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Cappel
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Location of Cappel within Cuxhaven district
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| Coordinates | |
| Administration | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Lower Saxony |
| District | Cuxhaven |
| Municipal assoc. | Land Wursten |
| subdivisions | Altendeich, Oberstrich |
| Mayor | Rolf Bohlen (SPD) |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 8.25 km2 (3.19 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3 m (10 ft) |
| Population | 727 (31 December 2010)[1] |
| - Density | 88 /km2 (228 /sq mi) |
| Other information | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | CUX |
| Postal code | 27632 |
| Area code | 04741 |
| Website | www.sglandwursten.de |
Cappel is a municipality in the district of Cuxhaven, in Lower Saxony, Germany.
Cappel, a town in the Land of Wursten, for long periods a rather autonomous peasant republic, had long been claimed by the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen, which finally subjected the Land of Wursten in 1524. In the mid-16th c. the inhabitants adopted Lutheranism. During the Leaguist occupation under Tilly (1628–1630), they suffered from attempts of reCatholicisation.
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 House of Hanover.
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 Cappel, became part of the Stade Region, established in 1823.
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