Sittensen

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Sittensen
Coat of arms of Sittensen
Sittensen is located in Germany
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Sittensen
Coordinates 53°17′N 9°30′E / 53.28333°N 9.5°E / 53.28333; 9.5Coordinates: 53°17′N 9°30′E / 53.28333°N 9.5°E / 53.28333; 9.5
Administration
Country Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Rotenburg (Wümme)
Municipal assoc. Sittensen
Mayor Heinz-Hermann Evers (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area 18.55 km2 (7.16 sq mi)
Elevation 31 m  (102 ft)
Population 5,505 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 297 /km2 (769 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate ROW
Postal code 27419
Area code 04282
Website www.sittensen.de
The St. Dionysius church of Sittensen on a winter day.

Sittensen is a municipality in the district of Rotenburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. 20 km northeast of Rotenburg, and 45 km southwest of Hamburg.

Sittensen belonged to the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen, established in 1180. In 1648 the Prince-Archbishopric was transformed into the Duchy of Bremen, which was first ruled in personal union by the Swedish and from 1715 on by the Hanoverian Crown. In 1823 the Duchy was abolished and its territory became part of the Stade Region.

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

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