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Geodata Essel
Essel · Landkreis Heidekreis · Lower Saxony · Municipality key (AGS) 03358007
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Ready-made files from this server — one click, one download, uniform nationwide in EPSG:25832.
🗺️ ALKIS — Real-estate cadastre: parcels, building footprints and land use
2,347 parcels.
| Package | Size |
|---|---|
| Complete package (3 layers) | on demand |
| Parcels only | on demand |
| Building footprints only | on demand |
| Land use only | on demand |
Source: © GeoBasis-DE/LGLN · Licence CC BY 4.0
⛰️ DGM1 — Digital terrain model: elevations on a 1-metre grid
53 tiles of 1 km² each (147 MB), 1 m grid, EPSG:25832.
| Access | Extent |
|---|---|
| Tile list (53 tiles, JSON) | 147 MB |
🏙️ DOM1 — Digital surface model: unified 1-metre elevation grid including buildings and vegetation
53 tiles of 1 km² each (168 MB), 1 m grid, EPSG:25832.
| Access | Extent |
|---|---|
| Tile list (53 tiles, JSON) | 168 MB |
Directly from the state
There is no copy of these datasets here: the tables link per tile to the server of the responsible state agency.
✈️ DOP — Digital orthophotos: current aerial imagery directly from the state agencies
53 tiles, period 2026-03-18–2026-03-18.
| Access | Note |
|---|---|
| Download links (53 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
Show historical years individually (10)
| Access | Note |
|---|---|
| Historical year 2013 (13 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2015 (11 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2016 (6 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2018 (3 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2019 (10 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2021 (13 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2022 (7 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2024 (13 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2025 (6 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2026 (53 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
📷 bDOM — Image-based surface model at native resolution — directly from the state agency
53 tiles, period 2026-03-18–2026-03-18.
| Access | Note |
|---|---|
| Download links (53 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
Show historical years individually (5)
| Access | Note |
|---|---|
| Historical year 2021 (53 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2022 (29 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2024 (53 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2025 (20 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2026 (53 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
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Land use in Essel
What the land is used for — summed from the ALKIS land-use polygons, not taken from official statistics. Shares refer to the municipal area of 34 km².
| Use | Area | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Agriculture | 17 km² | 49.5 % |
| Forest | 12 km² | 36.2 % |
| Road transport | 92 ha | 2.7 % |
| Water bodies | 78 ha | 2.3 % |
| Paths and tracks | 74 ha | 2.2 % |
| Heath, bog & marsh | 56 ha | 1.7 % |
| Residential land | 50 ha | 1.5 % |
| Sports, leisure & recreation | 35 ha | 1.0 % |
| Woodland | 32 ha | 0.9 % |
| Mixed-use area | 28 ha | 0.8 % |
| Industry & commerce | 15 ha | 0.4 % |
| Wasteland & unvegetated land | 12 ha | 0.3 % |
| Squares | 6 ha | 0.2 % |
| Rail transport | 4 ha | 0.1 % |
The data covers the municipal area completely. All states compared →
Terrain elevation in Essel
Calculated from the digital terrain model (DGM1): minimum, maximum and a tile-area-weighted mean of the elevations above sea level (NHN).
| Metric | Elevation above sea level (NHN) |
|---|---|
| Minimum | 22.3 m |
| Mean | 27.5 m |
| Maximum | 40.6 m |
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Data as of: 2026-09-02.