Daerstorf


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

show early settlements in Bronze Age and a small village around 770.
'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.
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.
during the capture of Daerstorf 1945.
The independent municipality Daerstorf became part of Neu Wulmstorf on 1 January 1970.