Heinbockel

Heinbockel
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Heinbockel within Stade district
Heinbockel Heinbockel
Coordinates: 53°34′19″N 09°20′34″E
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Stade
Municipal assoc.	Oldendorf-Himmelpforten
Subdivisions	2
Government
• Mayor	Andreas Haack
Area
• Total	22.7 km2 (8.8 sq mi)
Elevation	15 m (49 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	1,502
• Density	66/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	21726
Dialling codes	04144, 04149
Vehicle registration	STD
Website	www.samtgemeinde-oldendorf.de

Heinbockel is a municipality in the district of Stade, Lower Saxony, Germany.

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