Oyten

Oyten
Municipality
Church of Saint Peter
Coat of arms
Location of Oyten within Verden district
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Coordinates: 53°3′40″N 9°1′4″E / 53.06111°N 9.01778°E / 53.06111; 9.01778
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Verden
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Sandra Röse[1] (CDU)
Area
• Total	63.44 km2 (24.49 sq mi)
Elevation	15 m (49 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	16,258
• Density	260/km2 (660/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	28876
Dialling codes	04207
Vehicle registration	VER
Website	www.oyten.de

Oyten (Low German: Eiten) 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.