Eilbek Totally Explained

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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.

History

- 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.

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.

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. In 1999 there were 12,659 households and 58.7% of all households were made up of individuals.
There were 3 elementary schools and 1 secondary school in the quarter Eilbek and 38 physicians in private practice and 5 pharmacies.

Transportation

According to the Department of Motor Vehicles (Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt), in the quarter Eilbek were 6,560 privat cars registered (328 cars/1000 people).Further Information

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