Image Coa: | DEU Hechthausen COA.png |
Coordinates: | 53.65°N 23°W |
Image Plan: | Hechthausen in CUX.svg |
State: | Niedersachsen |
District: | Cuxhaven |
Samtgemeinde: | Hemmoor |
Elevation: | 2 |
Area: | 30.71 |
Postal Code: | 21755 |
Area Code: | 04774 |
Licence: | CUX |
Gemeindeschlüssel: | 03 3 52 020 |
Website: | www.hechthausen.de |
Hechthausen is a municipality in the district of Cuxhaven, in Lower Saxony, Germany.
Hechthausen belonged to the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen, established in 1180. In 1648 the Prince-Archbishopric was transformed into the Duchy of Bremen, which was first ruled in personal union by the Swedish Crown - interrupted by a Danish occupation (1712-1715) - and from 1715 on by the Hanoverian Crown. The Kingdom of Hanover incorporated the Duchy in a real union and the Ducal territory became part of the new Stade Region, established in 1823.
The upper part of the arms, which displays a silver pike, winged and crowned with gold, comes from the coat of arms of Pomeranian family of Hechthausen.[1]
The lower part of the arms, which displays three blue peaks, comes from the coat of arms of the Bremenian family of Marschalck von Bachtenbrock.