Apensen is a municipality southwest of Hamburg (Germany). Apensen has a population of about 3,000, the area of 20.74 km² and belongs to the district Stade, Lower Saxony.

Apensen
Municipality
Lutheran church in Apensen
Coat of arms
Location of Apensen within Stade district
Apensen Show map of Germany Apensen Show map of Lower Saxony
Coordinates: 53°26′09″N 09°36′56″E
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Stade
Municipal assoc.	Apensen
Subdivisions	2
Government
• Mayor	Frank Buchholz (FW)
Area
• Total	20.74 km2 (8.01 sq mi)
Elevation	39 m (128 ft)
Population  (2020-12-31)[1]
• Total	4,440
• Density	210/km2 (550/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	21641
Dialling codes	04167
Vehicle registration	STD
Website	www.apensen.de

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.

Apensen is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Apensen.

Twin towns

Apensen is twinned with

• Kolbuszowa in Poland

References

This Stade (district) location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

На других языках

[ru] Апензен