# Esperke

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{{Infobox German location
|type = Ortsteil
|Town = [Neustadt am Rübenberge](/source/Neustadt_am_R%C3%BCbenberge)
|coordinates = {{coord|52|37|37|N|9|36|23|E|display=inline}}
|image_coa = Wappen Esperke.png
|state=Lower Saxony
|elevation=32
|area=12.22
|population=701
|population_as_of   = 2021
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|postal_code=31535
|area_code=05073
|district = Hanover
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'''Esperke''' is a village in [Hanover Region](/source/Hanover_Region), [Lower Saxony](/source/Lower_Saxony) in Germany. It is part of the town [Neustadt am Rübenberge](/source/Neustadt_am_R%C3%BCbenberge). In 2021 it had a population of 701.

Esperke and the neighbouring districts of '''Helstorf''', '''Luttmersen''', '''Vesbeck''' and '''Warmeloh''' are part of the '''''Ortsrat''''' '''Helstorf'''  (Helstorf local council) area.

== History ==
The first written mention of Esperke, at the time spelled ''Esperch'', was in the year 1268.<ref>Ehlich, Hans: ''Bauern Bürger brennende Dörfer'', Nr. 4 der Calenberger Blätter, Wunstorf: Oppermann Verlag, S. 131</ref>

Esperke provided the core immigrants to the [Hanoverian](/source/Kingdom_of_Hanover) settlement in [Freedom Township](/source/Freedom_Township%2C_Lafayette_County%2C_Missouri), [Lafayette County, Missouri](/source/Lafayette_County%2C_Missouri), USA during the period 1837–1860.

Under a local government reform in 1974, the area became part the ''Stadt'' ("city") of [Neustadt am Rübenberge](/source/Neustadt_am_R%C3%BCbenberge).

== Politics ==
The ''Ortsbürgermeisterin'' (local mayor) is Ute Bertram Kuehn ([SPD](/source/SPD)). The other members of the ''Ortsrat'' are Peter Kruger, Jens Metterhausen (both CDU) and Hans-Heinrich Thies (SPD). The council's liaison officer for Esperke is Otto Brackhan.

== Blazon ==
The coat of arms features a golden sailboat on a green background.

== Culture and sights ==
* Esperke has a small Gothic chapel.
* The Blankes Flat nature reserve in Esperke-Warmeloh features a [bog](/source/bog) lake, along with rare plant and animal life.

== People ==
[Heinrich Feisthauer](/source/Heinrich_Feisthauer) spent the last years of his life in Esperke.

== References ==
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Category:Former municipalities in Lower Saxony
Category:Neustadt am Rübenberge

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