Eddelstorf

Eddelstorf in the district of Uelzen in Lower Saxony is a place with 381 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2003) in the municipality of Altenmedingen in the Lüneburg Heath . It belongs to the joint municipality of Bevensen-Ebstorf .

history

The name of the village is presumably based on an old German personal name, Ethil . So the name of the place changed over the course of time from Ethilsdorp to Eddelstorf .

Eddelstorf was first mentioned in a document in 1240, when Gebhard von Meding gave the tenth of the village to the monastery in Medingen . The monastery then bought two farms in the village from the nobles Thune. In 1296 another five farms became the property of the monastery.

The place was originally designed as a Rundling . The village square, often adorned with a mighty linden tree, was roughly where the dwelling houses of the Königsschen and Scharnhopschen Hofs are. Around 1760 there were still three farmsteads in the meadows to the left of the Dorfkrug, some of the buildings of which were only recently demolished. Mainly it was the dampness of this area that caused the farmers to move from here. The increasing cultivation of root crops also made larger cellars necessary. This could not be set up in the meadows due to the wetness.

At that time, all courtyards were enclosed by stone walls, as were the house gardens, some of which were to the left of the street. These stones were mainly brought into the village from the numerous megalithic tombs, which at that time were mainly located west of the village in the Mohrmann Forest on the Reisenmoor, in Kumlosen etc. in the direction of Aljarn. However, these ancient witnesses were destroyed in the process. The first map of Eddelstorf was created during the "Topographical Land Survey" by the Royal Hanoverian government from 1764–1786.

The ownership of the lands that belonged to the individual ports have changed over time. Around 1950 the economist Behrens first bought the Schierwaterschen Hof, today No. 8, and then one of the Baumgartenschen Hofs. Since Behrens was mainly a theorist, his company collapsed and his property was divided up again.

On July 1, 1972 Eddelstorf was incorporated into the municipality of Altenmedingen.

In the second half of the 20th century, several craft businesses ceased operations. These included two tailor shops, a shoemaker, the Meywerk joinery, Walter Schulz wheelwright and a grocery store. The brick factory was closed in 1969 and the bakery ceased operations in 1970. The mill has been idle since 1961 and the forge has stopped working since 1980. Local jobs became scarce and most of the local workers are now commuters who have their jobs in the surrounding towns and cities. Only a few agricultural and handicraft businesses have survived. Eddelstorf belonged in its development to different duchies, kingdoms and states. This table gives a brief overview:

Period	1235-1269	1269-1705	1705-1814	1814-1866	1866-1871	1871-1945	1945-1949	since 1949
Affiliation	Duchy of Brunswick-Lueneburg	Principality of Lüneburg	Electorate of Braunschweig-Lüneburg	Kingdom of Hanover	Kingdom of Prussia	German Empire	British Zone of Occupation (Northwest Zone)	Federal Republic of Germany

Today the place around the Dorfkrug or around the fire station is seen as the center of the village of Eddelstorf.

The clubs in the village are SV Eddelstorf (SVE), SC Eddelstorf (SCE) and the Eddelstorf volunteer fire department .

Literature and Sources

Brohmann, history of B. and Medingen monastery taking into account the old office of Medingen, teachers Fatz and Manger, teacher Gustav Reck
Winsener treasure register 1450/51
Medingen cattle treasure register from 1564
Contribution register 1789
History of the Eddelstorf community by Gustav Reck, presented by Wilhelm Reck on the occasion of the 750th anniversary .

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 GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 236 .

53.146388888889 10.617777777778Coordinates: 53 ° 9 ′ N , 10 ° 37 ′ E

[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 GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 236 .