Elskop

Elskop is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig- Holstein.

Geography and transport

Elskop is located five kilometers east of luck town in the Elbe marshes. A few kilometers west runs the federal highway 431 from Elmshorn city of happiness, a few kilometers north-east of the federal motorway 23 of Elmshorn to Itzehoe.

The municipality belongs to the district Elskoper Altendeich.

History

Already in 1260 Dutch settlers laid the parcels still used today for settlement.

Eight yards of the community are recognized as cultural monuments.

In the 1970s, Günter Grass had for some time one of the homesteads.

Policy

Coat of arms

Blazon: "In a gold border red swan with raised wings and blue armor. "

Elskop one of the so -called seven - Kremper march villages. These communities have a uniform coat of arms. Learn more about this see: Office Krempermarsch

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