Amt Rotenburg

Rotenburg castle was built in 1195 and served as the primary residence of most Bishops of Verden. By the 16th century, it had become the seat of an Amt, which asserted jurisdiction over all of the parishes in the eastern part of the Bishopric. With two exceptions, the parishes became Vogteien. (Wolterdingen and Brockel became part of the the Vogteien of Neuenkirchen and Scheeßel respectively). In 1764, several villages in Vogtei Sottrum were transferred to Amt Ottersberg in the Duchy of Bremen.