Brobergen

Brobergen (Low Saxon: Brobargen) is a village in the German municipality of Kranenburg in the district of Stade, Lower Saxony. The village of 6.06 km² has 220 inhabitants (July 1, 2011).

The village lies on the right (eastern) bank of the Oste river. The river Mehe, a tributary of the Oste, has its estuary near Brobergen. There is a ferry crossing from the village to the Hollander Höfe, once the ancestral seat of the noble family von Brobergen (), on the left bank of the river. It was a separate municipality until it merged with Kranenburg in 1972.

Brobergen lies at the edge of the Marshland along the Oste river. The Mehe river with its outlet close to Brobergen is a leftside tributary of the Oste. The Oste is a tidal river close to sea level. The village itself lies at about 3 meter above sea level on the edge of the Geest. On the border to Oldendorf the elevation rises to about 17,5 m above sea level.

The Deutsche Fährstraße (German Ferry Route) runs through Brobergen. It's a touristic route that connects places showcasing different modes of transportation across water along a 250 km line between Bremervörde and Kiel. In Brobergen the pram ferry is part of this route.

Part of Brobergen are the smaller places Berg, Hollander Höfe and Hüttenberg.

Neighbouring places are Kranenburg in the north, Oldendorf in the east, Estorf in the southeast, Gräpel in the southwest, Ostendorf in Landkreis Rotenburg (Wümme) in the east and Nindorf, Cuxhaven in Landkreis Cuxhaven in the northwest.

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