Steinau, Lower Saxony

Steinau ( Low German Steenau ) is a municipality in the district of Cuxhaven, in Lower Saxony in the Samtgemeinde Hadeln and has about 900 inhabitants.

Geography

The municipality covers 36.07 km ² and includes the municipality parts Altbachenbruch, Norder Wester page, Southshore Wester page, Norderende, Glind, Lauenburg part ( after the noble family Laue, who had here in the Middle Ages land), Süderende and Höring. This is typical series villages where the farms were built all along the main drainage channels ( bettors ).

Steinau is located in the Lower Elbe region. The proximity to the mouth of the Elbe and the North Sea bring with it the danger that in the event of a dike breach at a storm surge the municipality more than 1 m above sea level, but in some cases lying well below sea level would be flooded to a large extent. One possible scenario is described in the article Glameyer stack.

History

The first mention of Steinau 1370th In 1533 enacted Duke Magnus of Saxe- Lauenburg a regulation on the investment of bettors from the south Steinau until after Ihlienworth. Thus, the constant risk of flooding in Sietland should be somewhat mitigated. 1570 punters was deepened and broadened by Duke Francis I.. In the period after 1650, took in addition to agriculture, the economic importance of peat cutting on the eastern edge of the Moors to Ahlen. The dried peat was mostly shipped across the floodplain and Medem to Otter Village, on smaller channels by Bederkesa.

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Culture and Festivals

In the list of monuments in Steinau (Lower Saxony) are registered in the list of monuments of the country district Cuxhaven monuments.

Nationally known is the village for its annual feast of Pentecost, the Steinauer early dance. Further noteworthy are boulders that were deposited there during the last ice age. A hiking trail leads visitors to the bizarre rock formations.

The wooden shoe in front of the clog makers cottage

The pumping station " outfall Steinau "

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Rieper, Georg (1909-1982), German entrepreneur and inventor
  • Gustav Stille (1845-1920), German physician and writer

Myths and legends

  • The Steinauer church
  • Möllersch Karstens
  • The Witches Mill to Steinau

Source:

Cuxhaven (district) Land Hadeln (Samtgemeinde) Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg Saxe-Lauenburg Francis I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg Armstorf Belum Beverstedt Cadenberge Cappel, Lower Saxony Dorum Drangstedt Elmlohe Geversdorf Hagen im Bremischen Hechthausen Hollnseth Langen, Cuxhaven Loxstedt Midlum, Lower Saxony Misselwarden Mittelstenahe Mulsum Oberndorf, Lower Saxony Osten Ringstedt Schiffdorf Wingst Wremen
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