Oyten

Oyten
Coat of arms of Oyten Coat of arms
Oyten
Location of Oyten within Verden district
Coordinates:
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Verden
Government
• Mayor	Manfred Cordes (SPD)
Area
• Total	63.47 km2 (24.51 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)
• Total	15,413
• Density	240/km2 (630/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	28876
Dialling codes	04207
Vehicle registration	VER
Website	www.oyten.de

Oyten is a municipality in the district of Verden, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 20 km northwest of Verden, and 15 km east of Bremen.

Oyten belonged to the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen, established in 1180. In 1648 the Prince-Archbishopric was transformed into the Duchy of Bremen, which was first ruled in personal union by the Swedish Crown - interrupted by a Danish occupation (1712–1715) - and from 1715 on by the Hanoverian Crown. In 1807 the ephemeric Kingdom of Westphalia annexed the Duchy, before France annexed it in 1810. In 1813 the Duchy was restored to the Electorate of Hanover, which - after its upgrade to the Kingdom of Hanover in 1814 - incorporated the Duchy in a real union and the Ducal territory, including Oyten, became part of the new Stade Region, established in 1823.