Westergellersen

Municipality in Lower Saxony, Germany
Coat of arms of Westergellersen
Coat of arms
Location of Westergellersen within Lüneburg district
Lüneburg (district)Lower SaxonySchleswig-HolsteinMecklenburg-VorpommernLüchow-DannenbergUelzen (district)HeidekreisHarburgRehlingenSoderstorfOldendorfAmelinghausenBetzendorfBarnstedtMelbeckDeutsch EvernWendisch EvernEmbsenSüdergellersenKirchgellersenWestergellersenReppenstedtReppenstedtMechtersenVögelsenRadbruchBardowickHandorfWittorfLüneburgBarendorfVastorfReinstorfThomasburgDahlenburgBoitzeNahrendorfTosterglopeDahlemBleckedeNeetzeAdendorfScharnebeckRullstorfLüdersburgHittbergenHohnstorfEchemArtlenburgBarumBrietlingenAmt Neuhaus
53°14′N 10°15′E / 53.233°N 10.250°E / 53.233; 10.250CountryGermanyStateLower SaxonyDistrictLüneburg Municipal assoc.Gellersen Government
 • MayorHans-Jürgen Nischk (CDU)Area
 • Total20.38 km2 (7.87 sq mi)Elevation
55 m (180 ft)Population
 (2022-12-31)[1]
 • Total2,296 • Density110/km2 (290/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes
21394
Dialling codes04135Vehicle registrationLGWebsitewww.westergellersen.de

Westergellersen is a municipality in the district of Lüneburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

Geographical Location

Westergellersen is a village approximately 10 km west of Lueneburg and together with Kirchgellersen, Suedergellersen and Reppenstedt forms the community of "Samtgemeinde Gellersen", whose administrative center is in Reppenstedt.

Coat of arms

The central feature in the coat of arms is a building which still exists in the center of the old part of the village. The two-storey building was used originally as a storehouse for food and equipment and is the oldest building in the village. It is not absolutely certain when it was built but 1603 is generally accepted. In 1902 a nearby main farmhouse was set on fire by lightning. In order to rebuild the destroyed farmhouse, the storehouse had to be put on rollers and moved to the other side of the street where it stands today.

References

  1. ^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
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