Oldendorf (Samtgemeinde)

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Oldendorf is a former Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") in the district of Stade, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Its seat was in the village Oldendorf. It was disbanded on 1 January 2014, when it was merged with the Samtgemeinde Himmelpforten to form the new Samtgemeinde Oldendorf-Himmelpforten. [1] The Samtgemeinde of Oldendorf consisted of the following municipalities:

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References

  1. "Verordnung über den Zusammenschluss der Samtgemeinden Himmelpforten und Oldendorf", Niedersächsisches Gesetz- und Verordnungsblatt, vol. 14, Hannover, p. 69, 2013, ISSN   0341-3497

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