District Cuxhaven Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Area 36.07 km² Population 935 (31 Dec 2008) Dialling code 04756 | Elevation 1 m (3 ft) Postal codes 21775 Local time Monday 9:00 AM Postal code 21775 | |
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Weather 2°C, Wind E at 5 km/h, 100% Humidity | ||
Steinau in the Land of Hadeln is a municipality in the district of Cuxhaven, in Lower Saxony, Germany.
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Map of 21775 Steinau, Germany
History
Steinau belongs to the Land of Hadeln, first an exclave of the younger Duchy of Saxony and after its de facto dynastic partition in 1296 of the Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg, established de jure in 1260. In 1728 Emperor Charles VI enfeoffed the George II Augustus and his House of Hanover in personal union with the reverted fief of Saxe-Lauenburg. By a redeployment of Hanoverian territories in 1731 the Hanoverian Duchies of Bremen and Verden were conveyed the administration of the neighboured Land of Hadeln. The Kingdom of Hanover incorporated the Land of Hadeln in a real union and its territory, including Steinau, became part of the new Stade Region, established in 1823.