Stubben

Ortsteil of Beverstedt

Coat of arms

Stubben

Coordinates: 53°24′36″N 08°47′09″E / 53.41000°N 8.78583°ECoordinates: 53°24′36″N 08°47′09″E / 53.41000°N 8.78583°E

Country

Municipality

Area

• Total

8.62 km² (3.33 sq mi)

Elevation

14 m (46 ft)

Population (2010-12-31)

• Total

1,537

• Density

180/km² (460/sq mi)

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

27616

04748

CUX

Website

www.beverstedt.de

Stubben is a village and a former municipality in the district of Cuxhaven, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Since 1 November 2011, it is part of the municipality Beverstedt. The name means, roughly 'tree stump.' The area of Stubben was once a forest area full of deer and other wildlife.

Archaeological finds show that at least 10,000 years ago, reindeer hunters once lived in this region, and large stone tombs and finds from the Neolithic period indicate a continuous settlement since then. Stubben 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 Stubben, became part of the new Stade Region, established in 1823.

The town really began to grow when Stubben station was built as part of the Bremen–Bremerhaven line, allowing the residents to get to the nearby cities where they worked. Stubben grew and merged with the former independent communities of Adelstedt, Brunshausen, and Elfershude and with the Erbhof Plein, an area which previously belonged to neighbouring Bokel.

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