Belum

Belum is a municipality in the district of Cuxhaven, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

This article is about the German municipality. For the Indian caves, see Belum Caves.

Belum
Evangelical Lutheran St. Vitus Church
Coat of arms
Location of Belum within Cuxhaven district
BokelSteinauWannaNeuenkirchenLangenMidlumCappelOberndorfNeuhaus
Belum
Belum
Coordinates: 53°49′05″N 08°59′44″E
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
DistrictCuxhaven
Municipal assoc.Land Hadeln
Subdivisions4 Ortsteile
Government
 • MayorKarl-Heinz Linck
Area
 • Total25.72 km2 (9.93 sq mi)
Elevation
2 m (7 ft)
Population
 (2019-12-31)[1]
 • Total812
 • Density32/km2 (82/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
21785
Dialling codes04752
Vehicle registrationCUX
Websitewww.gemeinde-belum.de

History

Belum 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 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 Belum, became part of the Stade Region, established in 1823.

References
  1. Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen, LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle 12411: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2019.
  • Media related to Belum at Wikimedia Commons


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.