Sauensiek

Sauensiek
Sauensiek
Location of Sauensiek within Stade district
Coordinates: 53°23′N 9°36′E / 53.383°N 9.600°E / 53.383; 9.600Coordinates: 53°23′N 9°36′E / 53.383°N 9.600°E / 53.383; 9.600
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Stade
Municipal assoc.	Apensen
Government
• Mayor	Rolf Suhr (CDU)
Area
• Total	31.37 km² (12.11 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)^[1]
• Total	2,324
• Density	74/km² (190/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	21644
Dialling codes	04169
Vehicle registration	STD
Website	www.sauensiek.de

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

Location

The Litberg, the highest point in the district of Stade, lies within the municipality of Sauensiek. It has a height of 65 metres above sea level and has been designated as a protected area.

History

Sauensiek belonged - as to its government - to the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen, established in 1180.^[2] In religious respect, however, Sauensiek formed part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Verden until after 1566 its incumbent bishops lost papal recognition, except of a last Catholic bishop from 1630 to 1631, respectively.^[2] 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. The Kingdom of Hanover incorporated the Duchy in a real union and the Ducal territory became part of the new Stade Region, established in 1823.

Towns and municipalities in Stade (district)

Agathenburg Ahlerstedt Apensen Balje Bargstedt Beckdorf Bliedersdorf Brest Burweg Buxtehude Deinste Dollern Drochtersen Düdenbüttel Engelschoff Estorf Fredenbeck Freiburg Großenwörden Grünendeich Guderhandviertel Hammah Harsefeld Heinbockel Himmelpforten Hollern-Twielenfleth Horneburg Jork Kranenburg Krummendeich Kutenholz Mittelnkirchen Neuenkirchen Nottensdorf Oederquart Oldendorf Sauensiek Stade Steinkirchen Wischhafen

References

↑ Landesbetrieb für Statistik und Kommunikationstechnologie Niedersachsen, 102 Bevölkerung - Basis Zensus 2011, Stand 31. Dezember 2013 (Tabelle K1020014)
↑ 2.0 2.1 Michael Schütz, „Die Konsolidierung des Erzstiftes unter Johann Rode“, in: Geschichte des Landes zwischen Elbe und Weser: 3 vols., Hans-Eckhard Dannenberg and Heinz-Joachim Schulze (eds.) on behalf of the Landschaftsverband der ehemaligen Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden, Stade: Landschaftsverband der ehemaligen Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden, 1995 and 2008, vol. I 'Vor- und Frühgeschichte' (1995; ISBN 978-3-9801919-7-5), vol. II 'Mittelalter (einschl. Kunstgeschichte)' (1995; ISBN 978-3-9801919-8-2), vol. III 'Neuzeit' (2008; ISBN 978-3-9801919-9-9), (=Schriftenreihe des Landschaftsverbandes der ehemaligen Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden; vols. 7–9), vol. II: pp. 263–278, here pp. 270seq. ISBN 978-3-9801919-8-2.