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Municipality in Lower Saxony, Germany

Belum
Municipality
Evangelical Lutheran St. Vitus ChurchEvangelical Lutheran St. Vitus Church
Flag of BelumFlagCoat of arms of BelumCoat of arms
Location of Belum within Cuxhaven district
Belum is located in GermanyBelumBelum Show map of GermanyBelum is located in Lower SaxonyBelumBelum Show map of Lower Saxony
Coordinates: 53°49′05″N 08°59′44″E / 53.81806°N 8.99556°E / 53.81806; 8.99556
Country Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Cuxhaven
Municipal assoc. Land Hadeln
Subdivisions 4 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor Karl-Heinz Linck
Area
• Total 25.72 km2 (9.93 sq mi)
Elevation 2 m (7 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)[1]
• Total 787
• Density 31/km2 (79/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes 21785
Dialling codes 04752
Vehicle registration CUX
Website www.gemeinde-belum.de

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

Belum belonged to the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen. In the mid-16th century the inhabitants adopted Lutheranism. During the Leaguist occupation under Tilly (1628–1630), they 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 and from 1715 on by the 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, which – after its upgrade to the Kingdom of Hanover in 1814 – incorporated the duchy in a real union and the ducal territory, including Belum, became part of the Stade Region, established in 1823.

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