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 Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

, in the borough of

Eimsbüttel Eimsbüttel () is one of the seven boroughs (Bezirke) of Hamburg, Germany. In 2020 the population was 269,118. History On March 1, 2008 Eimsbüttel lost part of its area to the borough Altona where it formed the Sternschanze quarter. Geography ...

. It is located on the northwestern boundaries of the borough and of the city.

Geography

Eidelstedt borders the quarters of

Schnelsen Schnelsen () is a quarter of Hamburg, Germany, in the borough of Eimsbüttel. In 2020 it had a population of over 30,100 people and borders the state of Schleswig-Holstein. Geography Schnelsen borders with the quarters Eidelstedt and Niendorf, H ...

, Niendorf, Stellingen, as well as

Bahrenfeld is a western quarter of the city of Hamburg in Germany, it is subject to the district/borough ''Bezirk Altona'' and was an independent settlement until 1890. It is home to DESY and the Barclaycard Arena. In 2020 the population was 29,652. Hist ...

and

Lurup Lurup () is a quarter in the Altona borough of the Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg in northern Germany. It was formerly an independent village. In 2020 the population was 36,521. History In 1927 Lurup was merged with Altona, and in 1938 it w ...

in the neighbouring Altona borough.

History

In 1266/69 Eidelstedt was first recorded as a village,Eidelstedt
Hamburg.de, in German then under the names of ''Eilstede, Eylstedt'' or ''Eylenstede''. The part ''-'' in the name refers to a Saxonian foundation, meaning safe settlement or safe residence, which was founded by a first settler named ''Eyler''. Another explanation derives from ''Ilenstätten'', referring to a place (German: ''Stätte''), where medicinal

leeches Leeches are segmented parasitism, parasitic or Predation, predatory worms that comprise the Class (biology), subclass Hirudinea within the phylum Annelida. They are closely related to the Oligochaeta, oligochaetes, which include the earthwor ...

(German: ''Egel, Blutegel'',

Low German : : : : : (70,000) (30,000) (8,000) , familycolor = Indo-European , fam2 = Germanic , fam3 = West Germanic , fam4 = North Sea Germanic , ancestor = Old Saxon , ancestor2 = Middle L ...

: ''Ilen'') could be found, namely in a stream called Mühlenau and the pond of Mühlenteich in the village.Horst Beckershaus: ''Die Namen der Hamburger Stadtteile. Woher sie kommen und was sie bedeuten'', Hamburg 2002, , p. 34 In 1937, the village was incorporated into

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

by the

Greater Hamburg Act The Greater Hamburg Act (german: Groß-Hamburg-Gesetz), in full the Law Regarding Greater Hamburg and Other Territorial Readjustments (german: Gesetz über Groß-Hamburg und andere Gebietsbereinigungen), was passed by the government of Nazi Germa ...

, which came into force in 1938.

Politics

Transportation

The

Hamburg-Altona–Kiel railway The Hamburg-Altona–Kiel railway ( da, link=no, Christian VIII. Østersø Jernbane) is the oldest railway line in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein, and the first railway in Denmark or its dependencies at the time, and first to reach th ...

marks the south western boundaries of the quarter, with

Hamburg S-Bahn The Hamburg S-Bahn is a suburban commuter railway network in the Hamburg Metropolitan Region. Together, the S-Bahn, the Hamburg U-Bahn, the AKN railway and the regional railway form the backbone of railway public transport in the city and the s ...

commuter trains serve Elbgaustraße and

Eidelstedt station Eidelstedt railway station is on the Hamburg-Altona–Kiel line and is served by the city trains and the commuter trains of the AKN railways plc., located in Hamburg, Germany The railway station is located in the quarter of Eidelstedt in the Ei ...

; the latter is also served by AKN commuter trains. AKN railcars also call Eidelstedt Zentrum station.

References

External links

Eidelstedt
Hamburg.de {{Authority control Quarters of Hamburg Eimsbüttel