Neuenkirchen, Cuxhaven

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Location of Neuenkirchen within Cuxhaven district
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Coordinates: 53°46′40″N08°53′35″E / 53.77778°N 8.89306°E / 53.77778; 8.89306 Coordinates: 53°46′40″N08°53′35″E / 53.77778°N 8.89306°E / 53.77778; 8.89306
Country Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Cuxhaven
Municipal assoc. Land Hadeln
Subdivisions7 Ortsteile
Government
   Mayor Ingo Tietje (SPD)
Area
  Total19.65 km2 (7.59 sq mi)
Elevation
2 m (7 ft)
Population
 (2020-12-31) [1]
  Total1,297
  Density66/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
21763
Dialling codes 04751, 04755, 04758
Vehicle registration CUX
Website www.otterndorf.de

Neuenkirchen (official German disambiguation: Neuenkirchen (Land Hadeln); N. Low Saxon: Neenkarken) is a municipality in the Land Hadeln collective municipality within the district of Cuxhaven, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

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History

Neuenkirchen belonged 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 Neuenkirchen, became part of the new Stade Region, established in 1823.

Toponym etymology

Neuenkirchen, meaning New Church in German, was named accordingly following the completion of a new Lutheran St. Mary's Church in 1732.

St. Mary's Church in Neuenkirchen. St. Marien in Neuenkirchen (Land Hadeln) von Suedost.jpg
St. Mary's Church in Neuenkirchen.

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