Geltorf

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 54 ° 28 '  N , 9 ° 37'  E
Basic data
State :	Schleswig-Holstein
Circle :	Schleswig-Flensburg
Office :	Haddeby
Height :	25 m above sea level NHN
Area :	8.08 km 2
Residents:	368 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	46 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	24884
Area code :	04621
License plate :	SL
Community key :	01 0 59 032
Office administration address:	Rendsburger Strasse 54c 24866 Busdorf
Website :	www.haddeby.de
Mayor :	Johannes Meggers (KWG)
Location of the community of Geltorf in the Schleswig-Flensburg district

Geltorf ( Danish : Geltorp ; flat : Geldkör ) is a municipality in the Schleswig-Flensburg district in Schleswig-Holstein . Esprehm (Danish. Esbrem ) is partly in the municipality, the part on the other side of the Au belongs to the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde or the municipality of Güby . Another district is Altmühl.

Geltorf has received several awards as part of the competition Our village should be more beautiful .

history

The place name was documented in writing in 1575/1576 and means about the village of Gælli . It is made up of -torf (adän. Thorp , mndt. Dorp ) for village, settlement and * Gælli as a subsidiary form of the Old Norse nickname Gellir (cf. Old Norse. Gella ≈ roar, i.e. the roaring). A parallel is Gjellerup in West Jutland.

Until the German-Danish War in 1864, the place belonged to the Duchy of Schleswig, which was a fiefdom of Denmark. Ecclesiastically, the place belonged to the parish Haddeby ( Haddeby Sogn ).

Culture

The village life in the community of Geltorf is shaped by several clubs and associations. These include the "Geldkörper Schüttengill vun 1863", the Geltorf volunteer fire brigade and the "Geldkörper Punschtied". "Reimers Gasthof" is located in the heart of the municipality. This represents the center of the village. Here the rifle guild celebrates its festival, the fire brigade organizes their balls and the citizens celebrate their anniversaries and birthdays. But the Drews family also organizes many buffets and even concerts on their own initiative.

Geltorf Volunteer Fire Brigade

Outside the village pitcher, the volunteer fire brigade organizes Easter bonfires and chestnut barbecues right at the fire station . The same tries every year in which the temperatures allow it to organize an ice stock sport in the community. One of the fixed dates of the fire brigade in the community is gambling that is carried out together with the Selk volunteer fire brigade. She also organizes a public fire brigade ball in the community inn.

Money body punched

The "Geldkörper Punschtied" is a small Christmas market, which is planned and carried out by an interest group of the Geltorfer Wirtschaftsbetriebe. The first edition took place in 2003. In the first few years it was held on the forecourt of the bus stop. It now offers space for your visitors under the canopy of the fire station. Every year around 400 visitors come to this event on the Saturday of the fourth weekend in Advent. The generated surpluses flow into the beautification of the community, so gradually all street lamps were provided with Advent stars and the playground received new play equipment.

Geldkörper Schüttengill from 1863

The rifle guild has been an integral part of village life for more than 150 years. Your festival week is on the last weekend in June. Every year a new pair of marksmen is determined in this.

Geography and traffic

Geltorf is about 7 km south of Schleswig in the Hüttener Mountains , which form a nature park . The federal highway 7 runs to the southwest from Rendsburg to Schleswig and to the northeast the federal highway 76 runs from Eckernförde to Schleswig.

politics

Community representation

Of the nine seats in the municipal council, the AWG community of voters has five seats since the 2018 local elections and the KWG four.

coat of arms

Blazon : “Divided by silver and red by a blue-silver wavy bar on the left. Above a seated, naturally tinged kingfisher in a half-bridge view, below two golden bracteates , the lower one somewhat larger. "

economy

The community is predominantly agricultural, but also has purely residential areas. Many craft businesses and small businesses are based in Geltorf.

Web links

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

• Community of Geltorf at the Haddeby office

Individual evidence

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. ↑ Schleswig-Holstein topography. Vol. 3: Ellerbek - Groß Rönnau . 1st edition Flying-Kiwi-Verl. Junge, Flensburg 2003, ISBN 978-3-926055-73-6 , p. 207 ( dnb.de [accessed April 22, 2020]).
3. ↑ Wolfgang Laur: Historisches Ortsnamelexikon von Schleswig-Holstein , 2nd edition, Neumünster 1992, p. 269
4. ↑ Schleswig-Holstein's municipal coat of arms