Schaumburg

For other uses, see Schaumburg and Schauenburg.

District in Lower Saxony, Germany

District in Lower Saxony, Germany

Landkreis Schaumburg

District

Flag

Coat of arms

Country| Germany
State| Lower Saxony
Capital| Stadthagen
Government

• District admin.| Jörg Farr (SPD)
Area

• Total

| 676 km2 (261 sq mi)
Population

(31 December 2022)[1]

• Total

| 159,960
• Density| 240/km2 (610/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration| SHG, RI
Website| landkreis-schaumburg.de

Schaumburg is a district (Landkreis) of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (clockwise from the north) the districts of Nienburg, Hanover and Hameln-Pyrmont, and the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (districts of Lippe and Minden-Lübbecke).

## History

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Landkreis Schaumburg was created on August 1, 1977 within the framework of the Kreisreform (district reform) of Lower Saxony by combining the former districts of Schaumburg-Lippe and Grafschaft Schaumburg. The town of Hessisch Oldendorf was reallocated to Landkreis Hameln-Pyrmont. The communities of Großenheidorn, Idensermoor-Niengraben and Steinhude had already been allocated to the community of Wunsdorf and thereby became part of Landkreis Hanover.

The Landkreis Schaumburg essentially duplicates the borders of Schaumburg at the time of the Middle Ages. Schaumburg was a medieval county, which was founded at the beginning of the 12th century. Shortly after, the Holy Roman Emperor appointed the counts of Schaumburg to become counts of Holstein as well.

During the Thirty Years' War the House of Schaumburg had no male heir, and the county was divided into Schaumburg (which became part of Hesse-Kassel) and the County of Schaumburg-Lippe (1640). As a member of the Confederation of the Rhine, Schaumburg-Lippe raised itself to a principality. In 1815, Schaumburg-Lippe joined the German Confederation, and in 1871 the German Empire. In 1918, it became a republic. The tiny Free State of Schaumburg-Lippe existed until 1946, when it became an administrative area within Lower Saxony. Schaumburg-Lippe had an area of 340 km², and a population of 51,000 (as of 1934).

Hessian Schaumburg was annexed to Prussia along with the rest of Hesse-Kassel in 1866. After World War II, Schaumburg and Schaumburg-Lippe became districts within the state of Lower Saxony, until they were merged again in 1977.

## Geography

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The district (Landkreis) of Schaumburg has its northern half located in the North German Plain and the southern half in the Weser Uplands (Weserbergland). The Weser Uplands consist of hilly ridges and include the Wesergebirge, Harrl, Süntel, Bückeberg and Deister. The Schaumburg Forest is a continuous strip of woods running in a direction of approximately 60 degrees along the northern border of the district. Just beyond the northern border of the district is Lake Steinhude a 29,1 km2 shallow lake that is the largest in Northern Germany. The river Weser flows westward along the south of the Wiehengebirge through a broad valley and the town of Rinteln. The landscape is bordered to the west by the River Weser which is in the neighbouring district of Minden-Lübbecke. It flows north through the Westphalian Gap towards the city of Bremen and the North Sea. In the flat North German Plain to the east of Schaumburg district lies Hanover, the capital city of Lower Saxony.

## Coat of arms

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The coat of arms is almost identical to the old arms of Schaumburg, which had been used since the 12th century. Schaumburg Castle, in mediaeval times the seat of the Counts of Schaumburg, is located on the Nesselberg ("nettle mountain") in Schaumburg, a locality in the town of Rinteln. The nettle leaf in the middle of the arms has become the heraldic symbol of Holstein, symbolising the historical connection between Holstein and Schaumburg.

## Towns and municipalities

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Clickable map of towns and municipalities in the district

Towns

Town | Capital | Area(km²) | Population (2015) | Location

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Auetal

| Rehren | 62,16 km² | 6.315 |
Obernkirchen

| Obernkirchen | 32,48 km² | 9.196 |

Rinteln

| Rinteln | 109,06 km² | 25.187 |

Bückeburg

| Bückeburg | 68,84 km² | 19.182 |

Stadthagen

| Stadthagen | 60,27 km² | 21.814 |

Samtgemeinden (collective municipalities) with their member municipalities

Samtgemeinde | Member municipalities | Capital | Area (km²) | Population(2015) | Location

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Rodenberg

| List

* Apelern
* Rodenberg
* Hülsede
* lauenau
* Messenkamp
* Pohle

| Rodenberg | 86,2 km² | 15.562 |

Nenndorf

| List

* Hohnhorst
* Haste
* Suthfeld
* Bad Nenndorf

| Bad Nenndorf | 51,4 km² | 16.960 |

Eilsen

| List

* Bad Eilsen
* Ahnsen
* Buchholz
* Heeßen
* Luhden

| Bad Eilsen | 13,91 km² | 6.715 |

Niedernwöhren

| List

* Niedernwöhren
* Meerbeck
* Lauenhagen
* Nordsehl
* Pollhagen
* Wiedensahl

| Niedernwöhren | 64,42 km² | 8.115 |

Sachsenhagen

| List

* Sachsenhagen
* Auhagen
* Hagenburg
* Wölpinghausen

| Sachsenhagen | 62,44 km² | 9.253 |

Nienstädt

| List

* Nienstädt
* Seggebruch
* Helpsen
* Hespe

| Nienstädt | 30,06 km² | 10.111 |

Lindhorst | List

* Lindhorst
* Heuerßen
* Lüdersfeld
* Beckedorf

| Lindhorst | 34,34 km² | 7.796 |

## See also

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* Metropolitan region Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg
* Schaumburg, Illinois

## References

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1. ^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.

## External links

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Media related to Landkreis Schaumburg at Wikimedia Commons

* Official website (in German)
* Schaumburg-Lippe genealogy website (in English)

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Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle (1500–1806) of the Holy Roman Empire

Prince-bishops|

* Cambrai (until 1678)
* Corvey1
* Liège
* Minden2
* Münster
* Osnabrück
* Paderborn
* Utrecht (until 1548)
* Verden (until 1648)

The Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle (red) within the Holy Roman Empire (white) after 1548

Prince-abbots|

* Corvey2
* Essen
* Herford
* Kornelimünster
* Stavelot–Malmedy
* Thorn
* Werden

Secular|

* Arenberg
* Cleves with Mark
* East Frisia1
* Jülich–Berg
* Guelders (until 1548)
* Luxemburg (until 1548)
* Minden1
* Moers1
* Nassau-Dillenburg1
* Verden1

Counts / Lords|

| From 1500|

* Bentheim
* Bronkhorst (until 1719)
* Diepholz
* Drenthe (until 1548)
* East Frisia (until 1667)
* Groningen (until 1548)
* Guelders (until 1548)
* Horne3 (until 1614)
* Hoya
* Lingen3
* Lippe
* Manderscheid (until 1546)
* Moers (until 1541)
* Nassau
* Diez
* Hadamar
* Dillenburg (until 1664)
* Oldenburg
* Overijssel (until 1548)
* Pyrmont
* Ravensberg3
* Reichenstein
* Rietberg
* Salm-Reifferscheid
* Sayn
* Schaumburg
* Tecklenburg
* Virneburg
* Wied
* Winneburg and Beilstein
* Zutphen (until 1548)

|

From 1792|

* Anholt
* Blankenheim and Gerolstein
* Gemen
* Gimborn
* Gronsfeld
* Hallermund
* Holzappel
* Kerpen-Lommersum
* Myllendonk
* Reckheim
* Schleiden
* Wickrath
* Wittem
* Utrecht (until 1548)

Status
uncertain|

* Delmenhorst
* Fagnolle
* Schaumburg
* Hesse
* Lippe
* Spiegelberg
* Steinfurt

Cities|

* Aachen
* Cologne
* Dortmund
* Duisburg?
* Herford?
* Verden (until 1648)
* Warburg?

1 from 1648  2 until 1648  3 without seat in Imperial Diet ? status uncertain

Circles est. 1500: Bavarian, Swabian, Upper Rhenish, Lower Rhenish–Westphalian, Franconian, (Lower) Saxon

* Circles est. 1512: Austrian, Burgundian, Upper Saxon, Electoral Rhenish
* Unencircled territories

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Urban and rural districts in the state of Lower Saxony in Germany

Region|

* Hanover

Urban districts|

* Braunschweig
* Delmenhorst
* Emden
* Oldenburg
* Osnabrück
* Salzgitter
* Wilhelmshaven
* Wolfsburg

Rural districts|

* Ammerland
* Aurich
* Bentheim
* Celle
* Cloppenburg
* Cuxhaven
* Diepholz
* Emsland
* Friesland
* Gifhorn
* Goslar
* Göttingen
* Hameln-Pyrmont
* Harburg
* Heidekreis
* Helmstedt
* Hildesheim
* Holzminden
* Leer
* Lüchow-Dannenberg
* Lüneburg
* Nienburg
* Northeim
* Oldenburg
* Osnabrück
* Osterholz
* Peine
* Rotenburg
* Schaumburg
* Stade
* Uelzen
* Vechta
* Verden
* Wesermarsch
* Wittmund
* Wolfenbüttel

Districts of German states (Full list)

* Baden-Württemberg
* Bavaria
* Brandenburg
* Bremen
* Hesse
* Lower Saxony
* Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
* North Rhine-Westphalia
* Rhineland-Palatinate
* Saarland
* Saxony
* Saxony-Anhalt
* Schleswig-Holstein
* Thuringia

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