Bergstedt

<h2 id="geography">Geography</h2>
<p>Bergstedt borders the quarters of <a href="/facts/Lemsahl-Mellingstedt/qPPYn0GL">Lemsahl-Mellingstedt</a>, <a href="/facts/Wohldorf-Ohlstedt/RHGNUFh3">Wohldorf-Ohlstedt</a>, <a href="/facts/Volksdorf/clV6SAnJ">Volksdorf</a>, and <a href="/facts/Sasel/f7l2FjCd">Sasel</a>. The streams and rivers of <a href="/facts/Furtbek/FSwaqX3q">Furtbek</a>, <a href="/facts/Lottbek/GDlFVa6e">Lottbek</a>, <a href="/facts/Rodenbek_(river)/r8z2r1hj">Rodenbek</a>, and <a href="/facts/Saselbek/CfInaz4g">Saselbek</a> flow through Bergstedt. There are two nature reserves, Hainesch/Iland and Rodenbeker Quellental.
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<h2 id="politics">Politics</h2>
<p>These are the results of Bergstedt in the <a href="/facts/Hamburg_Parliament/vgeeeKfW">Hamburg state election</a>:
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<table><tbody><tr><th rowspan="2">Election</th><th colspan="7">Bergstedt</th></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Germany/GyXlKgqJ">SPD</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Alliance_%252790%2fThe_Greens/HJ8MNBnc">Greens</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Christian_Democratic_Union_of_Germany/xJxhhtUr">CDU</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Free_Democratic_Party_(Germany)/4HekM3Vw">FDP</a></th><th><a href="/facts/The_Left_(Germany)/BBy8BqX8">Left</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Alternative_for_Germany/kTCco2TS">AfD</a></th><th>Others</th></tr><tr><td>2020</td><td>40,7 %</td><td>27,3 %</td><td>11,8 %</td><td>06,0 %</td><td>05,4 %</td><td>04,7 %</td><td>04,1 %</td></tr><tr><td>2015</td><td>48,0 %</td><td>13,7 %</td><td>15,3 %</td><td>08,5 %</td><td>05,8 %</td><td>05,8 %</td><td>02,9 %</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>49,9 %</td><td>13,2 %</td><td>20,6 %</td><td>08,6 %</td><td>03,9 %</td><td>–</td><td>03,8 %</td></tr><tr><td>2008</td><td>31,3 %</td><td>12,6 %</td><td>44,1 %</td><td>05,9 %</td><td>04,5 %</td><td>–</td><td>01,6 %</td></tr><tr><td>2004</td><td>26,1 %</td><td>16,2 %</td><td>49,2 %</td><td>03,9 %</td><td>–</td><td>–</td><td>04,7 %</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>34,0 %</td><td>10,9 %</td><td>30,0 %</td><td>05,8 %</td><td>00,3 %</td><td>–</td><td>19,0 %</td></tr><tr><td>1997</td><td>30,7 %</td><td>17,2 %</td><td>35,4 %</td><td>04,0 %</td><td>00,3 %</td><td>–</td><td>12,4 %</td></tr><tr><td>1993</td><td>32,1 %</td><td>18,6 %</td><td>28,5 %</td><td>04,7 %</td><td>–</td><td>–</td><td>16,1 %</td></tr></tbody></table>
<h2 id="history">History</h2>
<p>In 1248 Bergstedt, formerly a Saxonian <a href="/facts/Rundling/2HETwxyR">Rundling</a>, was first recorded under the name of <i>Bericstede</i>. It does not relate to a <i>Berg</i> (mountain), but to a founder named <i>Beric</i>. Also the part <i>-stedt</i> in the name refers to a Saxonian foundation, meaning <i>safe settlement</i> or safe <i>residence</i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> The Church of Bergstedt (<i>Bergstedter Kirche</i>) was also first recorded in 1248, its oldest parts originating from 13th century. Therefore it is one of the oldest church buildings in Hamburg.
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<h3>Nature reserves</h3>

<p>In the southeast of Bergstadt lies the natural monument of <a href="/facts/Timmermoor/mN29GsJH">Timmermoor</a>, roughly 4 hectares in area, a bog pond surrounded by heathland and woods, which was formed in the last <a href="/facts/Ice_age/agSMvAgX">ice age</a> about 20,000 years ago, probably as a result of the sinking of the soil layers over thawing <a href="/facts/Dead_ice/3HcGlEPr">dead ice</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a>
</p><p>In the southwest of the quarter, between the Alster tributary of the <a href="/facts/Saselbek/CfInaz4g">Saselbek</a> and its tributary, the Furtbek, lies the Hainesch/Iland Nature Reserve.
</p><p>In the north lies the Rodenbeker Quellental Nature Reserve.
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<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hamburg-Bergstedt.

<ul><li><a href="http://www.hamburg.de/bergstedt/">Bergstedt</a>, Hamburg.de</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Horst Beckershaus: Die Namen der Hamburger Stadtteile. Woher sie kommen und was sie bedeuten, Hamburg 2002, ISBN 3-434-52545-9, p. 19 <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>"Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg, Behörde für Stadtentwicklung und Umwelt: Timmermoor". Archived from the original on 2016-03-27. Retrieved 2017-04-07. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160327092825/http://www.hamburg.de/geotope/145194/timmermoor-start.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20160327092825/http://www.hamburg.de/geotope/145194/timmermoor-start.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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