Rastede

{{Infobox German location

|type = Gemeinde

|name = Rastede

|image_photo = Schloss Rastede.jpg

|image_caption = Rastede Palace

|image_flag = Flagge Rastede.svg

|image_coa = DEU Rastede COA.svg

|coordinates = {{coord|53|15|N|8|12|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|image_plan = Rastede in WST.svg

|state = Lower Saxony

|district = Ammerland

|elevation = 10

|area = 123

|postal_code = 26180

|area_code = 04402

|licence = WST

|Gemeindeschlüssel = 03 4 51 005

|divisions = 27 districts

|website = [https://www.rastede.de/ www.rastede.de]

|mayor = Lars Krause{{cite web|url=https://www.statistik.niedersachsen.de/download/169156|title=Verzeichnis der direkt gewählten Bürgermeister/-innen und Landräte/Landrätinnen|date=April 2021|publisher=Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen}}

|leader_term = 2019–24

|party = SPD

}}

Rastede (Low German: Raastäe/Raas) is a municipality in the Ammerland district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 12 km north of Oldenburg. It is the site of the Schloss Rastede.

The Rastede railway station is located at the Oldenburg–Wilhelmshaven railway.