Geesthacht
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Geesthacht | |
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Location of Geesthacht within Lauenburg district | |
Lauenburg | |
Government | |
• Mayor | Olaf Schulze |
Area | |
• Total | 33.18 km2 (12.81 sq mi) |
Elevation | 5 m (16 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 32,336 |
• Density | 970/km2 (2,500/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 21498–21502 |
Dialling codes | 04152 |
Vehicle registration | RZ |
Website | www.geesthacht.de |
Geesthacht (German:
History
A church was built in what is today Geesthacht around the year 800. The town was first mentioned in 1216 as Hachede, then a part of the
In 1811, Geesthacht was annexed to the
During the Weimar Republic, Geesthacht was a hotbed of radical leftist parties (USPD, KPD and SAPD) and acquired the nickname Little Moscow. It was granted town privileges by the Hamburg state order of 2 January 1924. The historical town center was destroyed by a fire in 1928. As part of the Greater Hamburg Act of 1937, Geesthacht was transferred to the Prussian province of Schleswig-Holstein, there becoming part of the district (Kreis) of Lauenburg. After the territorial reorganization in Allied-occupied Germany in the aftermath of World War II, the province of Schleswig-Holstein was transformed into the modern state of Schleswig-Holstein. In 1953, passenger service on the Bergedorf-Geesthachter Eisenbahn (a railway line) was suspended.
Politics
At present, the city council is composed as follows:
CDU |
SPD | GRÜNE |
FDP | Linke | Offensive D |
Total | |
2009 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 33 |
2003 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 36 |
The current mayor of Geesthacht is Olaf Schulze of the SPD, who was elected on the 08/08/2021.
Economics and transportation
Geesthacht is a major energy and scientific research center. It has the
- Freeway 25 from Hamburg
- Lauenburgin the east
- Disused railway line to Hamburg-Bergedorf
- River port on the Elbe, Elbe locks
- The nearest airport is at Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel
- The nearest sea harbour is the Port of Hamburg
State institutions
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht - research institute
Leisure and sports sites
- Open-air swimming pool at the Elbe
Theatre
- Kleines Theater Schillerstrasse - small art meetings and cinema
Museums
- Krügersches Haus - a permanent exhibition relating the history of the city
Twin towns – sister cities
Geesthacht is twinned with:[3]
- Kuldīga, Latvia (1991)
- Midden-Groningen, Netherlands (1966)
- Plaisir, France (1975)
Notable people
- Joachim Ritter (1903–1974), philosopher
- Frank Peterson (born 1963), music producer
Honorary citizen
- Rudolf Basedau (1897–1975), politician (SPD), member of the Schleswig-Holstein parliament
Trivia
The conservative politician Uwe Barschel, who was later involved in the "Waterkantgate" scandal, took his Abitur at the Otto-Hahn-Gymnasium in Geesthacht and as a student representative invited former Nazi admiral Dönitz to give a presentation on the topic of 'The Modernisation of History Classes' ("Aktualisierung des Geschichtsunterrichts"). Following the scandal, his principal committed suicide under the ensuing pressure.[4]
References
- Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein.
- LORC. Archivedfrom the original on 29 April 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ^ "Geesthachts Städtepartnerschaften". geesthacht.de (in German). Geesthacht. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
- ^ http://www.aliaflanko.de/bogi/venske/venske15.htm[permanent dead link]
Literature
- Heinz Bohlmann: Fäuste, Führer, Flüchtlingstrecks. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Städte Geesthacht und Lauenburg/Elbe 1930–1950. Schwarzenbeck 1990. ISBN 3-921595-15-0
- Bernhard Michael Menapace: "Klein-Moskau" wird braun: Geesthacht in der Endphase der Weimarer Republik (1928–1933). Kiel 1991. ISBN 3-89029-923-7
- August Ziehl: Geesthacht - 60 Jahre Arbeiterbewegung 1890–1950. Geesthacht 1958.
External links
- (in German) Official website
- (in German) Geesthacht News
- (in German) Fototour Geesthacht Archived 2005-04-15 at the Wayback Machine