Rehren A. O. (Rehren, Amt Obernkirchen) is the former Amt. Schaumburg, which was south of Amt. Rodenberg and Amt. Stadthagen. Rehren is part of the parish of Hattendorf and since about 1975 Rehren, Hattendorf, Schoholtensen, Antendorf, Wiersen and some other villages are forming the "Gemeinde Auetal", so called after the creek "Obernkirchener Aue" which runs westward to Bueckeburg and then to the River Weser near Minden The "Rodenberger Aue" runs through Rodenberg northward, passing the villages of Horsten and Ohndorf, to join the "Sachsenhaeger Aue" near Auhagen, then runs eastward to Wunstorf and furthermore to the River Leine near Neustadt. (Information courtesy of Kurt Riebe.)


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