Schaumburg
Map of Lower Saxony highlighting the district of Schaumburg
State	Lower Saxony
District seat	Stadthagen
Area	676 km²
Population	166,300 (2003)
Pop. density	246 /km²
Licence plate code	SHG
Web page	landkreis-schaumburg.de

Grafschaft Schaumburg County of Schaumburg State of the Holy Roman Empire ← 1110 – 1640 →   → Coat of arms Capital Rinteln Government Principality Historical era Middle Ages  - Established 1110  - Partitioned to create     Schaumburg-Lippe,     remainder to Hesse-Kassel     1640

Schaumburg is a district (Landkreis) of Lower Saxony, Germany. German districts (de ''Kreise'' or de ''Landkreise'' in the states of Nordrhein-Westfalen and Schleswig-Holstein, singular de ''Kreis'' and de ''Landreis'' Lower Saxony ( German: Niedersachsen ch is pronounced before an s --> lies in north-western Germany and is second Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. It is bounded by (clockwise from the north) the districts of Nienburg, Hanover and Hamelin-Pyrmont, and the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (districts of Lippe and Minden-Lübbecke). Nienburg is a district ( Landkreis) in Lower Saxony, Germany. Hanover (officially in German Region Hannover) is a district (county in Lower Saxony, Germany. Hamelin-Pyrmont (Hameln-Pyrmont is a district ( Landkreis) in Lower Saxony, Germany. North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen usually shortened to NRW, official short form NW is the westernmost and - in terms of population and economic output - the This article is about the district Lippe. For the like-named river see Lippe River. Minden-Lübbecke is a Kreis (district in the northeastern part of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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. The Holy Roman Emperor (Römischer Kaiser or Römisch-Deutscher Kaiser Romanorum Imperator was the elected monarch ruling over the many varying numbers of states Holstein (ˈhɔlʃtain ( Low German: Holsteen, Danish: Holsten, Latin and historical English: Holsatia)

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 the County of Schaumburg-Lippe (1640). For the Mauritanian Thirty Years' War see Char Bouba war. For the band see The 30 Years War. The Counts of Schauenburg and Holstein were titles of the Holy Roman Empire. Schaumburg-Lippe was a small state in Germany, in the present day state of Lower Saxony, with its capital at Bückeburg. As a member of the Confederation of the Rhine, Schaumburg-Lippe raised itself to a principality. The Confederation of the Rhine or Rhine Confederation (Rheinbund États confédérés du Rhin officially and Confédération du Rhin in practice) lasted In 1815, Schaumburg-Lippe joined the German Confederation, and in 1871 the German Empire. The German Confederation (Deutscher Bund was the association of Central European states created by the Congress of Vienna in 1815 to serve as the successor to The German Empire is the name commonly used in English to describe Germany from 1871 to 1918 when it was a semi- Constitutional monarchy: beginning with the Unification In 1918, it became a republic. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The tiny Free State of Schaumburg-Lippe existed until 1946, when it became an administrative area within Lower Saxony. The Free State of Schaumburg-Lippe (Freistaat Schaumburg-Lippe was created following the abdication of Prince Adolf II of Schaumburg-Lippe on the 15 November Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lower Saxony ( German: Niedersachsen ch is pronounced before an s --> lies in north-western Germany and is second Schaumburg-Lippe had an area of 340 km², and a population of 51,000 (as of 1934).

Hessian Schaumburg was annexed to Prussia along with the rest of Hesse-Kassel in 1866. Prussia ( Latin: Borussia, Prutenia; Prūsija Prūsija Prusy Old Prussian: Prūsa) was most recently a historic state Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common After World War II, Schaumburg and Schaumburg-Lippe became districts within the state of Lower Saxony, until they were merged again in 1977. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Lower Saxony ( German: Niedersachsen ch is pronounced before an s --> lies in north-western Germany and is second Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays

Geography

The district is located in the northernmost part of the Weserbergland mountains. The Weserbergland (veːzɐˈbɛʁklant is a hilly region (thus the name Bergland hilly region) in Germany ( Lower Saxony, Hesse, The Weser River runs through the southern part of the district. The Weser (ˈveːzɐ is a River in north-western Germany. Formed at Hann

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 district today. Bückeburg is a small town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It was once the capital of the tiny principality of Schaumburg-Lippe and is today located Rinteln is a small town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located on the banks of the Weser river above the Porta Westfalica. Stadthagen (ʃtatˈhaːgən is the capital of the district of Schaumburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms is almost identical to the old arms of Schaumburg, which had been used since the 12th century. A coat of arms or armorial bearings (often just arms for short in European tradition is a design belonging to a particular person (or group of people The nettle leaf in the middle of the arms was the heraldic symbol of Holstein, symbolising the historical connection between Holstein and Schaumburg. Nettle is the common name for between 30-45 species of Flowering plants of the genus Urtica in the family Urticaceae, with a cosmopolitan though

Towns and municipalities

Inhabitants as of December 31, 2005:

Towns

1. Auetal [seat: Rehren], municipality (6,531)
2. Bückeburg, town (20,922)
3. Obernkirchen, town (9,884)
4. Rinteln, town (28,907)
5. Stadthagen, town (23,181)

Samtgemeinden (collective municipalities) with their member municipalities
* seat of the collective municipality

External links

• Official website (German)
• Schaumburg-Lippe genealogy website (English)