Bevern, Lower Saxony
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Bevern (ˈbeːvɐn) is a municipality in the District of Holzminden
, Lower Saxony
, Germany
. Bevern lies on the River Weser in the Weserbergland
.
Bevern is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Bevern
.
Bevern Palace, located in town, was in the 17th and 18th centuries the residence of a cadet line of the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg
, known as Brunswick-Bevern
.
Holzminden (district)
Holzminden is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Hamelin-Pyrmont, Hildesheim and Northeim, and by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia .-History:...
, Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. Bevern lies on the River Weser in the Weserbergland
Weserbergland
The Weser Uplands is a hill region in Germany The Weser Uplands (German: Weserbergland) is a hill region (Bergland = uplands, hills or hill region) in Germany The Weser Uplands (German: Weserbergland) is a hill region (Bergland = uplands, hills or hill region) in Germany (Lower Saxony, Hesse,...
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Bevern is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Bevern
Bevern (Samtgemeinde)
Bevern is a Samtgemeinde in the district of Holzminden, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Its seat is in the town Bevern.The Samtgemeinde Bevern consists of the following municipalities:# Bevern# Golmbach# Holenberg# Negenborn...
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Bevern Palace, located in town, was in the 17th and 18th centuries the residence of a cadet line of the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Brunswick-Lüneburg
The Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg , or more properly Duchy of Brunswick and Lüneburg, was an historical ducal state from the late Middle Ages until the late Early Modern era within the North-Western domains of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, in what is now northern Germany...
, known as Brunswick-Bevern
Brunswick-Bevern
Brunswick-Bevern is an extinct German dynasty. It is a branch of the Younger House of Brunswick, a branch of the House of Welf. Its first member was Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, who received Bevern Palace as part of his inheritance in 1666...
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