Bergstedt () is a quarter of

Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal ...

, Germany, in the borough of

Wandsbek Wandsbek () is the second-largest of seven boroughs that make up the city and state of Hamburg, Germany. The name of the district is derived from the river Wandse which passes through here. Wandsbek, which was formerly an independent city, is ur ...

. It is located on the northeastern border of the borough and of the city. It is part of the area of Walddörfer (lit. ''forest villages''). In 2016 10,687 lived in Bergstedt.

Geography

Bergstedt borders the quarters of Lemsahl-Mellingstedt, Wohldorf-Ohlstedt,

Volksdorf Volksdorf () is a Quarter (urban subdivision), quarter of Hamburg. It is situated in the north east of the city, about 15 km from the centre of the city. Volksdorf belongs to the borough of Wandsbek. It covers an area of 11.6 km² and h ...

, and

Sasel Sasel () is a quarter of Hamburg, Germany in the Wandsbek Wandsbek () is the second-largest of seven boroughs that make up the city and state of Hamburg, Germany. The name of the district is derived from the river Wandse which passes through her ...

. The streams and rivers of

Furtbek The Furtbek is a stream in Hamburg in the outer north-east of the city. Geography The stream begins at the street of ''Volksdorfer Damm'' in the Hamburg quarter of Bergstedt. It then flows westward and joins the Saselbek stream near the nature res ...

Lottbek Lottbek is a small stream in Schleswig-Holstein and Hamburg, Germany. It flows into the Bredenbek near Bergstedt Bergstedt () is a quarter of Hamburg, Germany, in the borough of Wandsbek. It is located on the northeastern border of the borou ...

, Rodenbek, and

Saselbek Saselbek is a short, little river of Hamburg, Germany. It flows into the Alster near Hamburg-Bergstedt Bergstedt () is a quarter of Hamburg, Germany, in the borough of Wandsbek. It is located on the northeastern border of the borough and of ...

flow through Bergstedt. There are two nature reserves, Hainesch/Iland and Rodenbeker Quellental.

Politics

These are the results of Bergstedt in the Hamburg state election:

History

In 1248 Bergstedt, formerly a Saxonian

Rundling A ''Rundling'' is a form of circular village, now found only in Northern Germany, typical of settlements in the Germanic-Slav contact zone in the Early Medieval period. The ''Rundling'' was a relatively common village form created by German law ...

, was first recorded under the name of ''Bericstede''. It does not relate to a ''Berg'' (mountain), but to a founder named ''Beric''. Also the part ''-stedt'' in the name refers to a Saxonian foundation, meaning ''safe settlement'' or safe ''residence''. The

Church of Bergstedt Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination * Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship * Chris ...

(''Bergstedter Kirche'') was also first recorded in 1248, its oldest parts originating from 13th century. Therefore it is one of the oldest church buildings in Hamburg.

Nature reserves

In the southeast of Bergstadt lies the natural monument of

Timmermoor The Timmermoor is a natural monument, about 4 hectares in area, in the southeast of Bergstedt, a quarter of Hamburg, Germany. It was placed under protection by a Hamburg senate act of 4 February 1986. The bog pond is a kettle hole that formed aro ...

, roughly 4 hectares in area, a bog pond surrounded by heathland and woods, which was formed in the last

ice age An ice age is a long period of reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of continental and polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers. Earth's climate alternates between ice ages and gree ...

about 20,000 years ago, probably as a result of the sinking of the soil layers over thawing

dead ice Death is the irreversible cessation of all biological functions that sustain an organism. For organisms with a brain, death can also be defined as the irreversible cessation of functioning of the whole brain, including brainstem, and brain ...

. In the southwest of the quarter, between the Alster tributary of the

and its tributary, the Furtbek, lies the Hainesch/Iland Nature Reserve. In the north lies the Rodenbeker Quellental Nature Reserve.

References

External links

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