Eißendorf () is a quarter of
Hamburg
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, Germany, in the borough of
Harburg. More than 24,300 inhabitants live in an area of 8.4 km
2.
Geography
Eißendorf borders the quarters of
Heimfeld,
Harburg,
Wilstorf, and
Marmstorf. Eißendorf is located in an undulating landscape at the northern edge of
Harburg Hills. Its center, marked by the main road of Eißendorfer Straße, is situated in the valley of Göhlbachtal.
History
In 1332/33, the former village of Eißendorf, in 1450 called ''Eytzen-dorpe'', was first mentioned. Eißendorf has been a
Haufendorf (lit. ''clustered village''), probably named after its founding settler.
[Horst Beckershaus: ''Die Namen der Hamburger Stadtteile. Woher sie kommen und was sie bedeuten'', Hamburg 2002, , p. 37] Eißendorf belonged to
Province of Hanover
The Province of Hanover () was a Provinces of Prussia, province of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia from 1866 to 1946.
During the Austro-Prussian War, the Kingdom of Hanover had attempted to maintain a neutral position, alo ...
in
Prussia
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, until the village was incorporated into
Hamburg
Hamburg (, ; ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,. is the List of cities in Germany by population, second-largest city in Germany after Berlin and List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 7th-lar ...
in 1937 by the
Greater Hamburg Act, which came into force in 1938.
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Hamburg.de, in German
Politics
These are the results of Eißendorf in the
Hamburg state election:
References
External links
Eißendorf Hamburg.de
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Quarters of Hamburg
Harburg, Hamburg