 In 2013, it had 830 inhabitants.Sandbostel belonged to the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen, established in 1180.In 1648, the Prince-Archbishopric was transformed into the Duchy of Bremen, which was first ruled in personal union by the Swedish Crown - interrupted by a Danish occupation (1712–1715) - and from 1715 on by the Hanoverian Crown.