Assel (Drochtersen)

Woodlouse Drochtersen municipality Coordinates: 53 ° 41 ′ 28 " N , 9 ° 26 ′ 6" E
Area :	42.2 km²
Residents :	3605
Population density :	85 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	July 1, 1972
Postal code :	21706
Area code :	04148
Location of Assel in Lower Saxony
	View from the south-southwest of Assel (2012)

Assel is a district of the Drochtersen municipality in the Stade district in Lower Saxony .

geography

The place is southeast of the core area of Drochtersen on the state road L 111 between Ritsch and Barnkrug . The Elbe flows north and forms the state border with Schleswig-Holstein here .

The former municipality of Assel had an area of 42.20 km².

Together with Krautsand , Ritsch , Drochtersen and Dornbusch , the town of Assel is protected from the flooding of the Elbe by the Ruthenstrom barrage , which was put into operation in 1978 .

North is the 632 ha large nature reserve Asseler sand .

A small part of Assel in the eastern area is also called Wethe .

Culture and sights

In the middle of the village stands the St. Martin Church, which was built in the middle of the 16th century on the remains of the previous church from 1141.
There are several memorials to the fallen on the site in front of the church.
The Assel local history museum is located near the church.

St. Martin Church in Assel
War memorial
Local museum

Economy and Infrastructure

Companies

The food wholesaler "Paradise Fruits Solutions GmbH" is based in Assel on the L111 road .

education

There is a primary school in Assel.

The Assel school moved into its current location on August 12, 1969. From 1974/75 the school was called Grund- und Hauptschule Assel after the last elementary school class had been dismissed.

In the 1978/79 school year, the secondary school was relocated to Drochtersen. Since then, the Assel school has been run purely as a primary school.

Sports

The football club SV Drochtersen / Assel is a game association founded in 1977 from the clubs TVG Drochtersen and VTV Assel and has been playing in the fourth-class Regionalliga Nord since the 2015/16 season . The home games are played in the Kehdinger Stadium (3000 seats) in Drochtersen.

traffic

In the center of the village there is a small sport boat harbor with a slipway in Asseler Schleusenfleth (outer depth). The sport boat harbor is connected to the Elbe by the Ruthenstrom flowing to the northwest .

The bus routes 2025, 2026, 2074 and 2704 run through the town.

literature

Woodlouse. Ev. Church of St. Mauritius and St. Martin. In: Georg Dehio : Handbook of German Art Monuments . Bremen Lower Saxony. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 1992, ISBN 3-422-03022-0 , pp. 142f.

Web links

Commons : Assel (Drochtersen) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Website of the Drochtersen municipality

Individual evidence

^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Official municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Final results after the census of September 13, 1950 (= Statistics of the Federal Republic of Germany . Volume 33 ). W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Cologne 1952, p. 50 ( digital copy [PDF; 27.1 MB ]).
↑ St. Martin Church in Assel
↑ Memorials to the fallen in Assel
↑ Assel home office
↑ Assel primary school. Retrieved March 8, 2017 .

[Gemeindeverzeichnis1950-1] Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Official municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Final results after the census of September 13, 1950 (= Statistics of the Federal Republic of Germany . Volume 33 ). W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Cologne 1952, p. 50 ( digital copy [PDF; 27.1 MB ]).

[2] St. Martin Church in Assel

[3] Memorials to the fallen in Assel

[4] Assel home office

[5] Assel primary school. Retrieved March 8, 2017 .