Toppenstedt

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 53 ° 16 '  N , 10 ° 7'  E
Basic data
State :	Lower Saxony
County :	Harburg
Joint municipality :	Salzhausen
Height :	35 m above sea level NHN
Area :	29.1 km 2
Residents:	2146 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	74 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	21442
Area code :	04173
License plate :	WL
Community key :	03 3 53 034
Community structure:	2 districts
Address of the municipal administration:	Hauptstrasse 29 21442 Toppenstedt
Mayor :	Heinrich Nottorf
Location of the municipality of Toppenstedt in the Harburg district

Toppenstedt is a municipality in the combined municipality of Salzhausen in the Harburg district in Lower Saxony . Its districts cover an area of ​​29.09 km².

geography

Geographical location

The Toppenstedt district is located about 40 kilometers south of Hamburg on the A7 in the northern Lüneburg Heath Nature Park and in the northern Garlstorfer Wald landscape protection area and the surrounding area . The community is dominated by agriculture. The Tangendorf district and the villages of Wulfsen , Garstedt and Garlstorf are in the immediate vicinity .

Community structure

The community consists of the localities Toppenstedt and Tangendorf .

history

The name Toppenstedt is derived from the heraldic tree of the "Toppe", which is synonymous with oak. Since the region in which Toppenstedt was founded was littered with many small oak forests, the village was given this name. In 1930 the Tangendorf disc fibula was found near a Bronze Age burial mound near Tangendorf . It was one of the most magnificent fibulae from the Roman Empire in Northern Germany and became the symbol of the community's coat of arms in 2002.

See also : List of architectural monuments in Toppenstedt

Incorporations

On July 1, 1972, the Tangendorf community was incorporated.

Population development

(main residence only)

local community	Toppenstedt total	OT Toppenstedt	OT Tangendorf
Area (km²)	29.09	19.73	9.35
June 6, 1961	1420	944	476
May 27, 1970	1503	1003	500
Dec 31, 1976	1641	1047	594
June 30, 1999	2078	1302	776
Dec 31, 2002	2118	1341	777
Dec 31, 2003	2202	1393	809
Dec 31, 2004	2223	1390	833
Dec 31, 2007	2126
Dec 31, 2011	2131

coat of arms

The Tangendorf Disc Brooch

The municipal coat of arms shows: diagonally divided by silver wavy bars, above in gold a green oak branch with three leaves and 2 acorns, below in blue a golden disc brooch with Germanic animal figure ( disc brooch from Tangendorf ).

societies

TSV Auetal plays its home football matches on the Rötenbrook. The "goats" play in the Lüneburg district league.

traffic

Toppenstedt is on the Winsen – Hützel railway line , which is mainly used for freight traffic.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony, LSN-Online regional database, Table 12411: Update of the population, as of December 31, 2019  ( help ).
2. ↑ Protected areas in Germany. Retrieved June 30, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Protected areas in Germany. Retrieved June 30, 2016 . 
4. ↑ ^{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 / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 228 .
5. ↑ Official Journal for the Harburg District, No. 7, Volume 31, February 21, 2002, Page 145, Section 2.

Web links

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

• Samtgemeinde Salzhausen with information about Toppenstedt