Westerbeck (Sassenburg) Explained

Westerbeck
Type:Ortsteil
Coordinates:52.5167°N 48°W
Bundesland:Niedersachsen
Landkreis:Gifhorn
Municipality:Sassenburg
Einwohner:2374
Stand:2021
Pop Ref:[1]
Licence:GF
Area:88.4
Plz:38524
Vorwahl:05371, 05378, 05379
Website:www.sassenburg.de
Bürgermeister:Annette Merz
Bürgermeistertitel:Ortsvorsteherin
Partei:CDU

Westerbeck is a district of the municipality of Sassenburg in the district of Gifhorn, Lower Saxony, Germany.

Geography

Westerbeck is to the east of the Neudorf-Platendorf district and to the north of Dannenbüttel. The Neuhaus residential area belongs to Westerbeck.

History

Westerbeck was first mentioned in a document in 1390 as Westerbeke.[2] In 1838 an inn was set up in the Moorvogthaus at Schiffgraben, for which the building that still exists today was built in 1860, which is operated as Gasthof Neuhaus.[3] In 1950, the Heinz Kunze peat factory was founded in the buildings of an abandoned prison camp in the forest near Westerbeck.On March 1, 1974, Westerbeck was incorporated into the new municipality of Sassenburg[4]

Coat of arms

In red, a silver (white) horseshoe over a silver (white) picket fence.

Politics

Westerbeck is represented by an eight-member local council. The local mayor is Annette Merz (CDU).[5]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.sassenburg.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Die_Sassenburg_2021_03.pdf Einwohnerzahlen in der Gemeinde Sassenburg
  2. Web site: Sassenburg kirchengemeindelexikon.de . kirchengemeindelexikon.de.
  3. News: Fahrradfahren in Gifhorn – Unterwegs zwischen Heide, Moor und Sand – und im Spargelland . Gifhorner Rundschau . 18 May 2019.
  4. Book: Historisches Gemeindeverzeichnis für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland : Namens-, Grenz- und Schlüsselnummernänderungen bei Gemeinden, Kreisen und Regierungsbezirken vom 27.5.1970 bis 31.12.1982 . 1983 . Kohlhammer . Stuttgart . 3-17-003263-1.
  5. Web site: Westerbecker Ortsrat wählt Annette Merz . WAZ/AZ-online.de . de.