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Bothel (Samtgemeinde)

Coordinates: 53°04′12″N 09°29′51″E / 53.07000°N 9.49750°E / 53.07000; 9.49750
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Bothel
Collective municipality
Samtgemeinde Bothel
Location of Bothel
Websitebothel.de

Bothel is a Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") in the district of Rotenburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany, established in 1971.[1] Its seat is in the village Bothel.[1]

The Samtgemeinde Bothel consists of the following municipalities:[2]

  1. Bothel
  2. Brockel
  3. Hemsbünde
  4. Hemslingen
  5. Kirchwalsede
  6. Westerwalsede

Public health

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Since an epimediological study finding a disproportionate increase in cases of leukemia and lymphoma in men in Bothel was published in 2014, there has been strong opposition to fracking in natural gas production within the Bothel Samtgemeinderat.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gründung der Samtgemeinde Bothel". Samtgemeinde Bothel (in German). Retrieved 18 May 2025.
  2. ^ "Anschriften und Öffnungszeiten der Mitgliedsgemeinden". Samtgemeinde Bothel (in German). Retrieved 18 May 2025.
  3. ^ Wieters, Jens (17 November 2022). "Nicht alle gegen Fracking". Rotenburger Rundschau (in German). Retrieved 18 May 2025.
  4. ^ "German Village Fears Link Between Cancer and Fracking". CHEManager International. 23 October 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
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53°04′12″N 09°29′51″E / 53.07000°N 9.49750°E / 53.07000; 9.49750