Eilbek | |
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Location of Eilbek quarter of Hamburg  | |
  Eilbek  Eilbek | |
| Coordinates:53°34′4″N10°2′44″E / 53.56778°N 10.04556°E /53.56778; 10.04556 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Hamburg |
| City | Hamburg |
| Borough | Wandsbek |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.7 km2 (0.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 22,693 |
| • Density | 13,000/km2 (35,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Dialling codes | 040 |
| Vehicle registration | HH |
Eilbekⓘ (former Eilbeck) is a quarter of the German city ofHamburg and part of theWandsbek borough. It originated as a small village on the outskirts of Hamburg and was eventually incorporated when the city expanded. In 2020 the population was 22,235.
The village was named after the smallWandse river, here named Eilbek. This is usually regarded as derived from the old German for "rushing stream",eile meaning to hurry or rush andBeck meaning river or stream. However other sources interpret the first element,Ylen orIlen, asleech (GermanEgel), because in northern Germany the language isLow German.[2]
Eilbek first appears in 1247 as Ylenbeke.
During theGreat Fire of Hamburg from May 5 to May 8, 1842, the center of Hamburg was destroyed. Some of the people fromHamburg-Altstadt settled in Ylenbeke.
In the Second World War Eilbek was almost completely destroyed by the heavy air raids in July 1943 (codenamedOperation Gomorrah). With the reorganization of Hamburg in 1949 Eilbek became a part of Wandsbek.
In 2006 according to the statistical office of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein, the quarter Eilbek has a total area of 1.7 km2 (1 sq mi). To the north and the west the quarters Barmbek-Süd, Uhlenhorst and Hohenfelde of the boroughHamburg-Nord border on Eilbek. The eastern borders are with the quarters Wandsbek and Marienthal. In the south is the quarter Hamm-Nord of theHamburg-Mitte borough.
In 2006 the population of the quarter of Eilbek was 20,265. The population density was 11,741/km2 (30,409/sq mi). 9.8% were children under the age of 18, and 21.4% were 65 years of age or older. 14.7% were resident aliens. 1,087 people were registered as unemployed.[3] In 1999 there were 12,659 households and 58.7% of all households were made up of individuals.[4]
There were 3 elementary schools and 1 secondary school in the quarter Eilbek and 38 physicians in private practice and 5 pharmacies.[5]
These are the results of Eilbek in theHamburg state election:
| SPD | Greens | Left | CDU | AfD | FDP | Others | |
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| 2020 | 36,2 % | 30,1 % | 10,0 % | 7,5 % | 5,0 % | 4,2 % | 7,0 % |
| 2015 | 47,4 % | 13,9 % | 8,9 % | 11,4 % | 6,2 % | 6,2 % | 5,9 % |
| 2011 | 50,9 % | 11,8 % | 6,6 % | 18,2 % | – | 5,8 % | 5,1 % |
| 2008 | 35,5 % | 9,6 % | 6,6 % | 40,8 % | – | 4,6 % | 2,8 % |
| 2004 | 32,5 % | 11,5 % | – | 46,0 % | – | 3,1 % | 7,0 % |
| 2001 | 39,5 % | 8,2 % | 0,5 % | 26,5 % | – | 4,5 % | 20,8 % |
| 1997 | 38,2 % | 13,3 % | 0,7 % | 30,2 % | – | 3,2 % | 14,4 % |
| 1993 | 43,1 % | 12,4 % | – | 25,5 % | – | 3,4 % | 15,6 % |
TheBundesstraße 75 leads through the quarter, connecting the cityLübeck in the North withDelmenhorst inLower Saxony. According to the Department of Motor Vehicles (Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt), 6,560 private cars were registered (328 cars/1000 people) in Eilbek.[5]
Media related toEilbek at Wikimedia Commons
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