Kirchtimke

Kirchtimke
Kirchtimke
Municipality
	Coat of arms
	Location of Kirchtimke within Rotenburg (Wümme) district
	Kirchtimke Kirchtimke
	Coordinates: 53°15′N 09°09′E / 53.250°N 9.150°E
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Rotenburg (Wümme)
Municipal assoc.	Tarmstedt
Subdivisions	2
Government
• Mayor	Armin Springwald
Area
• Total	16.14 km2 (6.23 sq mi)
Elevation	24 m (79 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	961
• Density	60/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	27412
Dialling codes	04289
Vehicle registration	ROW

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

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