Borstel (Jork)

Borstel Jork municipality
	Coordinates: 53 ° 32 ′ 30 ″ N , 9 ° 41 ′ 7 ″ E
Incorporation :	July 1, 1972
Postal code :	21635
Area code :	04162
Location of Borstel in Lower Saxony
	St. Nikolai Church in Borstel

Borstel ( Low German Bossel ) is a district of the municipality Jork in the Altes Land in the district of Stade in Lower Saxony . The village of Lühe belongs to Borstel .

On July 1, 1972 Borstel was incorporated into the municipality of Jork.

Attractions

The St. Nicholas Church, a church hall in brick , was after Cecilia flood built in 1412 at its present location. In the years 1770–1772 it was extensively renovated. The bell tower dates from 1695. It is located one meter in front of the west wall of the church building. The late baroque pulpit altar dates from 1771.

Borsteler mill

The “Aurora” windmill , located on a piece of dyke , is a tourist destination.

The 68 hectare large nature reserve Borsteler Binnenelbe and Big Brack is located north of Borstel.

Eckhoff's Hofbrauerei, founded in 2006 and based in Borstel, is an active brewery in Germany.

Sons and daughters of the place

Johann Friedrich Basilius Wehber-Schuldt (1773–1840), landowner and Freemason
Claus Koepcke (1831–1911), civil engineer
Thies Jacob Dageför (1843–1933), businessman and politician, member of the Hamburg parliament
August Rudolf Welskopf (1902–1979), resistance fighter against National Socialism.

Web links

Commons : Borstel - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 246 .
↑ The St. Nikolai Church in Borstel
↑ BORSTEL, Gem. Jork, Kr. Stade. In: Georg Dehio : Handbook of German Art Monuments . Bremen Lower Saxony. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 1992, pp. 145 f., ISBN 3-422-03022-0
↑ Nature reserve "Borsteler Binnenelbe and Großes Brack" at the Lower Saxony State Office for Water Management, Coastal Protection and Nature Conservation (NLWKN)
↑ elbblick-luehe.de

[1] Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 246 .

[2] The St. Nikolai Church in Borstel

[3] BORSTEL, Gem. Jork, Kr. Stade. In: Georg Dehio : Handbook of German Art Monuments . Bremen Lower Saxony. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 1992, pp. 145 f., ISBN 3-422-03022-0

[4] Nature reserve "Borsteler Binnenelbe and Großes Brack" at the Lower Saxony State Office for Water Management, Coastal Protection and Nature Conservation (NLWKN)

[5] -luehe.de