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Encyclopedia > Geesthacht
Geesthacht
Coat of arms Location
Administration
Country Germany
State Schleswig-Holstein
District Lauenburg
Mayor Ingo Fokken
Basic statistics
Area 33.18 km² (13 sq mi)
Elevation 5 m  (16 ft)
Population 29,404  (30/06/2005)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate code RZ
Postal codes 21498–21502
Area code 04152
Website www.geesthacht.de

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Geesthacht (IPA: [geːstˈhaxt]) is the largest city in the District of the Duchy of Lauenburg (Herzogtum Lauenburg) in Schleswig-Holstein in Northern Germany, 10 km southeast of Hamburg on the banks of the River Elbe. Articles with similar titles include the NATO phonetic alphabet, which has also informally been called the “International Phonetic Alphabet”. For information on how to read IPA transcriptions of English words, see IPA chart for English. ... Lauenburg (in full Herzogtum Lauenburg, Duchy of Lauenburg) is a district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. ... Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the 16 Bundesländer in Germany. ... Location Coordinates Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Administration Country NUTS Region DE6 First Mayor Ole von Beust (CDU) Governing party CDU Votes in Bundesrat 3 (from 69) Basic statistics Area  755 km² (292 sq mi) Population 1,754,317 (11/2006)[1]  - Density 2,324 /km² (6,018... This article is about a river in Central Europe. ...

Contents

History

  • Around 800: A church is documented.
  • 1216: First documentary mention of the settlement as Hachede.
  • A change in the course of the Elbe cuts the settlement into two: Geesthacht and Marschacht (in Lower Saxony).
  • 1420: Geesthacht is ceded to the Hanseatic cities Hamburg and Lübeck in the Peace of Perleberg.
  • 1865/66: The Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel establishes a glycerin factory in Geesthacht (on Krümmel hill) and invents dynamite. Krümmel becomes the first dynamite factory in the world.
  • 1906: Opening of the Bergedorf-Geesthachter Railway(BGE).
  • 1918-1933: Geesthacht is a hotbed of radical leftist parties (USPD, KPD and SAPD) and acquires the nickname Little Moscow.
  • 1924: Granted municipal rights by the Hamburg City order of 2 January.
  • 1928: Destruction of the historical town centre by a fire.
  • 1937: In the context of the territorial reorganization of the State of Hamburg, Geesthacht is transferred to the Prussian province of Schleswig-Holstein and the administrative district (Kreis) of Duchy of Lauenburg.
  • 1953: Suspension of passenger service on the Bergedorf-Geesthachter Eisenbahn (a railway line).

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Politics

At present, the city council is composed as follows:

CDU SPD GRÜNE FDP Offensive D Total
2003 17 12 3 2 2 36

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Twin cities

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Economics and infrastructure

Geesthacht is a major energy and scientific research center. It has the Krümmel Nuclear Power Plant, a boiling water nuclear reactor on the River Elbe, and a pumped storage hydroelectrical plant situated within a few hundreds metres of the nuclear power plant. It consists of an artificial lake 80m above the river, where the water is pumped up from, and storage for later use in generating electricity when demand is high. ‹ The template below (German plant) is being considered for deletion. ... A boiling water reactor (BWR) is a type of light-water nuclear reactor developed by the General Electric Company in the mid 1950s. ... Diagram of the TVA pumped storage facility at Racoon Mountain Pumped storage hydroelectricity is a method of storing and producing electricity to supply high peak demands by moving water between reservoirs at different elevations. ...


Transport

Bundesautobahn 25 (translates from German as Federal Motorway 25, short form Autobahn 25, abbreviated as BAB 25 or A 25) is an autobahn in northwestern Germany, connecting southwestern Hamburg to Geesthacht. ... The Bundesstraße 5 or B5 is a German federal highway running in a northwesterly to southeasterly direction from the Danish border near Niebüll to Frankfurt (Oder). ... Location Coordinates Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Administration Country NUTS Region DE6 First Mayor Ole von Beust (CDU) Governing party CDU Votes in Bundesrat 3 (from 69) Basic statistics Area  755 km² (292 sq mi) Population 1,754,317 (11/2006)[1]  - Density 2,324 /km² (6,018... Lauenburg ( ) is a town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. ... Canal locks in England. ... Hamburg Airport (IATA: HAM, ICAO: EDDH) (German: ) is the international airport of Hamburg, Germany. ... Location Coordinates Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Administration Country NUTS Region DE6 First Mayor Ole von Beust (CDU) Governing party CDU Votes in Bundesrat 3 (from 69) Basic statistics Area  755 km² (292 sq mi) Population 1,754,317 (11/2006)[1]  - Density 2,324 /km² (6,018...

State institutions

  • GKSS-Forschungszentrum - nuclear 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

Personalities

Honorary citizens

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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 [1]. Uwe Barschel (May 13, 1944 in Glienicke - October 11, 1987 in Genf) was a German politician (CDU) and from 1982 to 1987 Minister-President in the State of Schleswig-Holstein. ... Abitur (from Latin abire = go away, go off) is the word commonly used in Germany for the final exams young adults (aged 18, 19 or 20) take at the end of their secondary education, usually after 12 or 13 years of schooling. ... Karl Dönitz (IPA pronunciation:  ); September 16, 1891–December 24, 1980) was a German naval leader, who was in command of the Kriegsmarine during World War II and was President of Germany for 23 days after Adolf Hitlers suicide. ...


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

  • (German) Fototour Geesthacht
  • (German) Bilder Geesthacht/Elbe
  • (German) Geesthacht Business Site

  Results from FactBites:
 
GKSS Research Centre Geesthacht (183 words)
Material research, separation and environmental technologies and environmental research are the three main focal points of research of the GKSS-Forschungszentrums Geesthacht GmbH.
In the field of material research, the GKSS Research Centre concentrates mainly on new high-temperature materials based on intermetal compounds and materials and components of marine technology.
An important aid to analysis is the research reactor Geesthacht (FRG 1).
Geesthacht Info (2121 words)
Geesthacht lies between the river Elbe and slopes of the,,Geest", the North German heathland.The lush green meadows around,,Gut Hasenthal", the extensive wooded areas to the north of the town and miles of hiking trails on the banks of the river Elbe invite you to take a stroll.
Geesthacht is also an interesting resort because of its geographical location, as a glance at the map will prove.
Geesthacht are in the southwest of the county " duchy Lauenburg " at the Elbe and is with almost 30.000 inhabitants the largest city of the district.
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