Elbingerode (near Herzberg am Harz)

Basic data
State :	Lower Saxony
County :	Goettingen
Joint municipality :	Hattorf am Harz
Height :	200 m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.66 km 2
Residents:	444 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	78 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	37412
Area code :	05521
License plate :	GÖ , DUD, HMÜ, OHA
Community key :	03 1 59 012
Association administration address:	Otto-Escher-Str. 12 ; 37197 Hattorf am Harz
Website :	www.elbingero.de
Mayor :	Helmuth Otto
Location of the municipality of Elbingerode in the district of Göttingen

Elbingerode am Harz is a municipality in the district of Göttingen in Lower Saxony . It belongs to the joint municipality of Hattorf am Harz , which has its administrative seat in the municipality of Hattorf am Harz .

geography

Geographical location

Elbingerode is located a little southwest of the Upper Harz and Harz Nature Park on the Oder tributary Sieber . It is located near the federal highway 243 , which leads from Seesen to Nordhausen , and the federal highway 27 , which leads from Göttingen to Blankenburg . In addition, the district road 7 forms a north-western bypass.

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities of Elbingerode are Hörden am Harz in the north, Hattorf am Harz in the west and Herzberg am Harz in the east.

history

Since the merger of the districts of Osterode am Harz and Göttingen on November 1, 2016, Elbingerode has belonged to the district of Göttingen.

Place names

Old names of the place are 1206 Alvelingerot, 1209 Elvelingerod, 1258 Elvelingerode; Elvelingeroth, 1311 Elvelingerode, 1319 Eluelingerode, 1330 Elvelingherode, 1341 Elbelingerode, 1343 Eluelingerode, 1427 Elbingerode and from 1500 Elvelingerod. The place name has been formed with the educational element "‑inge-rode". The original meaning of the name of the settlement can be roughly described as "clearing of the people of the NN". This type of place name has been popular in the Harz region. The Elbingerode of the same name, also located in the Harz Mountains in the Saxon-Anhalt town of Oberharz am Brocken , near Wernigerode in the Harz district , is likely to be understood, like the Elbingerode treated here, as the "clearing site of the Athalwin clan".

Population development

Elbingerode - population development since 1975
year	Residents	year	Residents	development
1975	451	2011	493
1980	448	2012	487
1985	430	2013	468
1990	464	2014	454
1995	442	2015	450
2000	474	2016	462
2005	490	2017	442
2010	428
Source: Years 1975 to 2016

politics

Municipal council

The local council from Elbingerode consists of seven councilors (changes to 2011).

CDU : 4 seats (± 0) - 63.92% of the votes (+8.67% p)
SPD : 3 seats (± 0) - share of the vote 36.08% (−8.67% p)

The turnout was 77.63% (+1.22% p).

(Status: local election on September 11, 2016 )

Coat of arms, flag and banner

Banner, coat of arms and flag

Blazon : "In a split shield in front in red a golden (yellow) sloping bar, behind in gold (yellow) a stemmed green clover leaf."

The coat of arms designed by Gustav Völker was approved by the District President in Hildesheim by order of September 28, 1964 . The coat of arms is derived from the seal of the Weisen family, who owned a manor in the community for centuries. The colors red and gold are the colors of the principality of Grubenhagen . The sloping beam is supposed to symbolize the Sieber river , the clover leaf stands for agriculture.

Description of the flag: "The flag has yellow and red stripes with a coat of arms in the middle."

Description of the banner: "The banner is yellow-red striped lengthways with an applied coat of arms above the middle."

Partnerships

There are partnerships with the Lower Saxony community of Estorf an der Weser and the Badra district of the Thuringian community of Kyffhäuserland .

Culture

church

Ev.-luth. Church of St. Petri

The half-timbered village church from the 18th century belongs to the Harzer Land church district . The organ, originally built in 1856 by organ builder Schulze, was revised in 1961 by Gebr. Krell and restored in 1990 by organ builder Frerichs.

Club life

The following associations are based in Elbingerode:

MTV Elbingerode (sports club) - Under the direction of Carolin Wehmeyer, young athletes are taught gymnastics, among other things
Elbingeröder Faschingsclub (EFC)
MGV Elbingerode (men's choir)
Elbingerode volunteer fire brigade
Rural people
Hometown club
Shooting society
Forest cooperative