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{{Other uses|Schaumburg and Schauenburg (disambiguation){{!}}Schaumburg and Schauenburg}}
{{short description|District in Lower Saxony, Germany}}
{{Infobox District DE
|name             = Landkreis Schaumburg
|state            = Lower Saxony
|capital          = [[Stadthagen]]
|area             = 676
|Kreisschlüssel   = 03257
| district_admin    = Jörg Farr 
| admin_party       = SPD
|carsign          = SHG, RI
|url              = [http://www.landkreis-schaumburg.de landkreis-schaumburg.de]
|map              ={{Germany district OSM map |parent_subdivision = Q1197}}
|image_coa = DEU Landkreis Schaumburg COA.svg
|image_flag = Flagge Landkreis Schaumburg.svg
}}

'''Schaumburg''' ({{IPA|de|ˈʃaʊmˌbʊʁk|-|De-Schaumburg.ogg}}) is a [[districts of Germany|district]] (''Landkreis'') of [[Lower Saxony]], [[Germany]]. It is bounded by (clockwise from the north) the districts of [[Nienburg (district)|Nienburg]], [[Hanover (district)|Hanover]] and [[Hameln-Pyrmont]], and the state of [[North Rhine-Westphalia]] (districts of [[Lippe (district)|Lippe]] and [[Minden-Lübbecke]]).

==History==
Landkreis Schaumburg was created on August 1, 1977 within the framework of the Kreisreform (district reform) of [[Lower Saxony]] by combining the former districts of Schaumburg-Lippe and Grafschaft Schaumburg.  The town of Hessisch Oldendorf was reallocated to [[Landkreis Hameln-Pyrmont]].  The communities of Großenheidorn, Idensermoor-Niengraben and Steinhude had already been allocated to the community of Wunsdorf and thereby became part of Landkreis [[Hanover]].

The Landkreis Schaumburg essentially duplicates the borders of [[County of Schaumburg|Schaumburg]] at the time of the Middle Ages.  Schaumburg was a medieval county, which was founded at the beginning of the 12th century. Shortly after, the [[Holy Roman Emperor]] appointed the counts of Schaumburg to become counts of [[Holstein]] as well.

During the [[Thirty Years' War]] the [[House of Schaumburg]] had no male heir, and the county was divided into '''Schaumburg''' (which became part of [[Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel|Hesse-Kassel]]) and the County of '''[[Schaumburg-Lippe]]''' (1640). As a member of the [[Confederation of the Rhine]], Schaumburg-Lippe raised itself to a principality. In 1815, Schaumburg-Lippe joined the [[German Confederation]], and in 1871 the [[German Empire]]. In 1918, it became a republic. The tiny [[Free State of Schaumburg-Lippe]] existed until 1946, when it became an administrative area within [[Lower Saxony]]. Schaumburg-Lippe had an area of 340&nbsp;km², and a population of 51,000 (as of 1934).

Hessian Schaumburg was annexed to [[Prussia]] along with the rest of Hesse-Kassel in 1866.  After [[World War II]], Schaumburg and Schaumburg-Lippe became districts within the state of [[Lower Saxony]], until they were merged again in 1977.

==Geography==
The district (''Landkreis'') of Schaumburg has its northern half located in the [[North German Plain]] and the southern half in the [[Weser Uplands]] (''Weserbergland''). The Weser Uplands consist of hilly ridges and include the Wesergebirge, Harrl, Süntel, Bückeberg and Deister.  The [[Schaumburg Forest]] is a continuous strip of woods running in a direction of approximately 60 degrees along the northern border of the district.  Just beyond the northern border of the district is [[Lake Steinhude]] a 29,1&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> shallow lake that is the largest in Northern Germany.  The river Weser flows westward along the south of the Wiehengebirge through a broad valley and the town of Rinteln.  The landscape is bordered to the west by the River Weser which is in the neighbouring district of Minden-Lübbecke.  It flows north through the [[Westphalian Gap]] towards the city of [[Bremen]] and the [[North Sea]]. In the flat North German Plain to the east of Schaumburg district lies [[Hanover]], the capital city of [[Lower Saxony]].

==Coat of arms==
The [[coat of arms]] is almost identical to the old arms of Schaumburg, which had been used since the 12th century. [[Schaumburg Castle, Lower Saxony|Schaumburg Castle]], in mediaeval times the seat of the [[Counts of Schaumburg]], is located on the ''[[Nesselberg]]'' ("nettle mountain") in Schaumburg, a locality in the town of [[Rinteln]]. The [[Urtica|nettle]] leaf in the middle of the arms has become the heraldic symbol of Holstein, symbolising the historical connection between Holstein and Schaumburg.

==Towns and municipalities==
{{Imagemap Germany district SHG|Municipalities in SHG.svg|300px{{!}}thumb{{!}}Clickable map of towns and municipalities in the district}}

'''[[Town]]s'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Town!! Capital!! Area(km²)!! Population (2015)!! Location
|-
| [[Auetal]]<br />
[[File:DEU Auetal COA.svg|100px|frameless]]
|| Rehren ||62,16&nbsp;km²  ||6.315 || [[File:Auetal_in_SHG.svg|200px|frameless]]
|-
| [[Obernkirchen]]<br />
[[File:DEU Obernkirchen COA.svg|100px|frameless]]
||Obernkirchen ||32,48&nbsp;km² ||9.196 || 
[[File:Obernkirchen in SHG.svg|200px|frameless]]
|-
| [[Rinteln]]<br />
[[File:DEU Rinteln COA.svg|100px|frameless]]
|| Rinteln ||109,06&nbsp;km² ||25.187  || 
[[File:Rinteln in SHG.svg|200px|frameless]]
|-
| [[Bückeburg]]<br />
[[File:Wappen Bueckeburg.png|100px|frameless]]
|| Bückeburg ||68,84&nbsp;km² ||19.182  || 
[[File:Bückeburg in SHG.svg|200px|frameless]]
|-
| [[Stadthagen]]<br />
[[File:DEU Stadthagen COA.svg|100px|frameless]]
|| Stadthagen ||60,27&nbsp;km² ||21.814 ||
[[File:Stadthagen in SHG.svg|200px|frameless]]
|-
|}

'''[[Amt (country subdivision)|Samtgemeinde]]n''' (collective municipalities) with their member municipalities

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Samtgemeinde!! Member municipalities!! Capital!! Area (km²)!! Population(2015)!! Location
|-
| [[Rodenberg (Samtgemeinde)|Rodenberg]]<br />
[[File:DEU Rodenberg SG COA.svg|100px|frameless]]
|| '''List'''
* [[Apelern]]
* [[Rodenberg]]
* [[Hülsede]]
* [[lauenau]]
* [[Messenkamp]]
* [[Pohle]]
|| [[Rodenberg]]||86,2&nbsp;km²||15.562||
[[File:Samtgemeinde Rodenberg in SHG.svg|200px|frameless]]
|-
|[[Nenndorf (Samtgemeinde)|Nenndorf]]<br />
<br />
[[ File:DEU Bad Nenndorf COA.svg|100px|frameless]]
||'''List'''
* [[Hohnhorst]]
* [[Haste, Germany|Haste]]
* [[Suthfeld]]
* [[Bad Nenndorf]]
||[[Bad Nenndorf]]||51,4&nbsp;km²||16.960 ||
[[File:Samtgemeinde Nenndorf in SHG.svg|200px|frameless]]
|-
| [[Eilsen (Samtgemeinde)|Eilsen]]<br />
[[File:DEU Bad Eilsen COA.svg|100px|frameless]]
|| '''List'''
* [[Bad Eilsen]]
* [[Ahnsen]]
* [[Buchholz, Schaumburg|Buchholz]]
* [[Heeßen]]
* [[Luhden]]
|| [[Bad Eilsen]]||13,91&nbsp;km²||6.715||
[[File:Samtgemeinde Eilsen in SHG.svg|200px|frameless]]
|-
| [[Niedernwöhren (Samtgemeinde)|Niedernwöhren]]<br />
[[File:DEU SG Niedernwoehren COA.svg|100px|frameless]]
|| '''List'''
* [[Niedernwöhren]]
* [[Meerbeck]]
* [[Lauenhagen]]
* [[Nordsehl]]
* [[Pollhagen]]
* [[Wiedensahl]]
 ||[[Niedernwöhren]]||64,42&nbsp;km²||8.115||
[[File:Samtgemeinde Niedernwöhren in SHG.svg|200px|frameless]]
|-
| [[Sachsenhagen (Samtgemeinde)|Sachsenhagen]]<br />
[[File:Wappen Samtgemeinde Sachsenhagen.png|100px|frameless]]
||'''List'''
* [[Sachsenhagen]]
* [[Auhagen]]
* [[Hagenburg]]
* [[Wölpinghausen]]
|| [[Sachsenhagen]]||62,44&nbsp;km²||9.253||
[[File:Samtgemeinde Sachsenhagen in SHG.svg|200px|frameless]]
|-
| [[Nienstädt (Samtgemeinde)|Nienstädt]]<br />
[[File:DEU Nienstädt COA.svg|100px|frameless]]
||'''List'''
* [[Nienstädt]]
* [[Seggebruch]]
* [[Helpsen]]
* [[Hespe]]
|| [[Nienstädt]]||30,06&nbsp;km²||10.111||
[[File:Samtgemeinde Nienstädt in SHG.svg|200px|frameless]]
|-
| [[Lindhorst (Samtgemeinde)|Lindhorst]]||'''List'''
* [[Lindhorst]]
* [[Heuerßen]]
* [[Lüdersfeld]]
* [[Beckedorf]]
|| [[Lindhorst]]||34,34&nbsp;km²||7.796||
[[File:Samtgemeinde Lindhorst in SHG.svg|200px|frameless]]
|}

==See also==
* [[Metropolitan region Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg]]
* [[Schaumburg, Illinois]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category-inline|Landkreis Schaumburg}}
* [http://www.landkreis-schaumburg.de/ Official website] {{in lang|de}}
* [http://www.genealogienetz.de/reg/NSAC/SLP/ Schaumburg-Lippe genealogy website] {{in lang|en}}

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