Essel, Lower Saxony
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Essel () is a municipality in the Heidekreis district, in
Lower Saxony Lower Saxony is a States of Germany, German state (') in Northern Germany, northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ' of the Germany, Federal Re ...
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. Most of the village is located on the southern bank of the river Aller. The A 7 motorway runs through the village.


Subdivisions

The municipality of Essel comprises 4 subdivisions: * Essel * Engehausen * Stillenhöfen *
Ostenholz Moor Ostenholz Moor (German: ''Ostenholzer Moor'') is a raised bog on the Lüneburg Heath in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is named after the village of Ostenholz and is not far from Meißendorf. The bog is almost entirely within the Bergen-H ...


History

Essel was first mentioned in 1251 as ''Esele''. The surveillance of the Aller crossing at Essel and control of Aller shipping was undertaken by the three lords of
Hademstorf Hademstorf is a municipality in the district of Heidekreis, in Lower Saxony, Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the ...
. In the 14th century their seat was at Uhlenburg. This castle was situated in the Aller valley between Essel and Buchholz (Aller) and was destroyed in 1394 by the
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. Another castle was built in the 13th century at Engehausen— Blankenburg Castle—on the site of which a manor house was subsequently built.


References

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