Mittelstenahe
Municipality in Lower Saxony, Germany
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Mittelstenahe is a municipality in the district of Cuxhaven, in Lower Saxony, Germany.
Mittelstenahe | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Mittelstenahe
within Cuxhaven district  | |
 Location of Mittelstenahe | |
  Mittelstenahe  Mittelstenahe | |
| Coordinates: 53°39′02″N 09°02′11″E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Lower Saxony |
| District | Cuxhaven |
| Municipal assoc. | Börde Lamstedt |
| Subdivisions | 3 Ortsteile |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Günter Helck |
| Area | |
• Total | 33.68 km2 (13.00 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 15 m (49 ft) |
| Population (2024-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 580 |
| • Density | 17/km2 (45/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 21770 |
| Dialling codes | 04771, 04773 |
| Vehicle registration | CUX |
| Website | www.mittelstenahe.de |
History
Mittelstenahe belonged to the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen, established in 1180. The farmers were tithing to the Himmelpforten Convent,[2] secularised in 1647. In 1648 the Prince-Archbishopric was transformed into the Duchy of Bremen, which was first ruled in personal union by the Swedish Crown[3] - interrupted by a Danish occupation (1712–1715) - and from 1715 on by the Hanoverian Crown.[4]
After a Prussian and then French occupation from 1806 to 1810, the ephemeric Kingdom of Westphalia annexed the Duchy, before France annexed it with effect of 1 January 1811.[5] 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 Mittelstenahe, became part of the new Stade Region, established in 1823.
