Gammelby

This article covers the municipality of Gammelby in the Rendsburg-Eckernförde district (Schleswig-Holstein). A district of the municipality of Sörup in the Schleswig-Flensburg (Schleswig-Holstein) district also bears the name Gammelby.

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 54 ° 30 '  N , 9 ° 48'  E
Basic data
State :	Schleswig-Holstein
Circle :	Rendsburg-Eckernförde
Office :	Schlei Baltic Sea
Height :	13 m above sea level NHN
Area :	8.3 km 2
Residents:	523 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	63 inhabitants per km 2
Postcodes :	24340, 24354, 24360
Primaries :	04351, 04355
License plate :	RD, ECK
Community key :	01 0 58 057
Office administration address:	Holm 13 24340 Eckernförde
Website :	www.amt-schlei-ostsee.de
Mayoress :	Marlies Thoms-Pfeffer (KWG)
Location of the municipality of Gammelby in the Rendsburg-Eckernförde district

Gammelby (pronounced: Gammelbü) is a municipality in the Rendsburg-Eckernförde district in Schleswig-Holstein .

Geography and traffic

Gammelby is located directly northwest of Eckernförde on the federal highway 76 to Schleswig . The farms Birkensee, Flintberg, Johannisberg, Puckholz ( Danish : Pukholt ), Ravensberg and the estates Rögen ( Røgind ) and Eichthal belong to the municipality.

history

year	Pop.
1933	272
1939	309
1950	567
1961	466
1970	430
1989	449
2003	542
2006	516
2007	526
2011	562

Gammelby was first mentioned in 1339 . The place name comes from Danish and simply means old village . Two villages are attested in the 16th century: Grote Gammelby and Lütke Gammelby ; these came in 1617 initially to the Saxtorf estate, and later to the Rögen estate. Gammelby parish was then created in 1876.

Incorporations

In 1928, the former Rögen Gammelby manor was added.

Outsourcing

On January 1, 1974, the grass wood part of the municipality, which then had more than 70 inhabitants, was assigned to the city of Eckernförde . Grass wood was Eckernförde area until 1637, after that part of the Saxtorf estate.

politics

Community representation

Of the nine seats in the municipal council, the KWG voter community has had six seats since the 2008 local elections and the GWG voter community three.

coat of arms

Blazon : "In gold a blue wave bar, above a red stone grave, below three black plowshares 2: 1."

The coat of arms refers to the large stone grave Eichthal (Gammelby) .

economy

In addition to agriculture, gravel mining characterizes the municipality.

literature

• Wilhelm Bronnmann, Schwansen , Druckhaus Schwensen, Eckernförde 1988 (pages 51 ff.)
• 650 years of Gammelby, village chronicle 1989

Web links

Commons : Gammelby  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Gammelby municipality at the Schlei-Ostsee office
• Private website via Gammelby

References and comments

1. ↑ North Statistics Office - Population of the municipalities in Schleswig-Holstein 4th quarter 2019 (XLSX file) (update based on the 2011 census) ( help on this ).
2. ↑ The southern part has belonged to Eckernförde since 1973.
3. ^ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. eckernfoerde.html. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006). 
4. ↑ Information for 1939, 1950, 1961, 1970 and 1987 from Wilhelm Bronnmann, Schwansen , Druckhaus Schwensen, Eckernförde 1988, page 52
5. ^ 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 GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 184 .
6. ↑ Schleswig-Holstein's municipal coat of arms