Steinkirchen, Lower Saxony

Steinkirchen
Steinkirchen
Coordinates
Administration
Country Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Stade
Municipal assoc. Lühe
Mayor Michael Gosch (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area 9.55 km2 (3.69 sq mi)
Elevation 7 m  (23 ft)
Population 1,604 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 168 /km2 (435 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate STD
Postal code 21720
Area code 04142
Website www.luehe-online.de

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

It belonged to the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen. In 1648 the Prince-Archbishopric was transformed into the Duchy of Bremen, which was first ruled in personal union by the Swedish and from 1715 on by the Hanoverian Crown. In 1823 the Duchy was abolished and its territory became part of the Stade Region.

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