Drestedt

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Coat of arms of the municipality of Drestedt
Drestedt
Map of Germany, position of the municipality of Drestedt highlighted

Coordinates: 53 ° 20 '  N , 9 ° 46'  E

Basic data
State : Lower Saxony
County : Harburg
Joint municipality : Hollenstedt
Height : 54 m above sea level NHN
Area : 5.71 km 2
Residents: 786 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 138 inhabitants per km 2
Postcodes : 21279, 21255
Area code : 04186
License plate : WL
Community key : 03 3 53 008
Address of the
municipal administration:
Bahnhofstrasse 22
21279 Drestedt
Mayor : Bernd Apel (WGD)
Location of the municipality of Drestedt in the Harburg district
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Drestedt is a municipality in the Harburg district in Lower Saxony .

geography

location

Drestedt is located north of the Lüneburg Heath Nature Park on the Este . The municipality belongs to the joint municipality of Hollenstedt , which has its administrative seat in the municipality of Hollenstedt .

Community structure

Only the place Drestedt belongs to the municipality of Drestedt.

history

Up to 1900 the communities Drestedt, Kakenstorf , Trelde and Sprötze formed the community Die Vierdörfer . Drestedt is now an independent municipality belonging to the joint municipality of Hollenstedt , Kakenstorf belongs to the joint municipality of Tostedt , and Trelde and Sprötze were incorporated into Buchholz in the Nordheide in 1972 .

politics

Municipal council

The council of the municipality consists of 9 members.

CDU FLD WGD total
2011 2 - 7th 9 seats
2016 - 3 6th 9 seats

Status: Local elections on September 11, 2016

mayor

The honorary mayor Thorsten Raid was first elected in September 2011.

coat of arms

Blazon : split shield. Divided three times on the right by red and silver. On the left in silver three red houses with black roofs. The three buildings symbolize the houses of the farmers who were instrumental in founding the village.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

  • The federal highways 75 and 3 border the municipality to the south and east.
  • Until 1968, trains on the disused Buchholz – Harsefeld railway stopped at Drestedt station. From 1935 to 1945 the route to the Wenzendorf military airfield and 1945–1948 / 49 the route to the former naval torpedo storage facility at Todtglüsingen branched off here .

Individual evidence

  1. State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony, LSN-Online regional database, Table 12411: Update of the population, as of December 31, 2019  ( help ).
  2. Drestedt station. In: spurkranz.de. Retrieved October 22, 2016 .

Web links

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