Esbeck (Elze)

Esbeck City of Elze
	Coordinates: 52 ° 4 ′ 59 ″ N , 9 ° 40 ′ 48 ″ E
Height :	108 m above sea level NHN
Area :	7.05 km²
Residents :	418 (Jun. 30, 2018)
Population density :	59 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	March 1, 1974
Postal code :	31008
Area code :	05182
Location of Esbeck in Lower Saxony
	1000 year anniversary of Esbeck

Esbeck is a southwestern district of the city of Elze in Lower Saxony . State road 482 runs through the village .

history

Esbeck was first mentioned in a document in 1012 as "Asbike". Justus Gesenius was born in Esbeck in 1601 . The later general superintendent and court preacher in Hanover led a. a. General compulsory schooling was introduced in 1646 .

Due to the regional reform, Esbeck became one of seven districts of the city of Elze on March 1, 1974.

politics

City Councilor and Mayor

Esbeck is represented at the municipal level by the Elze City Council.

Mayor

The mayor of Esbeck is Florian Daerr ( SPD ).

coat of arms

Justus Gesenius (1601–1673)

The municipality was awarded the local coat of arms on May 12, 1938 by the President of the Province of Hanover . The district administrator from Alfeld presented it on June 23 of the same year.

Blazon : "Five awned golden ears of wheat in red , growing out of two silver , diagonally crossed dead bones ."

Founding of the coat of arms: With this coat of arms, the Esbeck community takes over the symbols of its greatest son, Justus Gesenius (1601–1673), the famous superintendent general and excellent pulpit speaker in Hanover, who also made a name for himself as the author of a catechism and several hymns. His father was a pastor in Esbeck. The deep meaning of the coat of arms: "The fertility of the grain-bearing earth overcomes impermanence!" Is still contemporary today.

Culture and sights

Buildings

The St. Gallus Church is in the center of the village

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the place

Justus Gesenius (1601–1673), theologian and hymn poet
Otto Haeseler (1853–1928), physicist, high school and university teacher

Web links

Commons : Esbeck - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Numbers and dates. In: Website of the city of Elze. June 30, 2018, accessed April 10, 2019 .
^ 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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 205 .
^ Directory of the mayors and mayors in the Hildesheim district. In: www.diekholzen.de. Retrieved June 24, 2017 (DOCX; 72.1 kB).
^ ^A ^b Wilhelm Barner : Coat of arms and seal of the Alfeld district . Rebinding. Lax GmbH & Co. KG, Hildesheim 1998 ( digitized version of the text part of the first edition from 1940 [PDF; 10.0 MB ; accessed on June 10, 2019]).

[Zahlen_und_Daten-1] Numbers and dates. In: Website of the city of Elze. June 30, 2018, accessed April 10, 2019 .

[2] 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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 205 .

[3] Directory of the mayors and mayors in the Hildesheim district. In: www.diekholzen.de. Retrieved June 24, 2017 (DOCX; 72.1 kB).

[wappen-4] A ^b Wilhelm Barner : Coat of arms and seal of the Alfeld district . Rebinding. Lax GmbH & Co. KG, Hildesheim 1998 ( digitized version of the text part of the first edition from 1940 [PDF; 10.0 MB ; accessed on June 10, 2019]).