District Stade Postal codes 21714 Area 29.29 km² Population 2,849 (31 Dec 2008) Municipal assoc. Oldendorf-Himmelpforten | Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Vehicle registration STD Local time Wednesday 2:56 PM Postal code 21714 | |
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Weather 11°C, Wind W at 24 km/h, 60% Humidity | ||
Hammah is a municipality in the district of Stade, in Lower Saxony, Germany.
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Map of 21714 Hammah, Germany
History
Hammah 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 Hammah, became part of the new Stade Region, established in 1823.
Religion
In ecclesiastical respect the Lutherans in Hammah are parishioners of the Himmelpforten Parish.