Langwedel is a municipality in the district of Verden, in

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. It is situated on the right bank of the

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, approx. 7 km northwest of Verden, and 30 km southeast of

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. Langwedel belonged to the

Prince-Bishopric of Verden The Prince-Bishopric of Verden (, ''Hochstift Verden'' or ''Stift Verden'') was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire that was located in what is today the state of Lower Saxony in Germany. Verden had been a diocese of the Catho ...

, established in 1180. In 1648 the Prince-Bishopric was transformed into the Principality of Verden, which was first ruled in

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by the Swedish Crown - interrupted by a Danish occupation (1712–1715) - and from 1715 on by the Hanoverian Crown. The

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incorporated the Principality in a

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and the Princely territory, including Langwedel, became part of the new Stade Region, established in 1823.

Organization

Langwedel is a unit municipality and consists of the following villages: * Daverden (13,005 km²). * Etelsen (with Cluvenhagen and Hagen-Grinden as well as Giersberg and

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).(23,874 km²) * Haberloh (5,404 km²). * Holtebüttel (with Dahlbrügge, Nindorf, Schülingen and Overing and Förth) (8,492 km²). * Langwedel (with Langwedelermoor) (7,619 km²). * Völkersen (17,716 km²).

References

Verden (district) {{Verden-geo-stub