# Sottrum

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{{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](/source/Rotenburg_(district)), in [Lower Saxony](/source/Lower_Saxony), [Germany](/source/Germany). It is situated approximately 11 km west of [Rotenburg](/source/Rotenburg_an_der_W%C3%BCmme), and 30 km east of [Bremen](/source/Bremen).

Sottrum belonged to the [Prince-Bishopric of Verden](/source/Prince-Bishopric_of_Verden), established in 1180. In 1648 the Prince-Bishopric was transformed into the [Principality of Verden](/source/Principality_of_Verden), which was first ruled in [personal union](/source/personal_union) by the Swedish Crown - interrupted by a Danish occupation (1712–1715) - and from 1715 on by the [Hanoverian](/source/House_of_Hanover) Crown. The [Kingdom of Hanover](/source/Kingdom_of_Hanover) incorporated the Principality in a [real union](/source/real_union) and the Princely territory, including Sottrum, became part of the new [Stade Region](/source/Stade_(region)), established in 1823.

Sottrum is also the seat of the ''[Samtgemeinde](/source/Samtgemeinde)'' ("collective municipality") [Sottrum](/source/Sottrum_(Samtgemeinde)).

==References==
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