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Brome (Samtgemeinde)

Joint municipality in Lower Saxony, Germany

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionNov 16, 2021
Entity authorityQ187762 ↗
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Samtgemeinde Brome is a Samtgemeinde in the district of Gifhorn, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 20 km north-east of Gifhorn and 10 km north of Wolfsburg. 16,660 citizens are living in the Samtgemeinde Brome (2020).

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The public source identifies “Brome (Samtgemeinde)” as joint municipality in Lower Saxony, Germany. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Brome, Samtgemeinde and Joint.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2020—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1965-07-01. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Brome, Samtgemeinde and Joint providing the first useful test.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Nov 16, 2021. The linked authority identifier is Q187762. VIAF identifies the subject as 4915154592515943370007. Authority coordinates are 52.599, 10.933. 2 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020.

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This entry incorporates text from “Brome (Samtgemeinde)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.