Daerstorf

Daerstorf
Ortsteil of Neu Wulmstorf
Coat of arms
Daerstorf
Coordinates: 53°26′18″N 09°48′20″E / 53.43833°N 9.80556°ECoordinates: 53°26′18″N 09°48′20″E / 53.43833°N 9.80556°E
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Harburg
Municipality	Neu Wulmstorf
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	21629
Dialling codes	040
Vehicle registration	WL

Daerstorf (Low German: Doasdörp) is a village in the municipality Neu Wulmstorf in the district Harburg in the north of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region.

History

Tumuli show early settlements in bronze age^[1][2] and a small village around 770.^[3] 'Dardestorpe' was first documented 1295 at the abbey of Hildesheim. During the First French Empire Daerstorf had a population of 101 was part of the Bouches-de-l'Elbe.^[4] The neighboring village of Neu Wulmstorf was founded in 1835 by the Daerstorf farmhand Peter Lohmann, who was working in Wulmstorf at the time. Just shortly before the end of World War II Daerstorf was captured on April 20, 1945 by the A-Companie of the 1st Rifle Brigade and the 8th King’s Royal Irish Hussars of the English troops after heavy fights.^[5][6]

"With the 8th Hussars in Germany- Tanks in a burning village" Drawing by Edward Ardizzone during the capture of Daerstorf 1945.

Notes

1. 1200 Jahre altes Gräberfeld aus der Sachsenzeit bei Elstorf entdeckt Abgerufen am 28. August 2013.
2. Pferdegrab - Grabbeigabe oder Tieropfer
3. Neue Funde bei archäologischer Ausgrabung in Neu Wulmstorf-Elstorf
4. Lasius, A. F. L.: Der Französische Kaiser-Staat unter der Regierung des Kaisers Napoleon des Grossen im Jahre 1812. (Osnabrück: Kißling 1813), Seite 57f
5. Paterson, Ian A. (30 July 2012), Engagements - 1945: Hamburg The Final Push to Hamburg, retrieved December 2013.
6. Ein Bericht zusammengestellt aus deutschen Quellen und Zeitzeugenberichten (fett gedruckt) und militärischen Aufzeichnungen der Engländer. (PDF; 1,7 MB)