Schwanewede is a municipality in the
district of Osterholz, in
Lower Saxony
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,
Germany
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. It is situated approximately 14 km west of
Osterholz-Scharmbeck, and 22 km northwest of
Bremen.
It belonged to the
Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen. In 1648, the Prince-Archbishopric was transformed into the
Duchy of Bremen, which Sweden first ruled over in a
personal union
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. In 1715, the Hanoverian Crown started to rule over Schwanwede until 1823, in which the Duchy was abolished, leading all of its territory to become part of the
Stade Region.
Schwanewede consists of 12 smaller villages which form the municipality of Schwanewede, namely Beckedorf, Löhnhorst, Meyenburg, Aschwarden, Neuenkirchen, Brundorf, Eggestedt, Harriersand, Hinnebeck, Leuchtenburg and Rade.
The
Farge concentration camp is located in Schwanewede-Neuenkirchen.
References
Osterholz
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