Ahausen

History

The first record of the village was in 1226 as "Ouhusen". Then Ahausen belonged to the Prince-Bishopric of Verden, established in 1180. The town was destroyed in the Thirty Years War (1618–1648) by the forces of Count Tilly. In 1648 the Prince-Bishopric was transformed into the Principality of Verden, 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. The Kingdom of Hanover incorporated the Principality in a real union and the Princely territory, including Ahausen, became part of the new Stade Region, established in 1823.

Geography

Ahausen is located 8 km (5 miles) southwest of Rotenburg, 35 km (22 miles) east of Bremen and 70 km (44 miles) southwest of Hamburg. The Wümme river flows from east to west about 2 km north of the center of Ahausen.

Most-observed species

• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,825
• Eurasian Coot

  Fulica atra Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,660
• Carrion Crow

  Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,607
• Great Crested Grebe

  Podiceps cristatus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  2,577
• Mute Swan

  Cygnus olor (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) · Aves
  2,487
• Black-headed Gull

  Chroicocephalus ridibundus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  2,389
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,256
• Great Cormorant/European Shag

  Phalacrocorax carbo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  2,246

Most recent

• M 4.2 — 2026-04-26
  4 km NNW of Quarten, Switzerland
• M 3.5 — 2024-06-27
  1 km SSW of Todtmoos, Germany
• M 4.2 — 2024-06-04
  2 km NNW of Unteriberg, Switzerland
• M 3.4 — 2022-10-16
  Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
• M 3.8 — 2022-09-01
  2 km WSW of Sevelen, Switzerland
• M 4 — 2022-07-09
  2 km NNE of Grosselfingen, Germany