Schaumburg

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For the city Schaumburg in the United States see Schaumburg, Illinois and for the castle in Lower Saxony near Rinteln, see Schaumburg.

Schaumburg

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State:	Lower Saxony
Capital:	Stadthagen Template:Row}|label=Adm. region:|contents={{{regierungsbezirk|}}}}}Template:Row}|label=Region:|contents={{{region|}}}}}
Area:	676 km²
Inhabitants:	166,300 (2003)
pop. density:	246 inh./km²
Car identification:	SHG
Homepage:	landkreis-schaumburg.de
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Schaumburg is a district of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Nienburg, Hanover and Hamelin-Pyrmont, and the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (districts Lippe and Minden-Lübbecke).

Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Coat of arms 4 Towns and municipalities of the district Schaumburg 5 External links

History

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 Schaumburg-Lippe (1640). The tiny state of Schaumburg-Lippe existed until 1946, when it became an administrative area within Lower Saxony. In modern times Schaumburg and Schaumburg-Lippe were districts within the state of Lower Saxony, until they were merged again in 1977.

Geography

The district is located in the northernmost part of the Weserbergland mountains. The Weser river runs through the southern part of the district.

Schaumburg is a very small district, but within its territory there are some towns of remarkable beauty: Bückeburg, the old capital of Schaumburg-Lippe; Rinteln, which was the capital of Schaumburg during the division; and Stadthagen, the capital of the today's district.

Coat of arms

Image:Wappen Landkreis Schaumburg.png The coat of arms is almost identical to the old arms of Schaumburg, which had been used since the 12th century. The nettle leaf in the middle of the arms was the heraldic symbol of Holstein, symbolising the historical connection between Holstein and Schaumburg.

Towns and municipalities of the district Schaumburg

Towns	Samtgemeinden	Municipalities
Bückeburg Obernkirchen Rinteln Stadthagen	Eilsen Lindhorst Nenndorf¹ Niedernwöhren Nienstädt Rodenberg¹ Sachsenhagen¹ ¹includes town of the same name	Auetal

External links

• Official website (German)

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