Hollenstedt

Municipality in Lower Saxony, Germany

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Location of Hollenstedt within Harburg district

53°22′N 9°43′E / 53.367°N 9.717°E / 53.367; 9.717CountryGermanyStateLower SaxonyDistrictHarburg Municipal assoc.HollenstedtSubdivisions4Government

• MayorJürgen Böhme^[1] (CDU)Area

• Total21.84 km² (8.43 sq mi)Elevation

30 m (100 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total3,824 • Density180/km² (450/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

21279

Dialling codes04165Vehicle registrationWL

Hollenstedt is a municipality in the district of Harburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 25 km southwest of Hamburg, and 12 km south of Buxtehude.

Hollenstedt is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Hollenstedt. It was mentioned in 804 in the Royal Frankish Annals as the residence of Charlemagne.^[3]

References

^ Marquardt, Bianca (16 November 2021). "In Hollenstedt: Jürgen Böhme siegt bei Bürgermeisterwahl". Kreiszeitung (in German). Retrieved 12 May 2024.
^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
^ Scholz, Bernhard W. (1970). Carolingian chronicles : royal Frankish annals and Nithard's Histories. Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-472-08790-7. Retrieved 12 May 2024.