Harpstedt
Encyclopedia
Harpstedt is a municipality
in Oldenburg
, Lower Saxony
, Germany
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Harpstedt is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Harpstedt
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Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in Oldenburg
Oldenburg (district)
Oldenburg is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Diepholz, Vechta, Cloppenburg and Ammerland, the city of Oldenburg, the district of Wesermarsch and the city of Delmenhorst.-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...
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Harpstedt is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Harpstedt
Harpstedt (Samtgemeinde)
Harpstedt is a Samtgemeinde in the district of Oldenburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Its seat is in the village Harpstedt.The Samtgemeinde Harpstedt consists of the following municipalities:# Beckeln# Colnrade# Dünsen...
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