Westerbeck (Sassenburg)

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Westerbeck
Municipality Sassenburg
Westerbeck coat of arms
Coordinates: 52 ° 30 ′ 27 "  N , 10 ° 37 ′ 43"  E
Height : 71 m
Residents : 2500  (December 31, 2011)
Incorporation : March 1, 1974
Postal code : 38524
Area code : 05371
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Westerbeck is part of the municipality of Sassenburg in the district of Gifhorn
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Westerbeck is a district of the municipality of Sassenburg in the district of Gifhorn ( Lower Saxony ).

geography

Westerbeck is east of the Neudorf-Platendorf district and in the north of Dannenbüttel . The Neuhaus residential area belongs to Westerbeck .

history

Westerbeck was first mentioned in a document in 1390.

In 1838 an inn was set up in the Moorvogthaus am Schiffgraben, for which the building that still exists today was built in 1860, which is operated as the Neuhaus inn .

In 1950, the Heinz Kunze peat plant was founded in the buildings of an abandoned prison camp in the forest near Westerbeck .

On March 1, 1974, Westerbeck was incorporated into the new municipality of Sassenburg.

Local part

politics

Local council

Westerbeck is represented by an eight-member local council.

Local mayor is Annette Merz (CDU).

coat of arms

Description: In red, a silver (white) horseshoe over a silver (white) picket fence.

Economy and Infrastructure

education

Age kindergarten

The IGS Sassenburg is located south of Westerbeck, on Kreisstraße 93 and Landesstraße 289.

The Sassenburg primary school is also located in Westerbeck.

traffic

Westerbeck is connected to federal highway 188 via state road 289 . District road 93 connects the town with the neighboring town of Triangel.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cycling in Gifhorn - on the way between heath, moor and sand - and in asparagus land. In: Gifhorner Rundschau. Edition May 18, 2019.
  2. ↑ History of the Gasthof Neuhaus. gasthof-neuhaus.com, accessed on June 3, 2020.
  3. ↑ Anne Voss: Peat extraction - A craft that is dying out. In: Gifhorner Rundschau. Friday Packet for March 13, 2018.
  4. ^ 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. 226 .
  5. ^ Wolfsburger Allgemeine Zeitung: Westerbeck local council elects Annette Merz
  6. ^ Website of the IGS Sassenburg
  7. ^ Sassenburg primary school