Maschen

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Mesh is a town in the municipality Seevetal in the district of Harburg, in Lower Saxony. With 9,199 inhabitants, of which 424 secondary residence, mesh is the second largest town of the community.

Location and districts

Mesh is located south of Hamburg on the northern edge of the Lüneburg Heath and within commuting area of the Hamburg metropolitan area. A distinction between the northern and southern Maschens. The highway 39, which runs through the village in the middle, forming the border of the two districts. The older, northern part Maschens is popularly called mesh or meshes village location, the southern ( higher-lying ) district is referred to as mesh - heath or mesh -Horst, because it borders on the neighboring nest.

Mesh place is located in the old Elbe river valley and has some areas high groundwater levels on. Mesh Heath is located on the back of the Hall Onen, which characterize the northern edge of the Lüneburg Heath and glacial origin. There, the groundwater levels are much lower, at best you will encounter layers of water.

History

Mesh was the first time in 1294 under the name " Merschene " mentioned in a document ( Low German "end of March" ). Archaeological finds of remains of houses suggest that the area was inhabited around the year 900.

1671 the first school was built, which has repeatedly changed the location to this day. Today, the primary school is knitted in the center next to the town house. In the tower of the village house restored the school clock of the old school has been installed.

On July 1, 1972 stitches and 18 other municipalities were merged to form the new municipality Seevetal.

Today mesh is characterized by a variety of shops in four supermarkets, two beverage markets, as well as several smaller stores. The village house and a local library are also in mesh village.

The main roads in mesh Heath, the streets are age and post Horster highway.

Traffic

Mesh is highway and freight hub. The passenger station is located outside the village, on the opposite side of him freight station. Here every half-hour or hour regional train line (Hamburg ) Harburg - Winsen - Lüneburg. At the station there are some bus connections that lead first to mesh the village and then to Fleestedt ( line 343) or via mesh Heath to Holtorfsloh. To drive to Harburg also connect through Fleestedt ( after line 14) can be used. In addition, there are links to the community center Hittfeld. All lines are part of the Hamburg Transport Association.

The mesh Rbf station is the largest marshalling yard in Europe and the second largest worldwide. Was opened to the rail yard on July 7, 1977.

Sports

Mesh has two sports clubs, for a VfL mesh eV of 1911, on the other hand the ESV mesh from 1980 eV VfL meshes with the departments Badminton, Ball Sports, Basketball, Football, Martial Arts, coronary, swimming, dancing, tennis, table tennis, gymnastics Volleyball and the larger of the two clubs. In the ESV mesh fishing, tennis and soccer are offered. There is also a shooting club with marching band in stitches.

Regular events

Each summer, a village festival celebrating mesh. Furthermore, takes place every year before Christmas the traditional Christmas market on Saturday. Also worth noting is that on Easter Saturday at the annual Schützenplatz Easter fire, which is organized by the volunteer fire meshes, and the annual shooting festival in July.

Personalities

  • The puppeteer Walter Buettner lived in stitches and ran his own open-air theater there.
  • The actress Sophie Schütt comes from stitches.
  • The well-known country band Truckstop comes from mesh and has recorded their records at the local recording studio of Joe Menke 1977-1995. She mentioned the place in their hit The Wild, Wild West ( The Wild, Wild West is about to start behind Hamburg, in a studio in stitches ... ).
  • Uschi Nerke, known from the Beat-Club in the 1960s and 1970s, lives in stitches.
  • The NDW singer Franziska Menke ( Menke Miss ) lives in stitches.
  • The director Nicolas Stemann grew up in stitches.
  • Dirk Zander - Former Bundesliga soccer player at St. Pauli and Dynamo Dresden, lives in stitches.
  • Patrick Müller - actor in the soap opera " Unter uns", comes from stitches.
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