Maschen is a village in the municipality of Seevetal in Harburg district in the German state of Lower Saxony . It lies south of Hamburg on the northern edge of the Lüneburg Heath and within the commuter zone of the city of Hamburg. Maschen Marshalling Yard is the largest of its kind in Europe and the second biggest in the world. It was opened in 1977.
6-484: With its 9,266 inhabitants (as of 2005), Maschen is the second largest village in Seevetal . Maschen was first mentioned in the records in 1294 as Merschene ( Low German = end of the marsh). In 1671 the first school was built; it has moved location several times since. Today Maschen Primary School is in the centre of Maschen next to the village hall. The town's historic tower clock has been restored and installed in
12-529: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Seevetal Seevetal ( Northern Low Saxon : Seevdaal ) is a municipality in the district of Harburg , in Lower Saxony , Germany. It is situated approximately 20 km south of Hamburg , and 15 km west of Winsen (Luhe) . Its seat is in the village Hittfeld. It is named after the river Seeve . On 1 July 1972, the administrations of 19 independent smaller municipalities were merged to form
18-590: Is further subdivided into 19 villages and hamlets, which are grouped into six boroughs: Population of Seevetal (as of December 31 of each year) : Seevetal is the most populous German municipality that has no city rights , i.e., it is the most populous rural municipality ("Gemeinde") in Germany. The council of the Seevetal municipality consists of 40 seats. The current council was elected on September 10, 2006 and consists of: The current mayor Emily Weede (CDU)
24-455: The Seevetal municipality. The 19 towns and villages forming Seevetal are Beckedorf, Bullenhausen , Emmelndorf, Fleestedt, Glüsingen, Groß Moor, Helmstorf, Hittfeld, Holtorfsloh, Horst, Hörsten, Klein Moor, Lindhorst, Maschen , Meckelfeld, Metzendorf, Ohlendorf, Over and Ramelsloh . Several of these towns have a rich history: the existence of Ramelsloh was first vouched in the year 845, Maschen
30-458: The primary school. The Maschen disc brooch is an Early Medieval fibula , which was found on the late Saxon grave field near Maschen. The Hanover–Harburg railway line which opened in 1847 laid track through Maschen, which received its own stop in 1901, and its own station building in 1904–1905. 53°23′54″N 10°2′24″E / 53.39833°N 10.04000°E / 53.39833; 10.04000 This Hamburg location article
36-605: Was first mentioned in official documents in 1294, and Hittfeld celebrated its 900th anniversary in June 2007. The St. Mauritius church in Hittfeld dates back to the 12th century. Remarkable archaeological finds of the region are the Metzendorf-Woxdorf head burial dating to ca. 2200 BCE or the early Christian Maschen disc brooch which are in the permanent exhibition of the nearby Archaeological Museum Hamburg . Seevetal
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