Großenwörden

Großenwörden
Großenwörden
Coordinates
Administration
Country Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Stade
Municipal assoc. Himmelpforten
Mayor Bernhard Witt
Basic statistics
Area 12.35 km2 (4.77 sq mi)
Elevation 0 m  (0 ft)
Population 444 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 36 /km2 (93 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate STD
Postal code 21712
Area code 04775
Website www.himmelpforten.de

Großenwörden is a municipality in the district of Stade, Lower Saxony, Germany.

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

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