Krummendeich

Krummendeich Krummendeich (German) Krummendiek (Low Saxon)
Church of St. Nicolai (St. Nicholas) Church of St. Nicolai (St. Nicholas)
Krummendeich
Location of Krummendeich within Stade district 250px
Coordinates:
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Stade
Municipal assoc.	Nordkehdingen
Government
• Mayor	Johann-Heinrich Feil (CDU)
Area
• Total	30.03 km2 (11.59 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)
• Total	492
• Density	16/km2 (42/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	21732
Dialling codes	04779
Vehicle registration	STD
Website	www.nordkehdingen.de

Krummendeich (in High German, in Low Saxon: Krummendiek) is a municipality in the district of Stade, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

History

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