Drochtersen

Drochtersen
Drochtersen
Municipality
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location of Drochtersen within Stade district
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	Coordinates: 53°42′N 09°23′E / 53.700°N 9.383°E
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Stade
Subdivisions	2 districts
Government
• Mayor (2021–26)	Mike Eckhoff (Ind.)
Area
• Total	126.74 km2 (48.93 sq mi)
Elevation	2 m (7 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	11,290
• Density	89/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	21706
Dialling codes	04143, 04148, 04775
Vehicle registration	STD
Website	www.drochtersen.de

Drochtersen is a municipality in the district of Stade, in Lower Saxony (Germany). It is located 45 km Northwest of Hamburg.

It belonged to the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen. 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 1823 the Duchy was abolished and its territory became part of the Stade Region.

Notable places

The Drochtersen Shot Tower is a 42 meter high shot tower owned by the Haentler & Natermann Jagd-Schrot & Hagel-Fabrik (Hunt pellet and hail fabrication) factory for the production of shot balls at the Elbe. This tower is no longer in use.

References

^ "Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 12. September 2021" (PDF). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. 13 October 2021.
^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.

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[mayor-1] "Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 12. September 2021" (PDF). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. 13 October 2021.

[2] "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.

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