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Hepstedt
Hepstedt
Coordinates	53°15′34″N 09°05′22″E / 53.25944°N 9.08944°E / 53.25944; 9.08944
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Rotenburg (Wümme)
Municipal assoc.	Tarmstedt
Mayor	Werner Meyer
Basic statistics
Area	29.95 km2 (11.56 sq mi)
Elevation	30 m  (98 ft)
Population	1,049  (31 December 2006)
- Density	35 /km2 (91 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	ROW
Postal code	27412
Area codes	04283, 04289
Website	www.tarmstedt.de

Hepstedt is a municipality in the district of Rotenburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

Hepstedt 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 Hepstedt, became part of the new Stade Region, established in 1823.

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