Stapel in the Netherlands and in Germany
(home = www.cstapel.nl)
The 25 geographical names with stapel in the Netherlands and in Germany all relate to calm rural hamlets or villages. Without the ambition to grow, the living there has been good within living memory and still moving with the times. Quite small they lie along country roads and though they may have their own church and a website, they eschew urbane tomfoolery. Stapelfeld, Schleswig-Holstein is with 1660 inhabitants in 2012 by far the largest. Some images of hamlets and villages named Stapel are shown here, traveling from Dutch Drenthe to German East-Friesland and further to Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt. Most pictures have been derived with thanks from Google Maps; Street View is not available in Germany. These few farms constitute De Stapel, a hamlet in Drenthe. The Reest, After 40 years there is again a name Board on the Stapeler road. borderbrook with Overijssel, meanders north-west to the Meppelerdiep. This was officially revealed 14-08-2014 at the road's north end. Stapel near Uplengen, East-Friesland, started in 1765 as a fen-colony. Stapel near Horstedt, Lower Saxony, borders to a large state forest. In 2010 it had 500 inhabitants. The website explains the name precisely. Stapel near Amt Neuhaus, Lower Saxony, with its Maria Church.Stapel near Lückstedt, Sachsen Anhalt, had 179 inhabitants in 2010. It is the only Stapel named village on the (north) banks of the Elbe.The 13th century's Danish fieldstone church in the centre carries a bronze fis bell, founded in 1492 by Gerard van Wou from Kampen (NL). Photo by courtesy of Dr Rolf Hirte, www.rhirte.de. |