Eilbek
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| Country |  Germany |
| City | Hamburg |
| Borough | Wandsbek |
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| Area | 1.7 km² (0.7 sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Area code | 040 |
| License plate | HH |
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Eilbek (Eilbeck) is a quarter of the German city of Hamburg and part of the Wandsbek borough. It originated as a small village on the outskirts of Hamburg and was eventually incorporated when the city expanded.
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[edit] History
- Eilbek first appears in 1247 as Ylenbeke.
- During a great fire in Hamburg Mai 5 to May 8 1844 the center of Hamburg was destroyed. Some of the people from Hamburg-Alstadt settled in Ylenbeke.
- In the Second World War Eilbek was almost completely destroyed by the heavy air raids in July 1943 (codenamed: Operation Gomorrah).
- With the reorganisation of Hamburg in the year 1949 Eilbek became a part of the district Wandsbek.
[edit] Geography
In 2006 according to the statistical office of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein, the quarter Eilbek has a total area of 1.7 km². To the north and the west the quarters Barmbek-Süd, Uhlenhorst and Hohenfelde of the borough Hamburg-Nord border on Eilbek. The eastern borders are to the quarters Wandsbek and Marienthal. In the south is the quarter Hamm-Nord of the borough Hamburg-Mitte.
[edit] Demographics
In 2006 in the quarter Eilbek were living 20,265 people. The population density is 11,741 people per km². 9.8% were children under the age of 18, and 21.4% were 65 years of age or older. 14.7% were immigrants. 1.087 people were registered as unemployed. [1] In 1999 there were 12,659 households and 58.7% of all households were made up of individuals. [2]
There were 3 elementary schools and 1 secondary school in the quarter Eilbek and 38 physicians in private practice and 5 pharmacies.[3]
[edit] Origin of the name
The village was named after a small river of the same name.
- Ylenbeke derives from the old German for rushing stream. Eile meaning to hurry / rush and beck meaning river or stream.
- Other sources declare Ylen or Ilen as a leech (German "Egel"), because in northern Germany the language is Low German.[4]
[edit] Transportation
According to the Department of Motor Vehicles (Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt), in the quarter Eilbek were 6,560 privat cars registered (328 cars/1000 people).[3]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Residents registration office, source: statistical office Nord of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (2006)
- ^ Source: statistical office Nord of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (1999)
- ^ a b Source: statistical office Nord of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (2006)
- ^ German wiki de:Hamburg-Eilbek
[edit] References
- Statistical office Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein, official website (in german)
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