Belum

Belum
Evangelical Lutheran St. Vitus Church
Coat of arms
Belum
Location of Belum within Cuxhaven district
Coordinates:
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Cuxhaven
Municipal assoc.	Am Dobrock
Government
• Mayor	Karl-Heinz Linck
Area
• Total	25.72 km2 (9.93 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)
• Total	809
• Density	31/km2 (81/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	21785
Dialling codes	04752
Vehicle registration	CUX
Website	www.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.