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

Bülkau belonged to the
Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen, a territory of
imperial immediacy
Imperial immediacy (german: Reichsfreiheit or ') was a privileged constitutional and political status rooted in German feudal law under which the Imperial estates of the Holy Roman Empire such as Imperial cities, prince-bishoprics and secular prin ...
established in 1180. In the mid-16th century Bülkau adopted
Lutheranism. During the
Catholic Leaguist occupation under
Johan 't Serclaes, Count of Tilly (1628–1630), Bülkau 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 Crown – interrupted by a Danish occupation (1712–1715) – and from 1715 on by the
House of Hanover. In 1807 the ephemeric
Kingdom of Westphalia annexed the duchy, before
France annexed it in 1810. In 1813 the Duchy of Bremen was restored to the
Electorate of Hanover
The Electorate of Hanover (german: Kurfürstentum Hannover or simply ''Kurhannover'') was an electorate of the Holy Roman Empire, located in northwestern Germany and taking its name from the capital city of Hanover. It was formally known as ...
, which – after its upgrade to the
Kingdom of Hanover in 1814 – incorporated the duchy in a
real union and the ducal territory, including Bülkau, became part of the
Stade Region, established in 1823.
left, Street in Bülkau.
References
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