Bothel (Samtgemeinde)


Bothel is a Samtgemeinde in the district of Rotenburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany, established in 1971. Its seat is in the village Bothel.
The Samtgemeinde Bothel consists of the following municipalities:
  1. Bothel
  2. Brockel
  3. Hemsbünde
  4. Hemslingen
  5. Kirchwalsede
  6. Westerwalsede
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Public health

Since an epimediological study finding a disproportionate increase in cases of leukemia and lymphoma in men in Bothel was published in 2014, there has been strong opposition to fracking in natural gas production within the Bothel Samtgemeinderat.