Apensen

Apensen
Coat of arms
Apensen
Location of Apensen within Stade district
Coordinates: 53°26′09″N 09°36′56″E / 53.43583°N 9.61556°E / 53.43583; 9.61556Coordinates: 53°26′09″N 09°36′56″E / 53.43583°N 9.61556°E / 53.43583; 9.61556
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Stade
Municipal assoc.	Apensen
Government
• Mayor	Ruth Uhlendorf (CDU)
Area
• Total	20.74 km2 (8.01 sq mi)
Elevation	39 m (128 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	3,945
• Density	190/km2 (490/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	21641
Dialling codes	04167
Vehicle registration	STD
Website	www.apensen.de

Apensen is a municipality southwest of Hamburg (Germany). Apensen has a population of about 3,000, the area of 20.74 km² and belongs to the district Stade, Lower Saxony.

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.

Apensen is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Apensen.

Twin towns

Apensen is twinned with

• Kolbuszowa in Poland

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

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