Barver

Municipality in Lower Saxony, Germany
Coat of arms of Barver
Coat of arms
Location of Barver within Diepholz district
Diepholz (district)Lower SaxonyNorth Rhine-WestphaliaNorth Rhine-WestphaliaOsnabrück (district)Nienburg (district)BremenDelmenhorstVerden (district)Vechta (district)Oldenburg (district)Cloppenburg (district)StemshornLemfördeQuernheimBrockumMarlQuernheimHüdeLembruchDümmerDiepholzDrebberBarnstorfWetschenDickelRehdenHemslohBarverFreistattWehrbleckBahrenborstelVarrelKirchdorfWagenfeldBarenburgBarenburgEydelstedtSulingenDrentwedeScholenEhrenburgNeuenkirchenMaasenBorstelSiedenburgMellinghausenStaffhorstSchwafördenAsendorfAffinghausenSudwaldeSchwarmeMartfeldBruchhausen-VilsenTwistringenBassumSykeWeyheStuhr
52°37′N 08°36′E / 52.617°N 8.600°E / 52.617; 8.600CountryGermanyStateLower SaxonyDistrictDiepholz Municipal assoc.RehdenGovernment
 • MayorHans-Hermann BorggrefeArea
 • Total25.9 km2 (10.0 sq mi)Elevation
37 m (121 ft)Population
 (2022-12-31)[1]
 • Total1,091 • Density42/km2 (110/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes
49453
Dialling codes05448Vehicle registrationDH

Barver is a municipality in the district of Diepholz, Lower Saxony, Germany.

Geography

Barver is located midway between Bremen (54 km to the north-north-east) and Osnabrück (52 km to the south-west), northeast of the Dümmer and Rehden Geest Moor Nature Parks and south of the Wildeshausen Geest Nature Park. The village lies east of the Kellenberg ridge (77 m) and on the west bank of the Wagenfelder Aue, a south-eastern tributary of the Hunte.

History

The first written reference to Barver dates from 1219.

Town twinning

Barver has been twinned with the French commune of Lezay since August 1973.

See also

References

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

External links

  • Webseite Samtgemeinde Rehden
  • Town twinning Barver Lezay
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International
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National
  • Germany


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