Engelbostel

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Engelbostel is a district of the city of Langenhagen in the Hanover region. The independent municipality until 1974, was integrated at the regional reorganization on 1 March 1974 after Langenhagen. The town is located southwest of the airport Hannover -Langenhagen in its immediate vicinity. Eastern neighbor is Schulenburg; west are the villages belonging to the city of Garbsen Berenbostel and Stelingen.

History

Engelbostel celebrated in 2008 its 975 years of existence, but it is assumed that the place was founded around the year 900.

Even " in 1100 ," the archaeologist Helmut Plath judged according to archaeological finds, was the St. Gallenhof, " the nucleus of the city " Hannover, the parish of St. Mary assigned to Engelbostel. But the church building itself is 1196 for the first time preserved in deeds of gift of the Earl of Roden to the monastery Marienwerderstraße. From the church, as it was built in the 15th century on their predecessors, today is probably still the steeple. To him, the new building of the nave was leaning 1788. Before there was a church in Engelbostel, today's church tower was a watchtower.

For the year 1808, the files of the parish archives report in the context of its economic income of 64 homes in the town. The name " Engelbostel " is derived from the original " Endelindebostelde " from, which means " place nobleman's castle ." This Engelbostel is historically the oldest district of the city of Langenhagen.

In 1928 the previously unincorporated Gutsbezirk Kananohe was combined with the community Engelbostel.

Policy

Local mayor is Gudrun Mennecke (SPD).

On the red coat of arms stands on a green background the silver icon of the tower of St. Martin's Church, on the coat of arms of the city of Langenhagen.

Economy and infrastructure

The town has a primary school and daycare at the Martin church and a children's store. The centrally located and easily accessible also from the development area in Schulenburg Elementary School Engelbostel is developed as a social center of the town to a day school, for the time being in a municipal pilot project for the next two years.

Engelbostel is served by three bus lines of Üstra and Regiobus Hanover. There are connections to Hannover -Nord port (connection to the light rail ), Langenhagen, Garbsen and Stöckendrebber.

Personalities

From Engelbostel comes later living in London, composer Augustus Frederick Christopher Kollmann.