Barver
Appearance
Barver | |
|---|---|
Location of Barver
within Diepholz district | |
![]() Interactive map of Barver | |
| Coordinates: 52°37′N 08°36′E / 52.617°N 8.600°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Lower Saxony |
| District | Diepholz |
| Municipal assoc. | Rehden |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Hans-Hermann Borggrefe |
| Area | |
• Total | 25.9 km2 (10.0 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 37 m (121 ft) |
| Population (2025-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 1,019 |
| • Density | 39.3/km2 (102/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 49453 |
| Dialling codes | 05448 |
| Vehicle registration | DH |
Barver is a municipality in the district of Diepholz, Lower Saxony, Germany.
Geography
[edit]Barver is located midway between Bremen (54 km to the north-north-east) and Osnabrück (52 km to the south-west), northeast of the Dümmer and Rehden Geest Moor Nature Parks and south of the Wildeshausen Geest Nature Park. The village lies east of the Kellenberg ridge (77 m) and on the west bank of the Wagenfelder Aue, a south-eastern tributary of the Hunte.
History
[edit]The first written reference to Barver dates from 1219.
Town twinning
[edit]Barver has been twinned with the French commune of Lezay since August 1973.
See also
[edit]- Rehden Geest Moor, a local nature reserve
References
[edit]- ↑ "Alle politisch selbständigen Gemeinden mit ausgewählten Merkmalen am 31.12.2018 (4. Quartal)" (in German). Federal Statistical Office of Germany. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ↑ "Tabelle EVAS 12411, Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus 2022, Stand 31. Dezember 2025" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
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