Oldendorf, Stade

Oldendorf
Oldendorf
Location of Oldendorf within Stade district
Coordinates	53°35′31″N 9°14′59″E / 53.59194°N 9.24972°E / 53.59194; 9.24972Coordinates: 53°35′31″N 9°14′59″E / 53.59194°N 9.24972°E / 53.59194; 9.24972
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Stade
Municipal assoc.	Oldendorf
Mayor	Georg Hellwege (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area	23.88 km2 (9.22 sq mi)
Elevation	12 m  (39 ft)
Population	2,862 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	120 /km2 (310 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	STD
Postal code	21726
Area code	04144
Website	samtgemeinde-oldendorf.de

Oldendorf is a municipality in the district of Stade, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated west of Hamburg. Oldendorf has a population of approx. 3,000. Oldendorf is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Oldendorf.

History

Oldendorf 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 Oldendorf, became part of the new Stade Region, established in 1823.

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.