Until 1932 there was a Prussian district known as Land Kehdingen, and until 1975 there was an Evangelical-Lutheran deanery of Kehdingen with its base in Drochtersen, which was absorbed on 1 January 1976 into the deanery of Stade.
Până în anul 1932 exista ca districtul prusac „Land Kehdingen” iar până în 1975 era dioceză evaghelico-luterană cu centrul în Drochtersen, centru care a fost mutat la 1 ianuarie 1976 în Stade.