Oldendorf, Stade

Oldendorf
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Oldendorf within Stade district
Oldendorf Oldendorf
Coordinates: 53°35′31″N 9°14′59″E
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Stade
Municipal assoc.	Oldendorf-Himmelpforten
Government
• Mayor	Holger Falcke (CDU)
Area
• Total	23.88 km2 (9.22 sq mi)
Elevation	12 m (39 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	3,143
• Density	130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	21726
Dialling codes	04144
Vehicle registration	STD
Website	samtgemeinde-oldendorf.de

Oldendorf is a municipality in the district of Stade, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated west of Hamburg. Oldendorf has a population of approx. 3,000. Oldendorf was the seat of the former Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Oldendorf.

History

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