Estorf (District of Stade)

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 53 ° 35 '  N , 9 ° 12'  E
Basic data
State :	Lower Saxony
County :	Stade
Joint municipality :	Oldendorf-Himmelpforten
Height :	12 m above sea level NHN
Area :	29.42 km 2
Residents:	1403 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	48 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	21727
Area code :	04140
License plate :	HOURS
Community key :	03 3 59 016
Community structure:	3 districts
Association administration address:	Mittelweg 2 21709 Himmelpforten
Website :	www.oldendorf- Himmelpforten.de
Mayor :	Hans-Werner Hinck (BG Estorf)
Location of the municipality of Estorf in the district of Stade

Estorf ( Low German Esdbod ) is a municipality in Lower Saxony in the Stade district . The community belongs to the combined community of Oldendorf-Himmelpforten , which has its administrative seat in the community of Himmelpforten .

It consists of the districts Estorf , Gräpel and Behrste .

geography

The community is located in the west of the district of Stade an der Oste . In the north it borders on the municipality of Kranenburg and the town of Brobergen in it . The municipality of Oldendorf lies in the east .

In the south and west are the places Elmerheide , Elm , Nieder Ochtenhausen , Ottendorf and Ostendorf , which belong to Bremervörde . In Ostendorf, the municipality is the only area in the district that extends to the left bank of the Oste alongside part of Brobergen.

history

With one of the largest Stackbusch ports in Europe, Graepel offered regionally based inland waterway operators a wintering place until well into the 1960s . The local boatmen's association cherishes the memory of the days when the ewer and barges still took over the supply of the region. Some inland waterway captains still live in the village today.

Incorporations

The formerly independent municipalities of Graepel and Behrste were merged with the municipality of Estorf on July 1, 1972 as part of the municipality reform in Lower Saxony.

Population development

year	1961	1970	1987	1992	1997	2002	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2015
Residents	1475	1297	1282	1336	1456	1508	1486	1445	1454	1430	1420	1428

(1961: June 6, 1970: May 27, census results including Behrste and Gräpel; from 1987 on December 31)

place	1961	1970	2002
Behrste	207	183	167
Estorf	671	589	657
Gräpel	597	525	684

politics

Municipal council

The council of the municipality of Estorf consists of eleven councilors. This is the specified number for the member municipality of an integrated municipality with a population between 1001 and 2000 inhabitants. The council members are elected for a five-year term by local elections. The current term of office began on November 1, 2016 and ends on October 31, 2021.

The last local election on September 11, 2016 resulted in the following:

Political party	Proportional votes	Number of seats
BG Estorf	100%	11

The turnout in the 2016 local elections was 68.97%, above the Lower Saxony average of 55.5%.

Previous election results

Political party	2001	2006	2011
Free community of voters	8 seats	9 seats	9 seats

mayor

The council elected council member Hans-Werner Hinck (BG Estorf) as honorary mayor for the current electoral term.

coat of arms

Flag of the municipality of Estorf

The coat of arms was adopted by the municipal council on September 21, 1973 and approved by the Stade district on December 17, 1973.

Blazon : “Split by green and silver; in front a silver tree trunk, inclined diagonally to the right, with two stumps on each side, behind a green grape with three silver ribbons, above two crossed, outward-looking, green horse heads. "

The right field shows the coat of arms of the former Lords of Estorf, which the municipality of Estorf has already used as a coat of arms. As a talking symbol, the Grapen refers to the former municipality of Graepel that came to Estorf, which has also shown this symbol in other colors as a coat of arms. The crossed horse heads represent the former community of Behrste, which today still consists largely of old, thatched farmhouses in Lower Saxony.

Economy and Infrastructure

tourism

Gräpel is located directly on the Oste and is a frequent travel destination for cyclists and anglers . Even Father's Day trips to Graepler Gasthof Plate directly on Osteufer are very popular. At the end of Father's Day, there is a celebration with up to several thousand participants depending on the weather. At the inn there is also the hand-operated pram ferry across the Oste, which is part of the German ferry route .

traffic

The hand-operated boat ferry across the Oste

The district road 114 runs through the community, which at Himmelpforten connects to the federal road 73 towards Stade and Hamburg and at Elm it connects to the federal road 74 to Bremervörde. From Gräpel, the county road 82 leads towards Brobergen. Traffic with the left side of the Oste is only possible sporadically in summer via the small Gräpler Prahmfähre or via the fixed Ostebrücke in Bremervörde.

In the long term, the construction of the Federal Motorway 22 past Estorf is planned.

education

There is a primary school in Estorf. Secondary schools are the school center Oldendorf for secondary and secondary schools as well as the Vincent-Lübeck-Gymnasium in Stade and the Gymnasium Bremervörde. The former branch of the elementary school in Graepel was given up and now houses a kindergarten.

literature

• Friedrich Holst: Grupilinga and the daughters, the history of the Estorf community . Estorf 1981.

Web links

Commons : Estorf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony, LSN-Online regional database, Table 12411: Update of the population, as of December 31, 2019  ( help ).
2. ↑ ^{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. 246 .
3. ↑ LSKN-Online
4. ^ Lower Saxony Municipal Constitutional Law (NKomVG) in the version of December 17, 2010; Section 46 - Number of MPs , accessed on April 4, 2017.
5. ↑ ^{a b} Estorf municipality - overall results of the 2016 municipal council election , accessed on April 4, 2017.
6. ↑ The CDU gets the most votes nationwide. September 12, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2017 . 
7. ^ Council - Estorf municipal council , accessed on April 4, 2017.
8. ↑ Coat of arms information on the Samtgemeinde website ( Memento of the original from May 26, 2011 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.