Country Germany District Stade Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Area 23.88 km² Local time Thursday 11:57 PM Dialling code 04144 | State Lower Saxony Elevation 12 m (39 ft) Postal codes 21726 Population 2,860 (31 Dec 2008) Postal code 21726 Municipal assoc. Oldendorf-Himmelpforten | |
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Oldendorf is a municipality in the district of Stade, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated west of Hamburg. Oldendorf has a population of approx. 3,000. Oldendorf was the seat of the former Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Oldendorf.
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Map of 21726 Oldendorf, Germany
History
Oldendorf 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 Oldendorf, became part of the new Stade Region, established in 1823.