Bokel, Lower Saxony Explained

Bokel
Type:Ortsteil
Municipality:Beverstedt
Image Coa:Wappen Bokel.png
Coordinates:53.3833°N 54°W
Plantext:Bokel in Beverstedt
Image Plan:Bokel in Beverstedt.svg
State:Niedersachsen
District:Cuxhaven
Elevation:10
Area:20.96
Population:2511
Stand:2010-12-31
Postal Code:27616
Area Code:04748
Divisions:5 Ortsteile
Website:www.beverstedt.de

Bokel is a village and a former municipality in the district of Cuxhaven, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Since 1 November 2011, it is part of the municipality Beverstedt.

Bokel 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, including Bokel, became part of the new Stade Region, established in 1823.