Westerbeck is to the east of the Neudorf-Platendorf district and to the north of Dannenbüttel.

[2] In 1838 an inn was set up in the Moorvogthaus at Schiffgraben, for which the building that still exists today was built in 1860, which is operated as Gasthof Neuhaus.

[3] In 1950, the Heinz Kunze peat factory was founded in the buildings of an abandoned prison camp in the forest near Westerbeck.

On March 1, 1974, Westerbeck was incorporated into the new municipality of Sassenburg[4] In red, a silver (white) horseshoe over a silver (white) picket fence.

Westerbeck is represented by an eight-member local council.