{{Infobox German location |image_coa = Wappen der Samtgemeinde Sottrum.gif |coordinates = {{coord|53|7|N|9|13|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Sottrum in ROW.svg |state = Niedersachsen |district = Rotenburg (Wümme) |Samtgemeinde = Sottrum |elevation = 20 |area = 28.58 |postal_code = 27367 |area_code = 04264 |licence = ROW |Gemeindeschlüssel = 03 3 57 045 |divisions = 3 |website = [http://www.sottrum.de/ www.sottrum.de] |mayor = Hans-Jürgen Krahn |party = CDU }}

'''Sottrum''' is a municipality in the district of Rotenburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 11 km west of Rotenburg, and 30 km east of Bremen.

Sottrum belonged to the Prince-Bishopric of Verden, established in 1180. In 1648 the Prince-Bishopric was transformed into the Principality of Verden, 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. The Kingdom of Hanover incorporated the Principality in a real union and the Princely territory, including Sottrum, became part of the new Stade Region, established in 1823.

Sottrum is also the seat of the ''Samtgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") Sottrum.

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