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Rittergut Gestorf I

Farm

Rittergut Gestorf I | Vera v. Ilten | Hannoversche Straße 32 | 31832 Springe - Gestorf | Internet:  Rittergut-Gestorf.de

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Management

The land is managed by Agrarpartner Limberg KG (ApL), a company founded in 2022. ApL manages the four manors of Gestorf I, Bockerode, Paterhof and Eckerde II. Potatoes, sugar beets, winter wheat, winter barley, silage maize, rapeseed and seed peas are grown on 650 hectares of arable land.

Workforce

Including management and administration:  0.7 workers / 100 ha

Location

  • 30 km south of Hanover
  • 70 m above sea level

Field for PotatoEurope 2026

  • Wellfeld 1

Weather

  • Average annual temperature: 9.5 °C
    Average annual precipitation: 720 mm 

Crop rotation

Field Wellfeld I          19.5 ha

2021     Winter wheat

2022     Rapeseed

2023     Winter wheat

2024     Winter barley

2025     Sugar beet

Soil

  • Soil type: diluvial weathered soils, degenerated loess
  • Soil type: loam/silty loam
  • Inclination: flat
  • Arable land index: 85
  • pH value: 7.0

Supply of basic nutrients potassium, phosphate and magnesium:
K: 22 mg/100 g soil Content level D
P: 9 mg/100 g soil  Content level C
Mg: 7.4 mg/100 g soil       Content level C

Organic fertilisation with fermentation substrate

Weed and grass infestation

Typical for the location  

Special features

  • Red area (20% N reduction) 

Contact person and managing director:

Friedrich Henkels | Rittergut Bockerode | 31832 Springe | Tel.: 0172 4507778 | Henkels@Bockerode.de

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Georg Henkels | Tel.: 0173 3448754 | Georg@Bockerode.de

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Vera v. Ilten | Tel.: 0160 8404799 | vera@von-ilten.de