Essel, Lower Saxony

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Essel, Lower Saxony
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Essel, Lower Saxony
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Essel, Lower Saxony
Coordinates: 52°41′22″N9°38′37″E / 52.68944°N 9.64361°E / 52.68944; 9.64361 Coordinates: 52°41′22″N9°38′37″E / 52.68944°N 9.64361°E / 52.68944; 9.64361
Country Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Heidekreis
Municipal assoc. Schwarmstedt
Subdivisions4 Ortschaften
Government
   Mayor Bernd Block (CDU)
Area
  Total34.06 km2 (13.15 sq mi)
Elevation
27 m (89 ft)
Population
 (2020-12-31) [1]
  Total1,182
  Density35/km2 (90/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
29690
Dialling codes 0 50 71
Vehicle registration HK, SFA
Website www.essel.de

Essel is a municipality in the Heidekreis district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Most of the village is located on the southern bank of the river Aller. The A 7 motorway runs through the village.

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Subdivisions

The municipality of Essel comprises 4 subdivisions:

History

Essel was first mentioned in 1251 as Esele. The surveillance of the Aller crossing at Essel and control of Aller shipping was undertaken by the three lords of Hademstorf. In the 14th century their seat was at Uhlenburg. This castle was situated in the Aller valley between Essel and Buchholz (Aller) and was destroyed in 1394 by the Dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg.

Another castle was built in the 13th century at Engehausen—Blankenburg Castle—on the site of which a manor house was subsequently built.

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