Country Germany District Cuxhaven Elevation 9 m (30 ft) Local time Tuesday 1:15 PM | State Lower Saxony Municipal assoc. Land Hadeln Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Population 3,553 (31 Dec 2008) | |
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Weather 13°C, Wind SE at 8 km/h, 54% Humidity Points of interest Wingst zoo, Spielpark Wingst, Aussichtsturm "Deutscher Olymp, Waldmuseum Wingst, Wingst | ||
Wingst is a municipality in the district of Cuxhaven, in Lower Saxony, Germany.
Map of 21789 Wingst, Germany
Wingst 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 Wingst, became part of the new Stade Region, established in 1823.
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