Rotenburg is a district town of the district of Rotenburg (Woof) in the northeast Lower Saxony. It lies in the triangle between Bremen, Hanover and Hamburg. It has an area of ​​approximately 100 square kilometers and a population of approximately 21.000. Today's place was created under the protection of the west of it Rotenburg Castle, which around 1195 by Bishop Rudolf von Verden (1189-1205) as his official residence and as a bulwark against the nearby Ottersberg Castle was founded. The origin of the name is unclear.
Well-known companies of the Vehicle construction (Seico Verkaufsfahrzeuge GmbH, Borco-Höhns), the automotive supply industry (a Dura Automotive Systems plant), the building materials industry (Xella / Ytong), information technology (MTRIX) and logistics (Oetjen) have settled in Rotenburg. Rotenburg is also the headquarters of the largest gardening and landscaping company in Lower Saxony, the Grewe company with approx. 380 employees. The city is an important service location with the seat of a nationally important facility for people with disabilities (Rotenburger Werke der Innere Mission). The Agaplesion Diakonieklinikum Rotenburg in Rotenburg with around 1500 employees is one of the largest hospitals in Lower Saxony.