Rethem (ˈʁeːtəm) is a town

Town

A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...

 in the Heidekreis in Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. It is situated on the river Aller

Aller

The Aller is a river, long, in the states of Saxony-Anhalt and Lower Saxony in Germany. It is a right-hand, and hence eastern, tributary of the River Weser and is also its largest tributary. Its last form the Lower Aller federal waterway...

, approx. 25 km southwest of Bad Fallingbostel

Bad Fallingbostel

Bad Fallingbostel is the district town of the Heidekreis district in the German state of Lower Saxony. Since 1976 the town has had a state-recognised Kneipp spa and has held the title of Bad since 5 August 2002. It has close ties to Walsrode, a few miles to the west...

, and 18 km southeast of Verden

Verden, Germany

Verden an der Aller, also called Verden or simply Verden , is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, on the river Aller. It is the administrative centre of the district of Verden...

. The town was the scene of heavy fighting over the period 10–11 April 1945 between units of the British 53rd Welsh Division and the German 2.Marine-Infanterie-Division.

Rethem is the seat of the Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Rethem/Aller

Rethem/Aller (Samtgemeinde)

Rethem/Aller is a Samtgemeinde in the district of Heidekreis, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Its seat is in the town Rethem.The Samtgemeinde Rethem/Aller consists of the following municipalities:# Böhme# Frankenfeld...

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