Eilbek

Eilbek ( spelling to 1946: Eilbeck ) is a district of Hamburg. It is located in the extreme southwest of the district Wandsbek and lies on the Wandse that there the name Eilbek - west Maxstraße Eilbekkanal - bears and opens into the outer Alster lake in the further course.

  • 4.1 churches 4.1.1 Peace Church
  • 4.1.2 Osterkirche
  • 4.1.3 Reconciliation Church
  • 4.1.4 St. Michael the Serbian Orthodox Church
  • 5.1 traffic
  • 5.2 Rail

Geography

Eilbek is located about four kilometers east of Hamburg city center. To the west it borders on the High field ( road train Wartenau - Landwehr ), in the northwest of the Uhlenhorst Barmbek South ( along the river Eilbek ), to the east by the district of Wandsbek ( route of the goods bypass Bahn Hamburg ) and at Marienthal and on the south by Hamm; Here is the route of the railway line to Lübeck the border.

The area is predominantly characterized by a multi-storey residential buildings in the style of the postwar period. Only the westernmost Auenviertel along the Eilbek channel ( here ends of many street names on -au like Blumenau, Eilenau and Haguenau ) has a smaller-scale, mostly two-story building with many old town houses and villas, gardens and lush greenery on road. There are a few scattered businesses, old fashioned used in factories and near the train station Hasselbrook some large administrative buildings.

History

The first mention was made in 1247 as Eilbeks Ylenbeke, which means something like Egelbach. By the end of the 19th century at this location leeches were caught for medical use. Eilbek was initially for some 600 years at the Hamburg Hospital of the Holy Spirit before 1830 came to the Mansion shank der Geest country during the rearrangement of the Hamburg 's land area. The southern boundary of the corridor Eilbeker originally formed the army way from Hamburg to Lübeck (now Wandsbeker Chaussee ). In 1856, the area was expanded to the south along the Peter Kamps to the present Papestraße / Poplar Avenue, 1865 finally to the newly built railway line to Lübeck (see also Hassel Brook ).

After the Great Fire of Hamburg in 1842, many of the homeless citizens settled in Eilbek. In 1864 the State Hospital Friedrich Berg, founded today Schön Klinik Hamburg- Eilbek. After the construction of Lübeck railroad intensified the migration to Eilbek, which was first raised in 1874 to the suburb and finally incorporated in 1894 as a district of Hamburg.

1923 Eilbek was one of the centers of the communist uprising in Hamburg.

During World War II Eilbek was outside the Auenviertels almost completely destroyed by the heavy air raids of Operation Gomorrah in July 1943. Among the destroyed buildings included the Hospital of the Holy Spirit and that Mary Magdalene convent in Richardstaße, both of which were administered by the Oberaltenburg.

In the reorganization of Hamburg in 1949 Eilbek was a part of the district Wandsbek.

Population Development

Personalities

  • Max Schmeling grew up in the Hasselbrookstraße (No. 14)
  • Hans Fallada lived temporarily in 1928 also in the Hasselbrookstraße ( No. 54)
  • Helmut Schmidt spent part of his youth in Schellingstrasse

Policy

For the election of the Hamburg Parliament and the District Assembly Eilbek part of the constituency Wandsbek. The state election in 2011 led to the following result:

  • SPD 50.9 % ( 15.4 )
  • CDU 18.2 % ( -22.6 )
  • GAL 11.8 % ( 2.2 )
  • The Left 6.6% ( ± 0.0 )
  • FDP 5.8% ( 1.2 )
  • Others 6.7% ( 3.9 )

Culture and sights

Churches

Church of Peace

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Peace was inaugurated in March 1885 as the first independent community church for Eilbek. It was destroyed in July 1943 and renovated in 1954.

Osterkirche

The former cemetery chapel of the Jacobi cemetery was built in 1863-64, designed by Alexis de Chateauneuf. After the abolition of the cemetery and the elimination of significant war damage, it is used as a parish church since 1962.

Church of Reconciliation

The construction of the Evangelical Lutheran Church was 1916-20, designed by Fernando Lorenzo, the tower was completed in 1925. William Rex made ​​in 1921 with three relief above the entrance.

Coordinates of the Church of Reconciliation: 53 ° 34 ' 21.1 "N, 10 ° 2' 51.4 " O53.57253888888910.047616666667

St. Michael the Serbian Orthodox Church

Parks

The Jacobi Park is a 1954 abandoned cemetery. It was created in 1848 by the Church of St. Jacobi in Hamburg city center just outside Hamburg. 1862 was added a further burial place of the hammer Trinity Church. Individual grave times are still available.

Two other parks are the Eilbeker public park near the church and the peace park at the front of the hospital Eilbek Eilbek.

Traffic

Auto transport

Eilbeks main thoroughfare is Wandsbeker Chaussee / state road 75 more cross- veins are the Eilbeker way to the north, and the Papestraße and Hasselbrookstraße in the south. Shortly before the Hasselbrook station opens the Papestraße in the Hasselbrookstraße. Major north- south streets in order from west to the east: Landwehr, Hirschkamp, Knight Street, Peterskampweg, Hammerstein dam. By Eilbek carry many one-way streets.

Rail traffic

In Eilbek are the S -Bahn Stations Station Hasselbrook and Landwehr. In Hasselbrook also keeps the R10. Furthermore, travels through the underground line 1 Eilbek with stops Metro Station Ritter Road and Metro Station Wartenau.

Gallery

View of the Wandsbeker Chaussee towards St. George

S and the local train station Hasselbrook, former input

Osterkirche

Jacobi Park

Grave of Erich Martini (1843-1880), assistant medical director of surgery at the General Hospital St. Georg

Established businesses and public authorities

  • Employment Agency Hamburg -Wandsbek
  • AOK main office Wandsbek
  • Ministry of Urban Development and Environment - Federal Building Department
  • Professional Association for Health Services and Welfare
  • Imtech
  • Seca ( company )
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