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Ekel (Norden)
Ekel is the eastern part of the town centre of Norden, Lower Saxony, Norden. Its name goes back to a Low German description for "acorn" (''Eichel'') or "oak grove" (''Eichengehölz''), which gave its name to a medieval fortified house (''Wehrhaus'') about 800 metres northeast of the big market place. Later a private estate and then part of the agriculturally dominated Norden environs, in the 20th century Ekel quickly merged with Norden as a result of new housing estates and was finally incorporated in 1919. Geography Because Ekel was never an independent administrative unit, but was only a placename used in everyday language, it has no defined boundaries. It can be seen that many new estates relate to the name, Ekel, that do not lie on the land once owned by the historical estate (eastern part ''Ekeler Weg'', ''Ekeler Land''). Today's understanding is that the town quarter of Ekel is roughly bounded by the Norder Tief stream in the southeast, the Bundesstraße 72, B 72 federal h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norden, Lower Saxony
Norden (East Frisian Low Saxon: ''Nörden'') is a town in the district of Aurich, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated near the North Sea shore, in East Frisia. Town and land use Norden consists of the town itself and ten official subdistricts. In addition to the old town centre, the main town includes the former municipality of Sandbauerschaft and the subdistricts Ekel, Lintel and Westgaste. They are divided into various quarters and residential areas such as Neustadt, Westlintel, Ostlintel, Ekelergaste, In der Wirde, Vierzig Diemat, Martensdorf, or "millionaire quarter". They have in common that they do not have any administrative function, but are places referred to in everyday local language. The other subdistricts are Bargebur, Leybuchtpolder, Norddeich (which bore the name '' Lintelermarsch'' until 1972), Westermarsch I, Westermarsch II, Southderneuland I, Southderneuland II and Tidofeld. The main town and the villages of Bargebur, Norddeich, Süderneneula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
