Grafschaft Hoya (Samtgemeinde)
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Grafschaft Hoya is a Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") in the district of Nienburg
, in Lower Saxony
, Germany
. Its seat is in the town
Hoya
. Its name refers to the medieval County of Hoya. On 1 January 2011, it merged with the former Samtgemeinde Eystrup
.
The Samtgemeinde Grafschaft Hoya consists of the following municipalities:
Nienburg (district)
Nienburg is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Diepholz, Verden, Heidekreis, Hanover and Schaumburg, and by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia ....
, in 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...
. Its seat is in the town
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
Hoya
Hoya, Germany
Hoya is a town in the District of Nienburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the left and right bank of the Weser, approx. 20 km north of Nienburg, and 15 km southwest of Verden....
. Its name refers to the medieval County of Hoya. On 1 January 2011, it merged with the former Samtgemeinde Eystrup
Eystrup (Samtgemeinde)
Eystrup was a Samtgemeinde in the district of Nienburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Its seat was in the village Eystrup. On 1 January 2011, it merged with the Samtgemeinde Grafschaft Hoya....
.
The Samtgemeinde Grafschaft Hoya consists of the following municipalities:
- BückenBückenBücken is a municipality in the district of Nienburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany.-History:An Abbey was established here in Bücken in the year 882 by Rimbert, Archbishop of Bremen...
- EystrupEystrupEystrup is a municipality in the district of Nienburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Weser, approx. 15 km north of Nienburg, and 15 km south of Verden. Eystrup was the seat of the former Samtgemeinde Eystrup....
- GandesbergenGandesbergenGandesbergen is a municipality in the district of Nienburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany....
- HämelhausenHämelhausenHämelhausen is a municipality in the district of Nienburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany....
- HasselHassel, Lower SaxonyHassel is a municipality in the district of Nienburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany....
- HilgermissenHilgermissenHilgermissen is a municipality in the district of Nienburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany....
- HoyaHoya, GermanyHoya is a town in the District of Nienburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the left and right bank of the Weser, approx. 20 km north of Nienburg, and 15 km southwest of Verden....
- HoyerhagenHoyerhagenHoyerhagen is a municipality in the district of Nienburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany....
- SchweringenSchweringenSchweringen is a municipality in the district of Nienburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany....
- WarpeWarpeWarpe is a municipality in the district of Nienburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany....