Grünendeich is a municipality in the

district of Stade Stade is a district (''Landkreis'') in Lower Saxony, Germany. It has its seat in Stade and is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region. History The district of Stade was established in 1932 by merging three smaller precursor districts. Geogra ...

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. It belonged to the

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. In 1648 the Prince-Archbishopric was transformed into the

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, which was first ruled in

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by the Swedish and from 1715 on by the Hanoverian Crown. In 1823 the Duchy was abolished and its territory became part of the Stade Region.

History

Place name

An old name of Grünendeich is Gronendike, which was used in the 15th and 16th century. It is believed that this name comes from "am grönen dīke" which is

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for "at the green levee".

Politics

Municipality council

As of February 2020, the council is composed of: *

Christian Democratic Union of Germany The Christian Democratic Union of Germany ( , CDU ) is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. It is the major party of the centre-right in German politics. Friedrich Merz has been federal chairman of the CDU since 31 ...

(CDU): 5 seats *

Social Democratic Party of Germany The Social Democratic Party of Germany ( , SPD ) is a social democratic political party in Germany. It is one of the major parties of contemporary Germany. Saskia Esken has been the party's leader since the 2019 leadership election together w ...

(SPD): 2 seats * Free voter's community (FWG): 2 seats *

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(Grüne): 1 seat

Mayor/Mayoress

The

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ess of Grünendeich is Inge Massow-Oltermann (FWG) since 2016. The deputy mayor is Gerd Dehmel (CDU).

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of Grünendeich consists of a shield ''parted per fess'' into silver and green. The upper, silver half is displaying a red-and-white-striped lighthouse with the gold, red-edged beacons reaching to the sides of the shield. The bottom, green half is displaying two silver

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, representing the local fruit orchards.

Economy and infrastructure

Public transport

The Fähranleger Lühe, a ferry pier, is located in Grünendeich. From there, the ferry line Lühe-Schulau runs across the Elbe to

Wedel Wedel () is a town in the Pinneberg (district), district of Pinneberg, in Schleswig-Holstein, in northern Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Elbe, approximately south of Elmshorn, and west of Hamburg. History Foundation and Mi ...

in Schleswig-Holstein. This ferry is not part of the HVV, the public transport association of Hamburg. Furthermore, three bus lines run by the KVG Stade stop in Grünendeich. These are: * 2357 Stade – Hollern-Twielenfleth – Steinkirchen – Jork – Hamburg-Cranz * 2030 Buxtehude – Dammhausen – Jork – Borstel – Steinkirchen * 2033 Grünendeich – Steinkirchen – Horneburg These are part of the HVV and thus can be made use of with a regular ticket. Additionally, some school bus and company bus lines operate in Grünendeich. File:Stellwerk bei wetterndorf.jpg, Historic Aumühle signal box near Wetterndorf File:Oberfeuer grünendeich 2.jpg, Grünendeich lighthouse File:Maritim-Haus Lühe.jpg, Maritime museum File:Orgel Grünendeich.jpg, Pipe organ in the Grünendeich Lutheran church File:Grazing sheep on levee in Grünendeich, 2.jpg, Sheep grazing on the Grünendeich Elbe levee File:CSCL Indian Ocean aground near Grünendeich, 7.jpg, CSCL Indian Ocean after running aground near Grünendeich in early February 2016

References

External links

* Municipalities in Lower Saxony Stade (district) {{Stade-geo-stub