Hechthausen

Municipality in Lower Saxony, Germany

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Coat of arms

Location of Hechthausen within Cuxhaven district

53°39′N 09°14′E / 53.650°N 9.233°E / 53.650; 9.233CountryGermanyStateLower SaxonyDistrictCuxhaven Municipal assoc.HemmoorArea

• Total30.71 km² (11.86 sq mi)Elevation

2 m (7 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[1]

• Total3,498 • Density110/km² (300/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

21755

Dialling codes04774Vehicle registrationCUXWebsitewww.hechthausen.de

Hechthausen is a municipality in the district of Cuxhaven, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

History

Hechthausen 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. The Kingdom of Hanover incorporated the Duchy in a real union and the Ducal territory became part of the new Stade Region, established in 1823.

Coat of arms

The upper part of the arms, which displays a silver pike, winged and crowned with gold, comes from the coat of arms of Pomeranian family of Hechthausen.^[2]

The lower part of the arms, which displays three blue peaks, comes from the coat of arms of the Bremenian family of Marschalck von Bachtenbrock.^[2]

References

^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
^ ^a ^b Lembcke, Rudolf (1976). Kreis Land Hadeln : Geschichte und Gegenwart. OCLC 469399292.