Lamstedt

Lamstedt Lamstedt (German) Loomst (Low Saxon)
Bördehuus museum
Coat of arms
Lamstedt
Location of Lamstedt within Cuxhaven district
Coordinates: 53°38′16″N 09°05′48″E / 53.63778°N 9.09667°E / 53.63778; 9.09667Coordinates: 53°38′16″N 09°05′48″E / 53.63778°N 9.09667°E / 53.63778; 9.09667
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Cuxhaven
Municipal assoc.	Börde Lamstedt
Government
• Mayor	Manfred Knust (CDU)
Area
• Total	52.64 km2 (20.32 sq mi)
Elevation	25 m (82 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	3,349
• Density	64/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	21769
Dialling codes	04773
Vehicle registration	CUX
Website	www.lamstedt.de

Lamstedt (in High German, in Low Saxon: Loomst) is a municipality in the district of Cuxhaven, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

The low ridge of the Westerberg an end moraine from the Saale glaciation period lies in the vicinity of Lamstedt's locality of Rahden.

Today's Lamstedt comprises the formerly independent municipalities of:

Lamstedt belonged to the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen. In the mid-16th century the inhabitants adopted Lutheranism. During the Leaguist occupation under Tilly (1628–1630), they suffered from attempts of re-Catholicisation.

In 1648 the prince-archbishopric was transformed into the Duchy of Bremen, which was first ruled in personal union by the Swedish – 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 Lamstedt, became part of the Stade Region, established in 1823.

Claus Spreckels (1828–1908), a major industrialist in Hawai'i and in California (Spreckels Sugar Company bears his name) is born in Lamstedt. The Claus-Spreckels-Straße (street) in Lamstedt (Germany) named for Claus Spreckels.