Jerstedt

Jerstedt City of Goslar
Coordinates: 51 ° 57 ′ 10 ″  N , 10 ° 23 ′ 21 ″  E
Height :	202 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	2005  (June 30, 2018)
Incorporation :	July 1, 1972
Postal code :	38644
Area code :	05321
Location of Jerstedt in Lower Saxony
St. Luke Church

Jerstedt is a district of the district town of Goslar in the Goslar district in Lower Saxony .

geography

It is north of the city and the nearest neighboring towns include Othfresen , Dörnten , Hahndorf , Astfeld , Bredelem and Langelsheim .

history

Since the Middle Ages, Jerstedt has been one of the larger villages in the Vorharz region of the duchy of Hildesheim . It is part of the Vorharz cultural landscape (also known as the Northern Harz in this area), which differed from the surrounding landscapes in Lower Saxony by the economic involvement of the inhabitants in the mining and metallurgical industry in and on the actual Harz Mountains. This was done by using the rural farms to transport ore and wood between forest, mining and smelter locations around Goslar (established in 1548 according to a much older model). The other inhabitants were also often linked to the economic activities around mining through the carter system.

In addition to the typical pre-Harz dependency on mining (similar to Vorharzer farming villages from Ambergau to Mansfeld), Jerstedt distinguished from neighboring villages by a significant privilege. The village as such (still now as a real municipality) owned a very valuable piece of forest in the Harz Mountains as a direct right of its own (now Jerstedter prospective forestry). In the village itself, the surrounding monasteries had gained upper ownership of most of the farms up to the Hildesheimer Stiftsfehde (1519/32), but were then pushed back by the then Brunswick rule.

Road construction brought the social upheaval of the 18th and 19th centuries. Century also to Jerstedt (which is on the old Goslar-Hildesheim road, now B6). In addition to farmers and rural craftsmen, there were road workers, then factory workers and miners. Again and again, new influxes came across privileged elderly residents. Corresponding social friction brought supporters to the National Socialist regime here too. Bad things awaited those who thought differently. The toll that local (and later resident) families had to pay for the Second World War and the suffering of civilians deported here were also high here. In 1945 approaching US troops were shot at from the church tower. The two actors died, fortunately for the village of Jerstedt it remained with building damage (the very old church was preserved).

After the end of the war, the influx of mainly East German expellees from 1945/50 overwhelmed this village as well, but encountered relatively favorable conditions (since the farmers were relatively happy to give up the poor land east of the village for relocation). Eventually, medium-sized entrepreneurs and home builders came along. The inhabited area has tripled since around 1940. Jerstedt's double profile as a farming and residential village is still tense today, while the B6 as a concrete overpass has been dividing the locality since around 1976.

Until the final dissolution of the offices (1885) Jerstedt belonged to the Liebenburg office (except for the Franco-Westphalian period 1808/1813), then to the district of Goslar, and was incorporated into the city of Goslar on July 1, 1972.

Population development

Jerstedt had 860 inhabitants on April 1, 1939. After the Second World War, these increased through the integration of refugees to 1526 on November 1, 1946. In 1950, plans were drawn up for an industrial area. This resulted in the areas Jerstedt East I (1962), East II (1963-66), East III (1973) and East IV (1996).

On January 1, 1966, Jerstedt had 1,326 inhabitants. At this time, several commercial operations were established. There were already 1826 inhabitants in the village and in 1991 there were 1853 people. On December 31, 2001 the number of residents rose to 2127. On September 3, 2013, there were 2090 people in Jerstedt.

development	year	Residents
	1939	860
	1946	1,526
	1961	1,220
	1966	1,326
	1970	1,510
	1991	1,853
	2001	2.127
	2011	2.017
	2013	2,090
	2014	2,105
	2016	1,971
	2017	1,972
	2018	2.005

politics

coat of arms

The coat of arms of Jerstedt shows a red / silver fir tree. An oval court seal from the 18th century shows a fir tree with four branches on both sides on a mountain. The mercenary Henneke de Gherstede also had the coat of arms in his seal in 1362. This “Hofmarke” is strikingly similar to the fir tree in the court seal. Jerstedt's former large forest ownership also gives the coat of arms its meaning.

Attractions

• Evangelical-Lutheran village church of St. Lukas, under construction Romanesque, expanded Gothic, expanded Baroque. The unique stained glass window panes from 1704/12, with which the farming families of that time immortalized themselves, belong to this phase. The interior design with painted pries is still very baroque.
• Dorfbach that meanders romantically through Jerstedt.

Clubs and organizations

Local associations include a. TSG Jerstedt from 1888 e. V., the Jerstedt volunteer fire brigade and the Jerstedt district association. V. and the shooting club Jerstedt e. V. from 1971.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the place

• Hermann Ahrens (1902–1975), former Economics, Transport and Finance Minister of Lower Saxony

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Population of the municipalities and districts of the district of Goslar , accessed on March 17, 2019.
2. ↑ ^{a b c} 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 and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 266 .
3. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from September 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ Population of the municipalities and districts of the district of Goslar , accessed on March 17, 2019.

Web links

• Official website

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