Bliedersdorf (in
High German
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, in
Low Saxon: Bliersdörp) is a municipality in the
district of Stade, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is east of
Nottensdorf, southwest of
Horneburg
Horneburg is a municipality southwest of Hamburg (Germany) in the Stade (district), district of Stade in Lower Saxony.
Horneburg is also the seat of the ''Samtgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") Horneburg (Samtgemeinde), Horneburg.
History
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, and northwest of the
simple dolmen
The simple dolmen (german: Urdolmen, literally "ancient dolmen") or primeval dolmen is an early form of dolmen or megalithic tomb that occurs especially in Northern Europe. The term was defined by archaeologist, Ernst Sprockhoff, and utilise ...
megaliths of Grundoldendorf.
Like the rest of Stade, it is part of the
Elbe-Weser Triangle.
Early years
The
Archbishopric of Bremen, formed in 1180, included what would become known as Bliedersdorf. The local church, St. Catherine's, was built from
fieldstones and completed in 1240; it was named for
Catherine of Alexandria
Catherine of Alexandria (also spelled Katherine); grc-gre, ἡ Ἁγία Αἰκατερίνη ἡ Μεγαλομάρτυς ; ar, سانت كاترين; la, Catharina Alexandrina). is, according to tradition, a Christian saint and virgin, ...
.
In the mid-16th century, the inhabitants adopted Lutheranism, in recognition of the principle of ''
Cuius regio, eius religio
() is a Latin phrase which literally means "whose realm, their religion" – meaning that the religion of the ruler was to dictate the religion of those ruled. This legal principle marked a major development in the collective (if not individua ...
'' formalized by the
Peace of Augsburg. During the
Leaguist occupation under
Tilly Tilly may refer to:
Places France
* Tilly, Eure, in the Eure ''département''
* Tilly, Indre, in the Indre ''département''
* Tilly, Yvelines, in the Yvelines ''département''
Elsewhere
* Tilly, Belgium, a village in the municipality of Viller ...
(1628–1630), they were targets of the
Counter-Reformation.
In 1648 the Prince-Archbishopric was transformed into the
Duchy of Bremen
), which is a public-law corporation established in 1865 succeeding the estates of the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen (established in 1397), now providing the local fire insurance in the shown area and supporting with its surplusses cultural effor ...
, which was first ruled in
personal union
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by the Swedish and from 1715 on by the
Hanoverian Crown. In 1807 the
Kingdom of Westphalia
The Kingdom of Westphalia was a kingdom in Germany, with a population of 2.6 million, that existed from 1807 to 1813. It included territory in Hesse and other parts of present-day Germany. While formally independent, it was a vassal state of the ...
annexed the duchy, before
France
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annexed it in 1810. In 1813 the duchy was restored to the
Electorate of Hanover, which – after its upgrade to the
Kingdom of Hanover
The Kingdom of Hanover (german: Königreich Hannover) was established in October 1814 by the Congress of Vienna, with the restoration of George III to his Hanoverian territories after the Napoleonic era. It succeeded the former Electorate of Ha ...
in 1814 – incorporated the Duchy in a
real union
Real union is a union of two or more states, which share some state institutions in contrast to personal unions; however, they are not as unified as states in a political union. It is a development from personal union and has historically be ...
and the ducal territory, including Bliedersdorf, became part of the
Stade Region, established in 1823.
Modern history
![Bliedersdorf Ortsschild](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Bliedersdorf_Ortsschild.jpg)
In 1866, Bliedersdorf, like the rest of the Stade Region, became part of the
Kingdom of Prussia
The Kingdom of Prussia (german: Königreich Preußen, ) was a German kingdom that constituted the state of Prussia between 1701 and 1918. Marriott, J. A. R., and Charles Grant Robertson. ''The Evolution of Prussia, the Making of an Empire''. ...
, which was then followed by the establishment of the
Free State of Prussia
The Free State of Prussia (german: Freistaat Preußen, ) was one of the constituent states of Germany from 1918 to 1947. The successor to the Kingdom of Prussia after the defeat of the German Empire in World War I, it continued to be the domina ...
(1918–1946/47) and then
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...
.
Modern Bliedersdorf is part of the
Horneburg
Horneburg is a municipality southwest of Hamburg (Germany) in the Stade (district), district of Stade in Lower Saxony.
Horneburg is also the seat of the ''Samtgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") Horneburg (Samtgemeinde), Horneburg.
History
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''
Samtgemeinde
A ''Samtgemeinde'' (; plural: ''Samtgemeinden'') is a type of administrative division in Lower Saxony, Germany. ''Samtgemeinden'' are local government associations of municipalities, equivalent to the '' Ämter'' in Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenb ...
'' ("municipal association"), which also includes
Horneburg
Horneburg is a municipality southwest of Hamburg (Germany) in the Stade (district), district of Stade in Lower Saxony.
Horneburg is also the seat of the ''Samtgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") Horneburg (Samtgemeinde), Horneburg.
History
Hor ...
itself,
Agathenburg,
Dollern
Dollern is a municipality in the Stade (district), district of Stade, Lower Saxony, Germany. In 2006 the population was 1,747.
History
Dollern belonged to the Archdiocese of Bremen, Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen, established in 1180. In 1648 t ...
, and
Nottensdorf.
Bliedersdorf consists of three villages: Bliedersdorf itself, Postmoor and Rutenbeck.
References
External links
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Stade (district)