Meckelstedt

Meckelstedt ; Meckelst ( Low German ) City of Geestland
	Coordinates: 53 ° 35 '52 " N , 8 ° 55' 45" E
Height :	3 m above sea level NHN
Area :	14.08 km²
Residents :	359 (Jan. 1, 1973)
Population density :	25 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	March 1, 1974
Incorporated into:	Linty
Postal code :	27624
Area code :	04745
Location of Meckelstedt in Lower Saxony
	Meckelstedt next to Lintig and Großenhain

Meckelstedt ( Low German Meckelst ) is an incorporated village of the former municipality of Lintig . After a merger, Lintig again belongs to the city of Geestland in the Lower Saxony district of Cuxhaven .

geography

**Neighboring places**
Steinau municipality (combined municipality of Hadeln ) Bad Bederkesa - Ankelohe district	Municipality of Stinstedt - district of Neubachenbruch ( joint municipality of Börde Lamstedt )	Municipality of Stinstedt - district Moorausmoor (joint municipality of Börde Lamstedt)
Lintig - Lintig district
Ringstedt - district of Hainmühlen	Lintig - Grossenhain district	Municipality of Armstorf - district Langenmoor (joint municipality of Börde Lamstedt)

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history

Incorporations

In the course of the regional reform in Lower Saxony , which took place on March 1, 1974, the two previously independent municipalities of Meckelstedt and Großenhain were incorporated into the municipality of Lintig.

On January 1, 2015, Lintig formed the new city of Geestland with the other municipalities of the combined municipality of Bederkesa and the city of Langen .

Population development

year	1910	1925	1933	1939	1950	1956	1973
Residents	288	324	320	320	582	443	359
source

politics

Local councilor and local mayor

Meckelstedt is represented at the local level by the Lintig local council .

coat of arms

The design of the municipal coat of arms of Meckelstedt comes from the heraldist and coat of arms painter Albert de Badrihaye , who designed around 80 coats of arms in the district of Cuxhaven.

	Blazon : "In red on a green ground, a silver sacrificial stone , supported by three small stone girders."
	Foundation of the coat of arms: The sacrificial stone at the entrance to the village is a landmark of the village of Meckelstedt.

Culture and sights

Buildings

Personalities

People connected to the place

Martin Brinkmann (* 1976), author, critic and editor, founded the "Bunte Raben Verlag" in Meckelstedt

literature

Fritz Hörmann, Ude Meyer, Christian Morisse, Eberhard Nehring, Irmgard Seghorn, Egon Stuve, Else Syassen: Wesermünde field names collection - the field names of the property tax cadastre from 1876 . Ed .: Kulturstiftung der Kreissparkasse Wesermünde (= new series of special publications by the men from Morgenstern , Heimatbund an Elb- und Wesermuende eV Volume 27 ). Men from Morgenstern Verlag, Bremerhaven 1995, ISBN 3-931771-27-X , p. 15 ([ digitized version ( memento of October 26, 2007 in the Internet Archive )] [PDF; 431 kB ; accessed on October 23, 2019]).

Web links

Commons : Meckelstedt - collection of pictures

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Lower Saxony State Administration Office (ed.): Municipal directory for Lower Saxony . Municipalities and municipality-free areas. Self-published, Hanover January 1, 1973, p. 48 , Wesermünde district ( digitized version ( memento from August 7, 2019 in the Internet Archive ) [PDF; 21.3 MB ; accessed on June 3, 2020]).
↑ Overview map of the Cuxhaven district. In: cuxland-gis.landkreis-cuxhaven.de. November 2016, accessed March 23, 2020 .
^ 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. 248 .
^ Law on the reorganization of the city of Geestland, district of Cuxhaven . In: Niedersächsische Staatskanzlei (Ed.): Niedersächsisches Gesetz- und Verordnungsblatt (Nds. GVBl.) . No. 26/2012 . Hanover November 8, 2012, p. 430 , p. 4 ( digitized version ( memento of July 10, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) [PDF; 454 kB ; accessed on May 8, 2019]).
^ Ulrich Schubert: Register of local authorities Germany 1900 - Lehe district. Information from December 1, 1910. In: gemeindeververzeichnis.de. January 5, 2020, accessed March 23, 2020 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. Wesermünde district ( see under: No. 60 ). (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006). Accessed September 2018
↑ ^a ^b Statistisches Bundesamt Wiesbaden (ed.): Official municipality register for the Federal Republic of Germany - 1957 edition (population and territorial status September 25, 1956, for Saarland December 31, 1956) . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1958, p. 192 ( digitized version ).
↑ ^a ^b Landkreis Wesermünde (Ed.): Coat of arms of the Landkreis Wesermünde . Grassé Offset Verlag, Bremerhaven / Wesermünde 1973, ISBN 3-9800318-0-2 .

[destatis1973-1] Lower Saxony State Administration Office (ed.): Municipal directory for Lower Saxony . Municipalities and municipality-free areas. Self-published, Hanover January 1, 1973, p. 48 , Wesermünde district ( digitized version ( memento from August 7, 2019 in the Internet Archive ) [PDF; 21.3 MB ; accessed on June 3, 2020]).

[Karte-2] Overview map of the Cuxhaven district. In: cuxland-gis.landkreis-cuxhaven.de. November 2016, accessed March 23, 2020 .

[Gemeindeverzeichnis1970bis1982-3] 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. 248 .

[Neubildung-4] Law on the reorganization of the city of Geestland, district of Cuxhaven . In: Niedersächsische Staatskanzlei (Ed.): Niedersächsisches Gesetz- und Verordnungsblatt (Nds. GVBl.) . No. 26/2012 . Hanover November 8, 2012, p. 430 , p. 4 ( digitized version ( memento of July 10, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) [PDF; 454 kB ; accessed on May 8, 2019]).

[Gemeindeverzeichnis-5] Ulrich Schubert: Register of local authorities Germany 1900 - Lehe district. Information from December 1, 1910. In: gemeindeververzeichnis.de. January 5, 2020, accessed March 23, 2020 .

[Rademacher-6] Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. Wesermünde district ( see under: No. 60 ). (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006). Accessed September 2018

[Gemeindeverzeichnis1956-7] Statistisches Bundesamt Wiesbaden (ed.): Official municipality register for the Federal Republic of Germany - 1957 edition (population and territorial status September 25, 1956, for Saarland December 31, 1956) . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1958, p. 192 ( digitized version ).

[Wappen-8] Landkreis Wesermünde (Ed.): Coat of arms of the Landkreis Wesermünde . Grassé Offset Verlag, Bremerhaven / Wesermünde 1973, ISBN 3-9800318-0-2 .