Westertimke

Westertimke
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Westertimke within Rotenburg (Wümme) district
Westertimke Westertimke
Coordinates: 53°14′13″N 09°07′55″E
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Rotenburg (Wümme)
Municipal assoc.	Tarmstedt
Government
• Mayor	Knut Ehlert
Area
• Total	12.05 km2 (4.65 sq mi)
Elevation	30 m (100 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	452
• Density	38/km2 (97/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	27412
Dialling codes	04289
Vehicle registration	ROW
Website	www.tarmstedt.de

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

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