Echem

Basic data
State :	Lower Saxony
County :	Luneburg
Joint municipality :	Scharnebeck
Height :	3 m above sea level NHN
Area :	10.72 km 2
Residents:	1058 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	99 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	21379
Area code :	04139
License plate :	LG
Community key :	03 3 55 015
LOCODE :	DE ECM
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Bäckerstraße 4 ; 21379 Echem
Website :	www.echem.de
Mayor :	Steffen Schmitter ( CDU )
Location of the municipality of Echem in the Lüneburg district

Echem is a municipality in the district of Lüneburg in Lower Saxony .

Geographical location

Echem is located west of the Elbufer-Drawehn nature park . The community belongs to the joint community of Scharnebeck , which has its administrative seat in the community of Scharnebeck .

Place names

Old names of the place are 1190 Ekeme, 1220 Heinricus de Echene, 1244 Ecchem, 1247 Echhegen, 1249 in Ekheym, 1260 gernardus de Achem, 1262 Hechem, 1274 dictis de Echem, 1286 in Echem, 1288 ville Ecchem, 1297 Echem, 1322 in Echem , 1330–1352 to Echchem, 1344 de bonis in Echem, 1353 to Echem, us Echem, 1354 in villa Echem, 1368 tu Echghem and 1368 tů Echghem. Word research almost agrees that the first part of the word “eek” refers to the tree “oak” and “hem” stands for “home”. Udolph thinks that there is nothing to prevent Echem from thinking of an oak settlement. Parallel place names are Eichen, Aichen, Eickum, Eyckhem or Eitzum near Hildesheim.

politics

The municipality of Echem belongs to the state electoral district 48 Elbe and to the federal electoral district 38 Lüchow-Dannenberg - Lüneburg .

Municipal council

The town council in Echem is made up of nine councilors. (Status: 2016 local elections )

CDU 5 seats
SPD 2 seats
OWL 2 seats

mayor

The incumbent mayor is Steffen Schmitter.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Echem is located south of the federal highway 209 Lüneburg - Lauenburg , which can be reached in four kilometers.
The community has a stop on the Lübeck – Lüneburg railway line . The Lüneburg regional center can be reached in nine minutes.

education

Teaching and research institute for animal husbandry (LBZ) of the Lower Saxony Chamber of Agriculture. Here young people and adults learn how to handle farm animals. The facility specializes in education and training in cattle husbandry, but together with various partners also offers courses and seminars on many other agricultural topics. In addition, regular visits and "open days" take place in order to give those interested, who are not specialists, an insight into the topics of agriculture and animal husbandry.
The LBZ Echem was the first German educational institution in agriculture to receive certification according to DIN EN ISO 9001.

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Echem

Broadcasting station

In Echem, the NDR operates a radio station.

Culture and sights

Building

The church was built according to plans by Conrad Wilhelm Hase and consecrated in 1872.

Regular events

The rifle and folk festival is always held in mid-July.

Personalities

Jörg Reimers (* 1954), actor

Web links

Commons : Echem - Collection of Images

Village website
Elementary school in Echem is in ruins on April 13, 2017 on ndr.de

Individual evidence

↑ State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony, LSN-Online regional database, Table 12411: Update of the population, as of December 31, 2019 ( help ).
↑ http://www.echem.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=264&Itemid=140
^ Jürgen Udolph (research): The "place name researcher". In: website NDR 1 Lower Saxony . Archived from the original on December 3, 2016 ; accessed on August 2, 2019 .
↑ Landtag constituencies from the 16th electoral term. Constituency division for the election to the Lower Saxony state parliament. Annex to Section 10 (1) NLWG, p. 4. ( PDF ( Memento from July 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive ); 87 kB)
↑ Description of the constituencies. Annex to Section 2, Paragraph 2 of the Federal Election Act. In: Eighteenth law amending the federal electoral law. Annex to Article 1. Bonn March 18, 2008, p. 325 ( PDF ( Memento of July 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive ); 200 kB)
^ Local council Echem local council . 2011

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-NI-1] State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony, LSN-Online regional database, Table 12411: Update of the population, as of December 31, 2019 ( help ).

[2] ttp://www.echem.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=264&Itemid=140

[3] Jürgen Udolph (research): The "place name researcher". In: website NDR 1 Lower Saxony . Archived from the original on December 3, 2016 ; accessed on August 2, 2019 .

[Landtagswahlkreiseinteilung-4] Landtag constituencies from the 16th electoral term. Constituency division for the election to the Lower Saxony state parliament. Annex to Section 10 (1) NLWG, p. 4. ( PDF ( Memento from July 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive ); 87 kB)

[Bundestagswahlkreiseinteilung-5] Description of the constituencies. Annex to Section 2, Paragraph 2 of the Federal Election Act. In: Eighteenth law amending the federal electoral law. Annex to Article 1. Bonn March 18, 2008, p. 325 ( PDF ( Memento of July 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive ); 200 kB)

[6] Local council Echem local council . 2011