Oerel

Oerel
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Oerel within Rotenburg (Wümme) district
Oerel Oerel
Coordinates: 53°29′01″N 09°03′36″E
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Rotenburg (Wümme)
Municipal assoc.	Geestequelle
Subdivisions	3
Government
• Mayor	Helmut Ringe (SPD)
Area
• Total	33.70 km2 (13.01 sq mi)
Elevation	16 m (52 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	1,926
• Density	57/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	27432
Dialling codes	04761, 04765, 04766
Vehicle registration	ROW
Website	www.geestequelle.de

Oerel is a municipality in the district of Rotenburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

Oerel belonged to the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen, established in 1180. In 1648 the Prince-Archbishopric was transformed into the Duchy of Bremen, which was first ruled in personal union by the Swedish Crown - interrupted by a Danish occupation (1712–1715) - and from 1715 on by the Hanoverian Crown. In 1807 the ephemeral Kingdom of Westphalia annexed the Duchy, before France annexed it in 1810. In 1813 the Duchy was restored to the Electorate of Hanover, which - after its upgrade to the Kingdom of Hanover in 1814 - incorporated the Duchy in a real union and the Ducal territory, including Oerel, became part of the new Stade Region, established in 1823.