is a quarter of

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, in the borough of

Eimsbüttel Eimsbüttel () is one of the seven boroughs (Bezirke) of Hamburg, Germany. In 2020, the borough had a population of 269,118. History On March 1, 2008 Eimsbüttel lost part of its area to the borough Altona where it formed the Sternschanze quar ...

. It is located on the northwestern boundaries of the borough and of the city.

Geography

Eidelstedt borders the quarters of Schnelsen, Niendorf, Stellingen, as well as

Bahrenfeld is a western quarter of the city of Hamburg in Germany, it is subject to the district/borough ''Bezirk Altona'' and was an independent settlement until 1890. It is home to DESY and the Barclays Arena. In 2023 the population was 31,438. Histor ...

and Lurup in the neighbouring Altona borough.

History

In 1266/69 Eidelstedt was first recorded as a village,Eidelstedt
Hamburg.de, in German then under the names of ''Eilstede, Eylstedt'' or ''Eylenstede''. The part ''-'' in the name refers to a Saxonian foundation, meaning safe settlement or safe residence, which was founded by a first settler named ''Eyler''. Another explanation derives from ''Ilenstätten'', referring to a place (German: ''Stätte''), where medicinal

leeches Leeches are segmented parasitic or predatory worms that comprise the subclass Hirudinea within the phylum Annelida. They are closely related to the oligochaetes, which include the earthworm, and like them have soft, muscular segmented bod ...

(German: ''Egel, Blutegel'',

Low German Low German is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language variety, language spoken mainly in Northern Germany and the northeastern Netherlands. The dialect of Plautdietsch is also spoken in the Russian Mennonite diaspora worldwide. "Low" ...

: ''Ilen'') could be found, namely in a stream called Mühlenau and the pond of Mühlenteich in the village.Horst Beckershaus: ''Die Namen der Hamburger Stadtteile. Woher sie kommen und was sie bedeuten'', Hamburg 2002, , p. 34 In 1937, the village was incorporated into

by the

Greater Hamburg Act The Greater Hamburg Act (), in full the Law Regarding Greater Hamburg and Other Territorial Readjustments (), was passed by the government of Nazi Germany on 26 January 1937, and mandated the exchange of territories between Hamburg and the Free S ...

, which came into force in 1938.

Politics

Transportation

The Hamburg-Altona–Kiel railway marks the south western boundaries of the quarter, with

Hamburg S-Bahn The Hamburg S-Bahn is a rapid transit railway system in the Hamburg Metropolitan Region. Together, the S-Bahn, the Hamburg U-Bahn, the AKN Eisenbahn, AKN railway and the regional railway form the backbone of railway public transport in the city ...

commuter trains serve Elbgaustraße and Eidelstedt station; the latter is also served by AKN commuter trains. AKN railcars also call Eidelstedt Zentrum station.

References

External links

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