Stinstedt

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Coat of arms of the municipality of Stinstedt
Stinstedt
Map of Germany, position of the municipality of Stinstedt highlighted

Coordinates: 53 ° 40 ′  N , 8 ° 58 ′  E

Basic data
State : Lower Saxony
County : Cuxhaven
Joint municipality : Börde Lamstedt
Height : 7 m above sea level NHN
Area : 30.1 km 2
Residents: 557 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 19 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 21772
Area code : 04756
License plate : CUX
Community key : 03 3 52 052
Community structure: 4 districts
Address of the
municipal administration: 		Schützenstrasse 20
21769 Lamstedt
Website : www.stinstedt.de
Mayor : Klaus Steffens ( Stinstedt list of citizens )
Location of the community of Stinstedt in the district of Cuxhaven
Nordsee Schleswig-Holstein Bremerhaven Landkreis Osterholz Landkreis Rotenburg (Wümme) Landkreis Stade Landkreis Wesermarsch Armstorf Armstorf Belum Beverstedt Bülkau Cadenberge Cuxhaven Geestland Hagen im Bremischen Hechthausen Hemmoor Hollnseth Ihlienworth Lamstedt Loxstedt Mittelstenahe Neuenkirchen (Land Hadeln) Neuhaus (Oste) Nordleda Oberndorf (Oste) Odisheim Osten (Oste) Osterbruch Otterndorf Schiffdorf Steinau (Niedersachsen) Stinstedt Stinstedt Wanna Wingst Wurster Nordseeküstemap
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Aerial view

The community of Stinstedt ( Low German Stinst ) is a member of the community association Samtgemeinde Börde Lamstedt in the district of Cuxhaven in Lower Saxony . In addition to the main town of Stinstedt, the municipality also includes the towns of St. Joost , Neubachenbruch and Moorausmoor.

geography

The renatured Stinstedter See lies southwest of the place.

history

Sankt Joost was a holy Jodokus consecrated chapel , which in 1367 was first mentioned and until the Reformation, the area attracted many pilgrims. It was canceled in 1541.

Incorporations

On July 1, 1972, the communities Moorausmoor and Neubachenbruch were incorporated.

Population development

year 1961 1970 1987 1992 1997 2002 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Residents 823 742 640 615 603 560 567 546 535 549 569 564 562 561 558 574

(1961 on June 6th, 1970 on May 27th, each census results including Moorausmoor and Neubachenbruch; from 1987 on each December 31st)

politics

Municipal council

The council of the municipality of Stinstedt consists of nine councilors and councilors. This is the specified number for the member municipality of an integrated municipality with a population between 501 and 1000 inhabitants. The council members are elected for a five-year term by local elections. The current term of office began on November 1, 2016 and ends on October 31, 2021.

The last local election on September 11, 2016 resulted in the following:

Political party Proportional votes Number of seats
Stinstedt citizens' list 79.72% 7th
Neubachenbruch voter community 20.27% 2

The turnout in the 2016 local elections was 75.95%, above the Lower Saxony average of 55.5%.

mayor

The municipal council elected councilor Klaus Steffens (Stinstedt citizens' list) as honorary mayor for the current electoral term.

coat of arms

Stinstedt coat of arms
 Blazon : "In silver the sacred Joost or Jodokus in green pilgrims robe with a red pilgrim's staff in his right hand and a golden Pilgrim shell in his left hand; at his feet on the left a golden aristocratic crown . "
Foundation of the coat of arms: In the district of St. Joost there was a pilgrimage chapel, which was much visited until the Reformation and later moved to Stinstedt itself, and which was dedicated to St. Joost.

Culture and sights

Architectural monuments

Regular events

  • Shooting festival on the third weekend in June

Picture gallery

  • The extinguishing water pond, formerly a sand pit in Stinstedt

  • The monument of the pilgrimage chapel St. Joost

  • The Randkanal in Stinstedt

  • The barrage at the end of the edge canal in the Hadelner Canal

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

Myths and legends

  • Hare weaves
  • The chapel of St. Joost

literature

  • Udo Theuerkauf: Small local history of the Lamstedt Börde . Ed .: Samtgemeinde Börde Lamstedt. Lamstedt 1997.

Web links

Commons : Stinstedt  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony, LSN-Online regional database, Table 12411: Update of the population, as of December 31, 2019  ( help ).
  2. ↑ a b Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality register for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 243 .
  3. ↑ LSKN-Online.
  4. ^ Lower Saxony Municipal Constitutional Law (NKomVG); Section 46 - Number of Deputies. In: Internet site for the Lower Saxony Regulation Information System (NI-VORIS). December 17, 2010, accessed February 11, 2017.
  5. ↑ a b Municipality of Stinstedt - overall results of the 2016 municipal council election. In: Website Zweckverband Kommunale Datenverarbeitung Oldenburg (KDO). September 11, 2016, accessed February 18, 2019.
  6. ↑ The CDU gets the most votes nationwide. In: NDR website. September 12, 2016. Retrieved February 11, 2017 .
  7. ^ Council of the community of Stinstedt. In: Internet site of the joint municipality Börde Lamstedt. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
  8. ^ Rudolf Lembcke: Land Hadeln district. Past and present . Ed .: District of Hadeln. Buchdruckerei Günter Hottendorff, Otterndorf 1976, p. 62 (coat of arms).
  9. ↑ a b Eberhard Michael Iba (Ed.): Hake Betken siene Duven. The saga of the Elbe and Weser estuaries (=  special publications by the men from Morgenstern , Heimatbund at the Elbe and Weser estuaries . Volume 16 ). 3. Edition. Men from Morgenstern Verlag, Bremerhaven 1999, ISBN 3-931771-16-4 .