Odisheim (in High German, in Low Saxon Godshem; literally in English: Wotan's home or God's home, respectively) is a municipality in the district of Cuxhaven, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

Odisheim
Aerial view (May 2012)
Aerial view (May 2012)
Coat of arms of Odisheim
Location of Odisheim within Cuxhaven district
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Odisheim is located in Germany
Odisheim
Odisheim
Odisheim is located in Lower Saxony
Odisheim
Odisheim
Coordinates: 53°41′50″N 08°56′38″E / 53.69722°N 8.94389°E / 53.69722; 8.94389
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
DistrictCuxhaven
Municipal assoc.Land Hadeln
Subdivisions7 Ortsteile
Government
 • MayorErich Janssen (CDU)
Area
 • Total13.50 km2 (5.21 sq mi)
Elevation
2 m (7 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[1]
 • Total479
 • Density35/km2 (92/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
21775
Dialling codes04756
Vehicle registrationCUX
Websitewww.sietland.de

Odisheim belongs to the Land of Hadeln, first an exclave of the younger Duchy of Saxony and after its de facto dynastic partition in 1296 of the Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg, established de jure in 1260. In 1728 Emperor Charles VI enfeoffed the George II Augustus and his House of Hanover in personal union with the reverted fief of Saxe-Lauenburg. By a redeployment of Hanoverian territories in 1731 the Hanoverian Duchies of Bremen and Verden were conveyed the administration of the neighboured Land of Hadeln. The Kingdom of Hanover incorporated the Land of Hadeln in a real union and its territory, including Odisheim, became part of the new Stade Region, established in 1823.

Evangelical Lutheran St. Josse Church

References edit

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