Eilbek

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Eilbek
Eilbek
Recreation area Jacobipark
Recreation area Jacobipark
Coat of arms of Hamburg

Quarter of the city of
Hamburg

Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
City Hamburg
Borough Wandsbek
Basic statistics
Area 1.7 km² (0.7 sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Area code 040
License plate HH
Location of Eilbek quarter of Hamburg
Location of Eilbek quarter of Hamburg


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

Hamburg 1800
Hamburg 1800

- 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

  1. ^ Residents registration office, source: statistical office Nord of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (2006)
  2. ^ Source: statistical office Nord of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (1999)
  3. ^ a b Source: statistical office Nord of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein (2006)
  4. ^ German wiki de:Hamburg-Eilbek

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