Nordholz

Nordholz
Nordholz
Location of Nordholz within Cuxhaven district
Coordinates	53°47′1″N 8°36′20″E / 53.78361°N 8.60556°E / 53.78361; 8.60556Coordinates: 53°47′1″N 8°36′20″E / 53.78361°N 8.60556°E / 53.78361; 8.60556
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Cuxhaven
Mayor	Bernhard Jährling (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area	65.11 km2 (25.14 sq mi)
Elevation	9 m  (30 ft)
Population	7,460 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	115 /km2 (297 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	CUX
Postal code	27637
Area code	04741
Website	www.nordholz.de

Nordholz is a municipality in the district of Cuxhaven, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. 25 km north of Bremerhaven, and 12 km southwest of Cuxhaven.

Nordholz 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. In 1807 the ephemeric Kingdom of Westphalia annexed the Duchy, before France annexed it in 1810. In 1813 the Duchy was restored to the Electorate of Hanover, which - after its upgrade to the Kingdom of Hanover in 1814 - incorporated the Duchy in a real union and the Ducal territory, including Nordholz, became part of the new Stade Region, established in 1823.

Today, Nordholz houses the Aeronauticum, Germany's official museum of maritime aircraft.

References

1. ^ "Bevölkerungsfortschreibung" (in German). Landesbetrieb für Statistik und Kommunikationstechnologie Niedersachsen. 31 December 2009. http://www1.nls.niedersachsen.de/statistik/html/parametereingabe.asp?DT=K1000014&CM=Bev%F6lkerungsfortschreibung.