July 1, 1972
Deelsen	Kirchlinteln	July 1, 1968
Service shop	Dörverden	1st January 1971
Döhlbergen	Verden (Aller)	July 1, 1972
Eckstever	Otterstedt	July 1, 1968
One time	Blender	July 1, 1972
Eissel	Dauelsen	January 1, 1970
Eitze	Verden (Aller)	July 1, 1972
Embsen	Achim	July 1, 1972
Etelsen	Langwedel	July 1, 1972
Fischerhude	Ottersberg	July 1, 1972
Giersdorf-Schanzendorf	Posthausen	July 1, 1968
Grass village	Posthausen	July 1, 1968
Groß Hutbergen	Verden (Aller)	July 1, 1972
Haberloh	Langwedel	July 1, 1972
Hagen-Grinden	Etelsen	July 1, 1968
Heins	Kirchlinteln	July 1, 1972
Hemelingen	Bremen	November 1, 1939
Hintzendorf	Posthausen	July 1, 1968
Hintzendorf-Stellenfelde	Hintzendorf	September 1, 1960
Hohenaverbergen	Kirchlinteln	July 1, 1972
Holtebüttel	Langwedel	July 1, 1972
Holtum (Geest)	Kirchlinteln	July 1, 1972
Holtum March	Blender	July 1, 1968
Honorable	Verden (Aller)	July 1, 1972
Intschede	Blender	July 1, 1972
Klein Hutbergen	Verden (Aller)	July 1, 1972
Kreepen	Kirchlinteln	July 1, 1972
Chick moor	Kirchlinteln	July 1, 1972
Luttum	Kirchlinteln	July 1, 1972
Mahndorf	Bremen	November 1, 1939
Meyerdamm	Oyten	January 1, 1963
Morsum	Thedinghausen	November 1, 2006
Narthauen	Ottersberg	July 1, 1972
Neddenaverbergen	Kirchlinteln	July 1, 1972
Oiste	Blender	July 1, 1972
Otersen	Kirchlinteln	July 1, 1972
Otterstedt	Ottersberg	July 1, 1972
Oyter dam	Oyten	January 1, 1963
Posthausen	Ottersberg	July 1, 1972
Quelkhorn	Fischerhude	July 1, 1968
Ritzenbergen	Blender	July 1, 1968
Sagehorn	Oyten	January 1, 1963
Sheep corner	Kirchlinteln	July 1, 1972
Schaphusen	Oyten	July 1, 1968
Scharnhorst	Verden (Aller)	July 1, 1972
Sehlingen	Kirchlinteln	July 1, 1972
Stedebergen	Wahnebergen	1st February 1971
Stedorf	Dörverden	October 1, 1962
To stem	Kirchlinteln	July 1, 1972
Uesen	Achim	July 1, 1972
Uphusen	Achim	July 1, 1972
Verdenermoor	Chick moor	January 1, 1961
Völkersen	Langwedel	July 1, 1972
Wahnebergen	Dörverden	July 1, 1972
Walle	Verden (Aller)	July 1, 1972
Weitzmühlen	Kirchlinteln	July 1, 1972
west	Dörverden	July 1, 1972
Wittlohe	Kirchlinteln	July 1, 1972
Wulmstorf	Morsum	July 1, 1972
Wümmingen	Posthausen	July 1, 1968

literature

• Hermann Greve : Bibliography of the district of Diepholz including the combined communities Harpstedt (district Oldenburg), Eystrup and Grafschaft Hoya (district Nienburg) and Riede (combined community Thedinghausen, district Verden). (Ed .: Landkreis Diepholz), Syke and Diepholz 1984, XXXVIII and 453 pages (with 3505 titles).
• Walter Kempowski , Jochen Mönch (photos): The Verden district - a portrait . Verden district (ed.), 1987, ISBN 3-9801638-0-6 .
• Wendula Dahle (Ed.): In the land of moors and dykes. Excursions left and right of the Weser. A travel and reading book. Bremen 1998, 352 p. M. numerous Fig .; ISBN 3-86108-466-X .
• Fischerhuder Kunstkreis e. V. (Ed.): On the way .... in the district of Verden. History - culture - nature. Achim 1999, 288 p. M. numerous Fig.
• Harald Witt: The most beautiful bike tours between Hunte, Weser and Wümme. Nature - culture - history. Bremen 2003, 207 p. M. 96 fig .; ISBN 3-936289-44-1 .
• Bernd Kappelhoff and Thomas Vogtherr (eds.): Immunity and sovereignty. Contributions to the history of the Diocese of Verden. Landscape association of the former duchies of Bremen and Verden, Stade 2002, ISBN 3-931879-09-7 .
• Yearbook for the district of Verden , ed. from the district of Verden, since 1958 a regular yearbook / home calendar; ISSN  2363-7560 .

Web links

Commons : Landkreis Verden  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Overview map of the nature reserves in the district of Verden (NLWKN)
• List of nature reserves in the district of Verden (NLWKN)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony, LSN-Online regional database, Table 12411: Update of the population, as of December 31, 2019  ( help ).
2. ^ [1] Verden district at NLWKN
3. ↑ [2] New nature reserves from 2009 at NLWKN
4. ↑ [3] "Fischerhuder Wümmeniederung" nature reserve, registration number: NSG LÜ 270
5. ^ District regulation for the province of Hanover (1884)
6. ^ Prussian State Ministry, § 72, Ordinance on the reorganization of rural districts, from August 1, 1932 Preussische Gesetzessammlung, Berlin 1932; No. 43 (formation of the new district of Verden) , R. von Deckers Verlag, G. Schenk, 1932
7. ↑ Fourth ordinance on the rebuilding of the Reich of September 28, 1939
8. ↑ Joachim Woock: Hitler's willing helpers - National Socialists in the Verden district; Episode 2: Deputy Gauleiter Heinrich Peper . In: Home calendar for the district of Verden . 2008 (National Socialists in the Verden district; Part 2: Deputy Gauleiter Heinrich Peper).
9. ↑ Kreisarchiv Verden, 3 / 18d "General files regarding Gypsies"
10. ^ Joachim Woock: When Anne Frank drove through Ottersberg. Concentration camp trains rolled through the Verden district . In: Yearbook for the district of Verden . tape 63 , 2020, p. 96 ff .
11. ↑ Partnerships. In landkreis-verden.de. Retrieved on November 28, 2015
12. ↑ Law on the reorganization of the municipalities in the Verden area of April 6, 1972
13. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h} Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. verden.html. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006). 
14. ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1972
15. ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1981
16. ↑ ^{a b c} Lower Saxony regional database
17. ↑ County Verden Religion , 2011 census
18. ↑ Verden , accessed on July 4, 2020
19. ↑ District Administrator Peter Bohlmann succeeds Oberkreisdirektor Werner Jahn  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
20. ↑ Result of district election 2016
21. ↑ http://www.landkreis-verden.de/wahlen/kreistag2011/00_tabelle.html
22. ↑ http://www.landkreis-verden.de/wahlen/kreistag2006/00_tabelle.html
23. ↑ http://www.nls.niedersachsen.de/KW2006/361k.html
24. ↑ Party “The Right” succeeds the NPD
25. ↑ Article on the Rotenburg-Verden merger discussion
26. ↑ § 2 main statute of the district of Verden from December 17, 2010
27. ↑ DISTRICT OF VERDEN. In: Jewish cemeteries according to the current administrative structure - Lower Saxony. In: Overview of all projects for the documentation of Jewish grave inscriptions in the area of ​​the Federal Republic of Germany
28. ↑ Zukunftsatlas 2016. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original ; accessed on March 23, 2018 . 
29. ↑ http://www.regiosbahn.de/de/aktuelles/nachricht/meldung/fahrplanwechsel-2011-mit-neue-rs-1-ver.html
30. ↑ Reopening of the train station
31. ↑ State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony, LSN-Online regional database, Table 12411: Update of the population, as of December 31, 2019  ( help ).
32. ^ Verden district at territorial.de
33. ↑ Lower Saxony Law and Ordinance Gazette, edition 1960 ff.