Burweg

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Burweg

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Burweg
Coordinates: 53°37′17″N 09°16′02″E / 53.62139°N 9.26722°E / 53.62139; 9.26722Coordinates: 53°37′17″N 09°16′02″E / 53.62139°N 9.26722°E / 53.62139; 9.26722
Country Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Stade
Municipal assoc. Oldendorf-Himmelpforten
Subdivisions 3
Government
  Mayor Henry Schreiber (CDU)
Area
  Total 16.23 km2 (6.27 sq mi)
Elevation 4 m (13 ft)
Population (2012-12-31)[1]
  Total 971
  Density 60/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 21709
Dialling codes 04144
Vehicle registration STD
Website www.samtgemeinde-oldendorf.de

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

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

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