Belum

Municipality in Lower Saxony, Germany

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Location of Belum within Cuxhaven district

53°49′05″N 08°59′44″E / 53.81806°N 8.99556°E / 53.81806; 8.99556CountryGermanyStateLower SaxonyDistrictCuxhaven Municipal assoc.Land HadelnSubdivisions4 OrtsteileGovernment

• MayorKarl-Heinz LinckArea

• Total25.72 km² (9.93 sq mi)Elevation

2 m (7 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[1]

• Total787 • Density31/km² (79/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

21785

Dialling codes04752Vehicle registrationCUXWebsitewww.gemeinde-belum.de

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

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

^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.