Alfstedt

Alfstedt
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Alfstedt within Rotenburg (Wümme) district
Alfstedt Alfstedt
Coordinates: 53°32′53″N 09°04′04″E
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Rotenburg (Wümme)
Municipal assoc.	Geestequelle
Government
• Mayor	Heinz Buck (CDU)
Area
• Total	16.22 km2 (6.26 sq mi)
Elevation	4 m (13 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	853
• Density	53/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	27432
Dialling codes	04765
Vehicle registration	ROW
Website	Alfstedt

Alfstedt is a municipality in the district of Rotenburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

Alfstedt belonged to the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen, established in 1180. In 1648 the Prince-Archbishopric was transformed into the Duchy of Bremen, which at first was ruled in personal union by the Swedish Crown – interrupted by a Danish occupation (1712–1715) – and from 1715 on by the Hanoverian Crown. In 1807 the ephemeral Kingdom of Westphalia annexed the Duchy, before France annexed it in 1810. In 1813 the Duchy was restored to the Electorate of Hanover, which – after its upgrade to the Kingdom of Hanover in 1814 – incorporated the Duchy in a real union and the Ducal territory, including Alfstedt, became part of the new Stade Region, established in 1823.