Ebersdorf (Lower Saxony)

Basic data
State :	Lower Saxony
County :	Rotenburg (Wümme)
Joint municipality :	Geeste spring
Height :	14 m above sea level NHN
Area :	28.83 km 2
Residents:	1042 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	36 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	27432
Primaries :	04765, 04768
License plate :	ROW, BRV
Community key :	03 3 57 012
Community structure:	3 parts of the community
Association administration address:	Bohlenstrasse 10 ; 27432 Oerel
Website :	www.ebersdorf-nds.de
Mayor :	Claus Dieter Wagenlöhner (Joint List Ebersdorf)
Location of the community Ebersdorf in the district of Rotenburg (Wümme)

Ebersdorf ( Low German Eversdorp ) is a municipality in the combined municipality of Geestequelle in the district of Rotenburg (Wümme) in Lower Saxony .

geography

Geographical location

Ebersdorf is located between Hamburg and Bremerhaven, about eight kilometers northwest of Bremervörde .

Neighboring communities

Ebersdorf borders the city of Geestland in the north, Alfstedt in the northeast, the city of Bremervörde in the east, Oerel in the south and Hipstedt in the west .

Community structure

In addition to the main town of Ebersdorf, the towns of Westerbeck and Neu Ebersdorf also belong to the municipality.

history

The place was first mentioned in a document in 1272. Around 1500 the village belonged to the Börde Oerel under the name Everestorppe . On March 1, 1974, the neighboring community of Neu Ebersdorf was incorporated.

politics

Municipal council

The council of the municipality Ebersdorf consists of eleven council women and councilors. This is the specified number for the member municipality of an integrated municipality with a population between 1001 and 2000 inhabitants. The council members are elected for a five-year term by local elections. The current term of office began on November 1, 2016 and ends on October 31, 2021.

The last local election on September 11, 2016 resulted in the following:

Political party	Proportional votes	Number of seats
Common list Ebersdorf	100%	11

The turnout in the 2016 local elections was 67.77%, above the Lower Saxony average of 55.5%.

mayor

The council elected council member Claus Dieter Wagenlöhner (Ebersdorf Common List) as honorary mayor for the current electoral term.

coat of arms

	Blazon : “In green a golden (yellow) sloping bar covered with a leaping black boar; accompanied above in front of a golden (yellow), black-shod lance tip and below by a golden (yellow) battle ax. "
	Justification for the coat of arms: The colors green and gold stand for the agricultural character of the municipality; the boar speaks for the place name. The battle ax and the lance tip represent the archaeological finds in the community.