Barver

Barver
Municipality
Coat of arms of Barver
Coat of arms
Diepholz (district)Lower SaxonyNorth Rhine-WestphaliaNorth Rhine-WestphaliaOsnabrück (district)Nienburg (district)BremenDelmenhorstVerden (district)Vechta (district)Oldenburg (district)Cloppenburg (district)StemshornLemfördeQuernheimBrockumMarlQuernheimHüdeLembruchDümmerDiepholzDrebberBarnstorfWetschenDickelRehdenHemslohBarverFreistattWehrbleckBahrenborstelVarrelKirchdorfWagenfeldBarenburgBarenburgEydelstedtSulingenDrentwedeScholenEhrenburgNeuenkirchenMaasenBorstelSiedenburgMellinghausenStaffhorstSchwafördenAsendorfAffinghausenSudwaldeSchwarmeMartfeldBruchhausen-VilsenTwistringenBassumSykeWeyheStuhr
Location of Barver within Diepholz district
Interactive map of Barver
Barver is located in Germany
Barver
Location within Germany
Barver is located in Lower Saxony
Barver
Location within Lower Saxony
Coordinates: 52°37′N 08°36′E / 52.617°N 8.600°E / 52.617; 8.600
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
DistrictDiepholz
Municipal assoc.Rehden
Government
 • MayorHans-Hermann Borggrefe
Area
 • Total
25.9 km2 (10.0 sq mi)
Elevation
37 m (121 ft)
Population
 (2025-12-31)
 • Total
1,019
 • Density39.3/km2 (102/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
49453
Dialling codes05448
Vehicle registrationDH

Barver is a municipality in the district of Diepholz, Lower Saxony, Germany.

Geography

Barver is located midway between Bremen (54 km to the north-north-east) and Osnabrück (52 km to the south-west), northeast of the Dümmer and Rehden Geest Moor Nature Parks and south of the Wildeshausen Geest Nature Park. The village lies east of the Kellenberg ridge (77 m) and on the west bank of the Wagenfelder Aue, a south-eastern tributary of the Hunte.

History

The first written reference to Barver dates from 1219.

Town twinning

Barver has been twinned with the French commune of Lezay since August 1973.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Tabelle EVAS 12411, Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus 2022, Stand 31. Dezember 2025" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.