Egestorf (Deister)

Egestorf Barsinghausen city
	Coordinates: 52 ° 17 ′ 16 ″ N , 9 ° 30 ′ 37 ″ E
Height :	84 m above sea level NHN
Area :	24.65 km²
Residents :	8992
Population density :	365 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	July 1, 1968
Postal code :	30890
Area code :	05105
Location of Egestorf in Lower Saxony
	Church in Egestorf

Egestorf ( Low German Estbod ) is a district of the town of Barsinghausen in the Hanover region in Lower Saxony .

geography

Egestorf is located directly on the northern edge of the Deister , bordered to the south by the district Wennigser Mark the municipality Wennigsen . To the west, Egestorf merges into the Barsinghausen district of Kirchdorf . To the northeast is the Langreder district .

history

One of the two war memorials in Egestorf

Egestorf emerged from the three villages Hedestorp, Ammerke and Helmeringehusen . The Ammerke parcel still exists today - Helmeringehusen as a large village already had its own chapel and a Catholic chaplain and was located in the Helmerfeld area - today's Geibelstrasse. The three places were completely devastated during the Hildesheim collegiate feud (1519 to 1523). Hedestorpe and Helmeringehusen are first mentioned in a document from Pope Innocent III. to Barsinghausen Monastery in 1216, where the delivery of the tithe to Barsinghausen Monastery was determined. In 1966 there was a celebration of the 750th anniversary of the then still independent community.

Thirty Years' War

The war, which ended in 1648, did not leave the settlement unaffected: only 39 families still lived there; until 1654, however, 15 families had moved in again.

Coal mining

Orifice of the Egestorfer tunnel

In the middle of the 19th century the mining of hard coal began in the area of the Deister elevation "Hohe Warte" south of Egestorf . A whole series of tunnels in the Egestorf area was built as part of the hard coal mining in the Deister .

Several half-timbered buildings were erected in the “Hohe Warte” area near the Nienstedter Pass . After the cessation of coal mining around 1935, these buildings served as camps for Serb prisoners of war from 1940 . From 1947 to 1989 the children's home Hohe Warte of the Arbeiterwohlfahrt (AWO) was located there . Thereafter, the city of Barsinghausen used the houses until 1994 as accommodation for asylum seekers and a caretaker's apartment. Permanent use as a riding stables (from 1997 to 2003) failed because a demolition order was issued. In December 2007 the now partially dilapidated buildings were demolished. The AWO area is located in a landscape protection area and is being renatured again .

Barsinghausen city

The spatial connection of Egestorf with Kirchdorf and Barsinghausen led in 1968 to the first communal amalgamation of the three places under the name Barsinghausen. As a result, many street names in Barsinghausen had to be changed twice. So was z. B. from Bahnhofstrasse in Egestorf to Wennigser Strasse. Since Barsinghausen was granted city rights in 1969, Egestorf has been the second largest district of Barsinghausen in terms of population.

Population numbers

1853: approx. 600
1925: 1985 (census June 16, 1925)
1933: 2052 (census June 16, 1933)
1966: over 4000
1994: 7989
1998: 8064
2002: 8020
2006: 8992

politics

City Councilor and Mayor

Egestorf is represented at the municipal level by the Barsinghausen City Council.

coat of arms

The design of the municipal coat of arms of Egestorf comes from the heraldist and graphic artist Alfred Brecht , who designed all coats of arms in the Hanover region. The approval of the coat of arms was granted on November 1, 1962 by the district president in Hanover.

Blazon : " Gold : Green divided ,three green spruces growing out of the division above, a golden tree trunk below, crossed with a silver tree saw with golden handles."

Justification of the coat of arms: The symbolic content of the three spruce trees in the coat of arms of Egestorf shows the memory of the three formerly independent places that first appeared in documents as Anmarki , Helmerchingehusen and Hesdesdorpe . The lower part of the coat of arms symbolizes the location of the village on the edge of the Deister with its own forest and the opportunities it offers.

Culture and sights

Architectural monuments

→ See: List of architectural monuments in Egestorf

Sports

The soccer club 1. FC Germania Egestorf / Langreder plays in Egestorf and has been playing in the fifth-class Oberliga Niedersachsen since the 2019/20 season . The home games are played in the stadium at the Ammerke (1200 seats).

Economy and Infrastructure

Egestorf has been connected to Hanover by the Deister Railway since 1872 . After a short period of operation with diesel locomotives in the mid-1960s, train traffic has been electric since 1969 - the German Federal Railroad stopped transporting general cargo in the early 1970s. In the run-up to the EXPO 2000 in Hanover, the platform systems were relocated from the old building to the east and at the same time expanded to meet the needs of the S-Bahn . The Egestorf (Deister) train station is located directly on the edge of the forest and is also a transfer point for several bus routes.

Pass road direction Egestorf (Deister), 276.6 m NHN

At the end of the 19th century the tramway Hannover AG (from 1921: üstra ) opened tram line 10, which in 1898 initially ran from Hanover via Empelde , Benthe to Gehrden , the following year was extended via Leveste , Langreder , Egestorf to Barsinghausen and up 1953 also served for the transport of goods (potatoes / grain / beets / stones / coal). Passenger transport had already been replaced by the O 10 bus route in 1952. Electric power came to the town by tram - the power supply for the district of Hanover - Egestorf / Deister belonged to the district of Linden until 1932 - was not completed until 1914. (see also: History of the tram in Hanover )

The Nienstedter Straße in Egestorf runs as state road 401 through the Nienstedter Pass (276.6 m above sea level ) over the Deister towards Nienstedt and from there to Eimbeckhausen . It is the only road connection over the Deister ridge.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the place

Johann Christian von Danckwerth (1718–1791), lawyer, senior bailiff and royal Swedish director in Bremen
Fritz Ahrberg (1866–1959), entrepreneur and founder of the sausage factory of the same name
Fritz Brase (1875–1940), musician, conductor and composer

literature

Working group chronicle 800 years Egestorf (ed.): 800 years Egestorf am Deister, 1216 to 2016. Self-published, Barsinghausen 2015, without ISBN, 236 pages, numerous illustrations.
The district of Hannover-Land with the Deister. Fritz Drescher Verlag, Möser, Magdeburg district, 1935.
The district of Hanover. Walter Dorn Verlag , Bremen-Horn, December 1948.
Alfred Gottwaldt : Hanover and its railways. Alba, Düsseldorf 1992, ISBN 3-87094-345-9 .

Web links

Commons : Egestorf - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

↑ Numbers and facts. In: Internet site of the city of Barsinghausen. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
^ The district of Hanover-Land with the Deister. Verlag Fritz Drescher, Möser, Magdeburg District, 1935, p. 117.
↑ Festschrift for the 750th anniversary, Egestorf 1966.
↑ ^a ^b Deister-Leine-Zeitung , July 17, 2002.
↑ Calenberger Zeitung, supplement to NEUE PRESSE - Hanover, December 18, 2007.
^ Deister-Leine-Zeitung, December 20, 2007.
^ ^A ^b Landkreis Hannover (ed.): Wappenbuch Landkreis Hannover . Self-published, Hanover 1985, p. 38-41 .

[1] Numbers and facts. In: Internet site of the city of Barsinghausen. Retrieved July 21, 2017.

[2] The district of Hanover-Land with the Deister. Verlag Fritz Drescher, Möser, Magdeburg District, 1935, p. 117.

[3] Festschrift for the 750th anniversary, Egestorf 1966.

[Deis.-4] Deister-Leine-Zeitung , July 17, 2002.

[5] Calenberger Zeitung, supplement to NEUE PRESSE - Hanover, December 18, 2007.

[6] Deister-Leine-Zeitung, December 20, 2007.

[wappen-7] A ^b Landkreis Hannover (ed.): Wappenbuch Landkreis Hannover . Self-published, Hanover 1985, p. 38-41 .