Egestorf
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Coordinates: 53 ° 12 ' N , 10 ° 4' E |
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| State : | Lower Saxony | |
| County : | Harburg | |
| Joint municipality : | Hanstedt | |
| Height : | 83 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 48.7 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 2686 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 55 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postal code : | 21272 | |
| Area code : | 04175 | |
| License plate : | WL | |
| Community key : | 03 3 53 009 | |
| LOCODE : | DE HCR | |
| Community structure: | 5 districts | |
| Address of the municipal administration: |
Schätzendorfer Strasse 8 21272 Egestorf |
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| Mayor : | Marko Schreiber ( CDU ) | |
| Location of the municipality of Egestorf in the Harburg district | ||
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Egestorf is the main town in the municipality of the same name in the Harburg district in Lower Saxony .
geography
Geographical location
Egestorf is located on the eastern edge of the Lüneburg Heath nature reserve . The municipality belongs to the joint municipality of Hanstedt and is located in the south of the Hamburg metropolitan region . The Schmalen Aue and some of its tributaries flow through it. The narrow floodplain is dammed into a mill pond in Sudermühlen. The Schwindequelle lies in the district of Evendorf .
Community structure
The districts of the municipality are:
- Egestorf
- Jackdaw
- Evendorf
- Sahrendorf
- Schatzendorf
Neighboring communities
history
In the current political municipality of Egestorf, the Bronze Age burial mounds can still be visited today. In the following time the Lombards and the peoples of the Saxon Union from southern Scandinavia settled here. Egestorf was first mentioned in a document in 1252 (document no. 433 of the Verden document book as Edestorpe). The district of Döhle is documented with originally seven original settlements in 1135. The Egestorf Church became independent in 1419 and was replaced by the Salzhausen Church in 1447. In 1567 the existence of a school was mentioned for the first time and the half-timbered church St. Stephanus , which still exists today , was built in 1645. In 1888, the first savings and loan fund in the Lüneburg region was founded in Egestorf. The war club, now the rifle club , was founded in 1902. In 1906 the Winsen – Egestorf railway line was inaugurated and in 1910 the volunteer fire brigade and the men's gymnastics club (MTV) were founded. In 1921 the entire village was supplied with electricity, and the Catholic St. Mary's Church was built in 1964. Since 1972 Egestorf has formed a unified community with Döhle, Evendorf, Sahrendorf and Schätzendorf.
Incorporations
The municipality reform, which came into force on July 1, 1972, merged the previously independent municipalities of Döhle, Egestorf, Evendorf and Sahrendorf to form the municipality of Egestorf. As part of the joint municipality of Hanstedt, many administrative tasks were transferred to it. The municipality of Egestorf itself is the exclusive bearer of public tasks in its area today. This includes the drawing up of development plans, economic development - including tourism - and the construction and maintenance of the municipal streets and footpaths, including lighting and drainage.
The community is also responsible for the preservation of local history and monuments, including the community archive, as well as the production and maintenance of the community houses, festival halls, playgrounds and football fields.
Population development
| District | Ew. 1961 |
Ew. 1970 |
Ew. 2010 |
Ew. 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackdaw | 211 | 230 | 348 | 327 |
| Egestorf | 845 | 887 | 1217 | 1342 |
| Evendorf | 324 | 278 | 355 | 343 |
| Sahrendorf | 444 | 464 | 275 | 264 |
| Schatzendorf | ? | ? | 246 | 254 |
| total | 1824 | 1859 | 2441 | 2530 |
The results of 1961 and 1970 are the respective census results in the communities at that time. The information for Schätzendorf is contained in that of Sahrendorf.
natural reserve
Nature conservation has been an important topic in Egestorf for many years. The commitment of Heidepastor Wilhelm Bode (1860–1927), who lived and worked in Egestorf for many years, contributed to the fact that a large area was placed under nature protection for the first time in Germany, following the example of American national parks. Pastor Bode thus became the first German nature conservation pioneer. The Pastor-Bode-Weg is his legacy. It is around seven kilometers long and leads from Egestorf to Wilsede through the most beautiful heather areas. Even today, many guests visit the Lüneburg Heath nature reserve , which borders the Egestorf community in the east.
When the Reich Agency for Nature Conservation in Berlin was bombed out in early 1945, the new beginning of German nature conservation after the Second World War began from Egestorf with the then director Hans Klose (1880–1963). The Central Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Management was located in Egestorf until 1952, when it was relocated to Bonn-Bad Godesberg as the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Management, from which today's Federal Agency for Nature Conservation emerged .
politics
The municipality of Egestorf belongs to the state constituency 50 Winsen and the federal constituency 37 Harburg .
Municipal council
The municipal council, which was elected on September 11, 2016, is composed as follows:
(Status: local election on September 11, 2016)
mayor
The honorary mayor Marko Schreiber (CDU) was elected by the local council on November 23, 2016.
badges and flags
Blazon : In red in a silver bell tower next to a silver nave. Five golden stalked ears growing in the base of the shield. Flag : The municipality flag shows the color yellow above and below the color white, the historical colors of the Guelphs , in horizontal stripes of the same width . The municipal coat of arms is in the middle. The coat of arms shows the St. Stephanus church with the separate bell tower and symbolizes with the five ears of corn the villages of Egestorf, Döhle, Evendorf, Sahrendorf and Schätzendorf which belong to the community.
Culture and sights
Attractions
Egestorf is a tourist destination with its half-timbered houses and trees. From Döhle , Egestorf and Sahrendorf / Sudermühlen you have access to a network of hiking, cycling, horse-drawn carriage and riding trails through the Lüneburg Heath nature reserve with kilometers of heather, forests and meadows. These paths allow access to a natural landscape. The Egestorf “Village Museum” with a permanent exhibition of pictures and a prehistoric collection and local archive is located in Dresslers Hus from 1827 and is looked after by the Egestorf Local History Association.
- St. Stephen
In the center of the village, surrounded by linden trees, stands St. Stephen's Church from 1645. 1337 a wooden chapel is mentioned. It is a half-timbered building on a field stone base with a separately standing wooden bell tower from 1404. An altarpiece inside from 1659 is decorated with statuettes and pictures. The altarpiece with a crucifixion group inserted in the middle is taken from a Gothic carved altar. Above it is an image of the brazen serpent . On the south side of the choir there is an epitaph for Maria Höfftin, who died in 1701, a member of the post office in the Sahrendorf district . This consists of a resurrection scene of Christ and mourning virgins. Above it is a portrait medallion of the deceased. On the north side of the choir hangs a picture of the Last Supper after Leonardo da Vinci . In the choir are pictures of the prophets and the apostles . The pulpit dates from 1616. The sacrament niche door from the rear wall of the altar with a panel painting from around 1450 is in the rectory. It shows two angels wearing a monstrance . The organ was made by Phillip Furtwängler in 1867. The altar cheeks and baptismal font are neo-Gothic carvings from 1905.
The Philosophical Rock Garden is located in the old Egestorf cemetery (approx. 200 m away) . In addition to the Luther monument by Knud Knudsen in 1988, there are a large number of stone sculptures with a philosophical background.
Sports
The fully biological nature adventure pool (Aquadies), supported by the Friends of Waldbad Egestorf, ensures officially controlled water quality with open bio-silica filters. Today around 1,000 members support the association, which makes a significant contribution to maintaining the natural adventure pool. There are two clubs in Egestorf that offer sporting activities. On the one hand the sports club MTV Egestorf eV, which celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2010. The 1st men's soccer team of MTV Egestorf currently plays in the 1st district class. On the other hand, shooting and archery are offered at the Egestorf eV shooting club .
Parks and recreation
- Lüneburg Heath Nature Reserve
- Barefoot Park Egestorf
- Pastor Bode Park
Cemeteries in the municipality of Egestorf
- Egestorf cemetery
The cemetery is located in the forest settlement and is equipped with a chapel. It is the largest in the Egestorf municipality. The Evangelical Lutheran parish of St. Stephanus in Egestorf is responsible for the cemetery.
- Evendorf cemetery
The cemetery is in the Evendorf district. A small cemetery with its own chapel. The joint municipality of Hanstedt administers this local cemetery.
- Sahrendorf cemetery
The cemetery is in the Sahrendorf district. The administration of the cemetery is the responsibility of the Hanstedt municipality.
regional customs
In Egestorf there is a sports club, a local history club, two rifle clubs, three volunteer fire brigades, two Faslams and two men's singing clubs, a country women’s club, a riding and driving club and a theater club. The theater association, "De Ebendkörper Immenschwoorm" from the Evendorf district, plays a Low German comedy every year at Easter. At the end of winter, Faslam is celebrated in Sahrendorf / Schätzendorf and Evendorf. The rifle festivals take place in July, the Heimatverein organizes Low German rounds. A Christmas market at the St. Stephanus Church takes place on the 3rd Advent. The Egestorf autumn market takes place at the end of October.
In the municipality of Egestorf, in addition to High German, a Low German dialect of North Lower Saxony , the Heidjer Platt, is traditionally spoken. Heimat- und Theaterverein contribute to its maintenance with their regular Low German events. Below is a list of the High and Low German forms of place names:
| Standard German | Low German |
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| Jackdaw | Döhl |
| Egestorf | Äsdorp |
| Evendorf | Ebendkörper |
| Sahrendorf | Sohrndkörper |
| Schatzendorf | Guess body |
religion
Evangelical Lutheran Church
The Evangelical Lutheran parish of St. Stephanus in Egestorf belongs to the Winsen parish of the Hanover regional church . In addition to the Sunday service, regular events such as youth clubs, scouts, guitar groups or trombone and church choirs are offered.
Catholic Church
The Catholic parish of St. Maria Assumpta in Egestorf, which belongs to the Lower Elbe dean's office of the Hildesheim diocese , is also responsible for many localities from the Hanstedt and Salzhausen joint communities . A pastoral care unit was formed with the parishes of St. Petrus in Buchholz and Herz-Jesu in Tostedt from 1995, which was merged on November 1, 2014 to form today's parish of St. Petrus. In addition to the church services, an ecumenical scout group and an ecumenical choir are also offered. The maintenance of the church is supported by a support association.
As a result of the Second World War , Catholic refugees and displaced persons settled in Egestorf , which had been evangelical since the introduction of the Reformation , and were initially cared for by the St. Mary's community in Lüneburg . In 1959 a Catholic parish was established in Egestorf, whose services initially took place in the Protestant St. Stephen's Church. At times the St. Godehard Church in Amelinghausen also belonged to the Egestorf parish . On May 31, 1964 took place the consecration of the present church. At that time Herbert Morawetz († 2015) was pastor of the congregation. In 1984 a parish house followed, and in 2004 the bell tower.
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
It is about one kilometer to the A 7 motorway , which is in the east of the municipality.
The standard-gauge railway line Winsen (Luhe) –Salzhausen – Hützel , which belongs to the network of the Osthannoverschen Eisenbahn (OHE) and is used for freight and museum railways, runs through Egestorf . The Egestorf and Döhle train stations are in the area of the municipality of Egestorf. Passenger traffic has been handled by rail replacement traffic (bus line 4406) since 1970 .
In addition to the 4406 rail bus to Winsen, there are the former Postbus connections to Hanstedt / Hamburg-Harburg (4207) and to Salzhausen / Lüneburg (4206). On school days there are also school buses to Salzhausen, Hanstedt and Buchholz. The transport network of the municipality of Egestorf is part of the Hamburger Verkehrsverbund .
Commercial areas
- Thaneberg industrial park with around ten hectares in the Döhle district directly on the A 7 motorway .
- Hauskoppel industrial park with approx. Eleven hectares in Egestorf directly on the A 7 motorway .
tourism
Tourism has a long tradition in Egestorf. On the site of today's barefoot park, Robert Laurer founded a large air and sunbathing area with a swimming pond on 30 hectares in 1926, the Sonnenland Egestorf , also called Jungborn Sonnenland . In addition to the German FKK vehicle trailers, many foreign visitors came to relax in nature. The large crowd on the nudist area established the first tourism at that time, several guesthouses were opened in Egestorf. According to information at the time, the bath was in the most beautiful part of the Lüneburg Heath. The plant was operated until 1939. Their remains can still be seen in the forest behind the nature adventure pool (Aquadies).
From the 1960s to the present day, the municipality of Egestorf is one of the most important starting points for a visit to the Lüneburg Heath nature reserve, especially when the heather is in bloom . Heath tourists also like to use the convenient location of the municipality of Egestorf to visit the neighboring leisure attractions in Hamburg, Lüneburg or Soltau. In the municipality of Egestorf there are numerous inns and hotels with excellent gastronomy.
Telecommunications tower
The Egestorf telecommunications tower is located north of the village on Garlstorfer Strasse . It was built in 1952 by the Deutsche Bundespost and is thus, together with the Mellendorf and Beckum towers, one of the oldest reinforced concrete telecommunications towers in Germany that is still in operation. The structure, which is not accessible to the public, is 87 meters high with an antenna and belongs to the Deutsche Funkturm (DFMG), a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom based in Münster .
At the beginning of the 1950s, the then NWDR was in charge of developing the new medium of television . The transmission routes Hamburg - Cologne and Hamburg - Berlin (West) required by the broadcaster were planned and operated by the Bundespost. The NWDR television studio in Hamburg was initially housed in the former flak bunker (demolished in 1973/74) on the Heiligengeistfeld . From there was the newly developed FREDA- radio equipment ( frequency modulated decimeter Plant ) connect to the Egestorfer tower as a relay station for the (old) telecommunications tower Wardböhmen in the south or the tower at Middefeitz in the East for over the horizon - microwave link to West Berlin (Radio link from Höhbeck near Gartow to radio link Berlin 2 / Nikolassee ). See also: History of television in Germany - Post-war development in the FRG
library
In Egestorf, the Protestant parish operates a library that is looked after by local citizens on a voluntary basis.
schools
Egestorf has a primary school. Secondary schools are the secondary and secondary schools in Hanstedt (Nordheide) and the grammar school in Salzhausen .
Social facilities
There is a DRK day care center in the Schätzendorf district and the Birkenlund day care center in Egestorf. The senior citizen center Haus Eichenhof is located in the center of Egestorf.
Personalities
- Wilhelm Bode (1860–1927), Heidepastor, worked in Egestorf for 37 years. He was strongly committed to the preservation of the Lüneburg Heath and was instrumental in founding the Lüneburg Heath Nature Reserve . In this way he saved the Wilseder Berg from building. Founder of the cooperative savings and loan fund in Egestorf.
- Heinrich Schulz (1868–1953), local history researcher, was a teacher and organist in Egestorf and an honorary citizen of the community.
- Hans Domizlaff (1892–1971), advertising advisor to Reemtsma, Siemens and the Deutsche Grammophongesellschaft, inventor and founder of branding technology. In 1943 he bought the Heidehof Bronckhorst in Egestorf and was buried in Egestorf.
- Robert Laurer (1899–1954) founded the “Jungborn Air and Sun Baths” in Egestorf in 1926. For Egestorf, the nudist bath brought an economic and tourist boom. The bathroom no longer exists today.
- Rolf Lüer (1929–2013), banker and bank manager, who was awarded the Lower Saxony Order of Merit for his services to the cooperative system. Lived and worked in Egestorf.
- Norbert Leben (* 1946), farmer and forester, forestry association official and former local politician, runs a farm with an inn together with his wife in Schätzendorf.
- Michael Rutz (* 1951), journalist and editor-in-chief of the weekly newspaper Rheinischer Merkur , lives in Egestorf.
- Andreas Dibowski (* 1966), team Olympic champion in eventing, lives in Egestorf.
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony, LSN-Online regional database, Table 12411: Update of the population, as of December 31, 2019 ( help ).
- ^ Territorial reform in the Harburg area
- ↑ a b Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality register 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 / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 229 .
- ↑ Gemeindeblatt Egestorf Issue 5 Jan – March 2010 p. 10 ( Memento of the original from September 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 3.3 MB)
- ↑ Dr. Dieter Brosius in: HB-Kunstführer Lüneburger Heide, HB-Verlags- und Vertriebsges., Hamburg, 1988, p. 78
- ↑ Egestorf - St. Stephanus (kirchenkreis-winsen.de) accessed on February 27, 2013
- ↑ St. Stephanus Egestorf (cms.heidekirchen.de) accessed on February 28, 2013
- ↑ Information on the commercial area Hauskoppel, Wirtschaftsförderung im Landkreis Harburg GmbH ( Memento of the original from January 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (wlh.eu) accessed on January 4, 2016.
- ^ Sonnenland Egestorf
- ↑ The large radio link from north to south on fernsehmuseum.info, accessed on July 9, 2019
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