Gräpel (Estorf)
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Gräpel
Estorf municipality
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| Residents : | 664 (Jan. 1, 2012) | |
| Incorporation : | July 1, 1972 | |
| Postal code : | 21727 | |
| Area code : | 04140 | |
Location of Graepel in Lower Saxony |
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 View from the west 2013
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Graepel ( Low German Gröpel ) is a district of the municipality of Estorf in the Stade district in Lower Saxony . The smaller settlement of Schönau also belongs to Graepel .
Geographical location
Graepel is located between Brobergen in the north and Behrste in the south on the right bank of the Oste on the German ferry route . To the east is the main town of Estorf 1 km away and to the west on the other bank of the Oste Ostendorf . Graepel reaches over to the other bank of the Oste with a small piece of land.
history
middle Ages
In a document from Count Friedrich von Stade from 1111 to 1116 about a gift from Archbishop Liemar , Graepel is first mentioned under the name Grupilinga .
Modern times
In May 1868, Roman silver coins were found about 60 cm below the earth while digging in the sand at a point where the Geest is under water in the Oste . Altogether there should have been 100-150 pieces, but they were all sold individually. Five pieces of it acquired the former magistrate from office Himmelspforten , Friedrich Christian Marschalck of Bachtenbrock , and presented it to the Historical Society of Lower Saxony . The coins came from the time of the emperors Vespasian , Trajan , Antonius and Faustina .
Stockbuschhafen and shipyards
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.
Graepel is located directly on the Oste, alongside Bremervörde it played an important role in this region as a port and especially as a shipyard location for around 200 years. In addition to two small new shipyards (Barthold Siems and Johann Steffens), Graepel had two small repair yards and around 1900 18 shipowners were based here. The ships built by Graepel shipyards were mainly delivered to the skippers in the vicinity as far as Hamburg and Cuxhaven , who mainly drove as owners. The smaller ships were mainly used in river shipping to Hamburg, Bremen or Bremervörde . At this time, peat shipping played a major role for the little sailors, especially in summer. The larger ships of these shipyards as well as those of tom Wörden were also used in coastal traffic to England.
Regional affiliation
Before 1885, Graepel belonged to the Börde Oldendorf in the office of Himmelpforten , after 1885 to the district of Stade, and since 1932 to the current district of Stade .
Incorporation
As early as 1910, Gräpel formed a community association with the Schönau homestead .
On July 1, 1972, the municipality of Graepel was incorporated into Estorf and incorporated into the joint municipality of Oldendorf-Himmelpforten .
Population development
| year | Residents |
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| 1791 | 24 fire places |
| 1824 | 46 fire places |
| 1848 | 324 people, 56 houses |
| 1871 | 392 people, 66 houses |
| 1910 | 488 |
| 1939 | 472 |
| 1961 | 597 |
| 2012 | 664 |
religion
Graepel is evangelical-Lutheran and belongs to the parish of the Martinskirche in Oldendorf . For the (few) Catholic St. Michael's Church is responsible, since 1 September 2010 on the parish of the Holy Spirit in Stade belongs.
politics
coat of arms
Blazon : The coat of arms of Graepel shows a black grape on a silver background.
Meaning : The Grapen symbolizes the place name.
Culture
societies
- Volunteer firefighter
- Rifle Club (founded 1927)
- Shipping association "Friendship" (founded 1904)
Transport and infrastructure
traffic
The district road 82 leads from Graepel to Brobergen and in the other direction via the state road 114 to Behrste and Elm . Via the Tannenkamp , Gräpel is connected to Estorf , which is only half a kilometer away. Transport to the left side of the Oste is only sporadically in the summer on the small Ostefähre Gräpel possible or via the fixed Ostebrücke in Bremervörde .
The next rail connection is in Himmelpforten, 11 km away, to the Niederelbebahn ( Cuxhaven - Hamburg ).
tourism
Father's Day tours to the Gräpler Gasthof Plate directly on the Osteufer, where the ferry is also located, are very popular. At the end of Father's Day, there is a celebration with up to several thousand participants depending on the weather. Excursions to Gräpel are also very popular with cyclists and anglers.
education
Today there is no longer a school in Graepel. The Gräpel primary school was closed in the 1990s. Since then, the students from Graepel have attended the Estorf primary school. Secondary schools are located in Oldendorf ( secondary school with grammar school branch ), Stade ( Vincent-Lübeck-Gymnasium ) and Bremervörde ( grammar school Bremervörde ).
Companies
In the Ostestraße had Volksbank Fred Beck-Oldendorf a branch which in 2016 concluded.
Supply and disposal
The wastewater has been treated in the Gräpel sewage treatment plant since September 1991. The Klärwark was built in 1990/1991 by the former municipality of Oldendorf and is responsible for the wastewater from Graepel and Estorf. The sewage treatment plant is located southwest of the village on the Oste. On January 1, 2004, the Stade drinking water association took over the sewage treatment plant. The facility is designed for 1400 people; currently about 1200 are connected.
literature
- Friedrich Holst: Grupilinga and the daughters, the history of the Estorf community. 1981
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Johann Martin Lappenberg (ed.): Hamburgisches Urkundenbuch . tape 1 . Perthes - Besser & Mauke, Hamburg 1842, p. 125 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
- ^ Journal . 1869 ( google.de [accessed September 30, 2019]).
- ^ A b Register of municipalities in Germany 1900. Kingdom of Prussia - Province of Hanover - District of Stade - District of Stade. In: www.gemeindeververzeichnis.de. Uli Schubert, March 27, 2017, accessed on January 16, 2018 .
- ^ 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. 246 .
- ↑ Christoph Barthold Scharf: Statistical-topographical collections for a more precise knowledge of all the provinces that make up the electorate Braunschweig-Lüneburg . Author, 1791 ( google.de [accessed October 1, 2019]).
- ↑ CHCF Jansen: Statistical Handbook of the Kingdom of Hanover . In Commission of the Helwings̓chen Hofbuchhandlung, 1824 ( google.de [accessed October 1, 2019]).
- ↑ Friedrich W. Harseim, C. Schluter (ed.): Statistical Manual for the Kingdom of Hanover . Schlueter, 1848, p. 134 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- ↑ Prussia (Germany) Royal Statistical Bureau: The communities and manor districts of the Prussian state and their population: Based on the original materials of the general census of December 1, 1871 . Publishing house of the Royal Statistical Bureau, 1873 ( google.de [accessed October 1, 2019]).
- ↑ city-map: Drinking water association Stader Land - TWV Stade | Dollern. Retrieved September 30, 2019 .