Stinstedt
Municipality in Lower Saxony, Germany
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Stinstedt is a municipality in the district of Cuxhaven, in Lower Saxony, Germany.
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Stinstedt
within Cuxhaven district  | |
 Location of Stinstedt | |
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| Coordinates: 53°39′41″N 08°58′16″E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Lower Saxony |
| District | Cuxhaven |
| Municipal assoc. | Börde Lamstedt |
| Subdivisions | 4 Ortsteile |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Herbert Pape |
| Area | |
• Total | 30.1 km2 (11.6 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 7 m (23 ft) |
| Population (2024-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 519 |
| • Density | 17.2/km2 (44.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 21772 |
| Dialling codes | 04756 |
| Vehicle registration | CUX |
| Website | www.stinstedt.de |
History
Stinstedt belonged to the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen, established in 1180. The farmers were subject with their small tithe[2] to the Himmelpforten Convent,[3] 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[4] - interrupted by a Danish occupation (1712-1715) - and from 1715 on by the Hanoverian Crown.[5]
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.[6] 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 Stinstedt, became part of the new Stade Region, established in 1823.
