Jork is a small town on the left bank of the
Elbe, near
Hamburg (Germany).
Jork belongs to the
district of Stade, in
Lower Saxony. The town is the capital of the
Altes Land, one of the biggest fruit growing areas in Europe, and Jork is home to a
Fruit Research Center.
[Seed and Plant Genetic Resources Service - AGPS,]
History
Jork was mentioned for the first time in a deed in 1221, then it belonged to the
Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen in secular respect.
[Michael Schütz, „Die Konsolidierung des Erzstiftes unter Johann Rode“, in: ''Geschichte des Landes zwischen Elbe und Weser'': 3 vols., Hans-Eckhard Dannenberg and Heinz-Joachim Schulze (eds.) on behalf of the Landschaftsverband der ehemaligen Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden, Stade: Landschaftsverband der ehemaligen Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden, 1995 and 2008, vol. I 'Vor- und Frühgeschichte' (1995; ), vol. II 'Mittelalter (einschl. Kunstgeschichte)' (1995; ), vol. III 'Neuzeit' (2008; ), (=Schriftenreihe des Landschaftsverbandes der ehemaligen Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden; vols. 7–9), vol. II: pp. 263–278, here pp. 270seq. .] As to religion Jork belonged to the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Verden
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(till 1648).
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 British and 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
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, which - after its upgrade to the
Kingdom of Hanover in 1814 - incorporated the Duchy in a
real union and the ducal territory, including Jork, became part of the
Stade Region, established in 1823. From 1885 to 1932 Jork served as the capital of the
Prussian ''District'' ''of Jork'', comprising ''Altes Land'', the city of
Buxtehude and its today component Neuland, then still an independent municipality. The former district forms since a part of today's ''District of Stade''.
File:Borsteler Mühle.jpg, Borstel windmill
File:Museum altes land.jpg, Museum Altes Land
File:Esteburg in Jork.JPG, Esteburg castle
File:EstequerungBarkasse.JPG, Launch "Nordsee VII" passing the swing bridge at Jork-Estebrügge
Division of the town
Jork consists of seven districts:
* Borstel
* Estebrügge
* Hove
* Jork
* Königreich
* Ladekop
* Moorende
References
External links
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