Grünendeich

Basic data
State :	Lower Saxony
County :	Stade
Joint municipality :	Lühe
Height :	2 m above sea level NHN
Area :	3.93 km 2
Residents:	1892 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	481 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	21720
Primaries :	04142, 04141
License plate :	HOURS
Community key :	03 3 59 020
LOCODE :	DE GIC
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Huttfleth 18 ; 21720 Steinkirchen
Website :	www.luehe-online.de
Mayor :	Inge Massow-Oltermann
Location of the community Grünendeich in the district of Stade

Aerial view

Aerial view of the Elbe, the Lühe barrage and the Lühe pier

Grünendeich ( Greundiek in Low German ) is a municipality in the Stade district in Lower Saxony . The community belongs to the joint community Lühe , which has its administrative seat in the community of Steinkirchen .

history

Explanation of the place name
Old names of the place are 1449 Gronendike and 1559 Gronendike. Grünendeich is probably the new name for Bardesfleth. The newly settled remaining area was given the name Grünendeich, which was first mentioned in 1449 and presented as a separate parish around 1500. A first church near the Elbe was destroyed by storm surges in the 16th century. The place name means in Low German: "am grönen dīke" ("am green dike").

politics

Municipal council

The council is composed as follows:

CDU : 5 seats
SPD : 2 seats
FWG : 2 seats
Alliance 90 / The Greens : 1 seat

(Status: local election on September 11, 2016 )

The council has appointed Henrike Lühders, a member of the joint municipal administration, as the municipality director.

Mayor

The mayor of Grünendeich is Inge Massow-Oltermann (FWG). Your deputy is Gerd Dehmel (CDU).

coat of arms

Shield in silver divided by green, at the top a growing lighthouse, divided four times in red by silver, from each of which a golden, red-rimmed beacon extends to the side edges of the shield; below two silver rose petals with golden clusters and red sepals placed side by side.