Jork (German pronunciation: [jɔʁk]) is a small town in the district of Stade, in Lower Saxony, in northern Germany, situated on the left bank of the Elbe, near Hamburg.

[3][4] Jork was mentioned for the first time in a deed in 1221, then it belonged to the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen in secular respect.

[5] In 1648 the Prince-Archbishopric was transformed into the Duchy of Bremen, which was first ruled in personal union by Sweden and from 1715 on by the British and Hanoverian Crown.

In 1866 the town was annexed by Kingdom of Prussia and in 1871 it became part of the newly established German Empire.

Under Nazi Germany, it was the location of a forced labour subcamp of the Glasmoor youth detention centre in Norderstedt.