Bovenau
Bovenau is a village in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Only 16 m above sea level. The location is south of the municipality of Bünsdorf or Sehestedt, but north of Ostenfeld, Bredenbek, and west of Krummwisch, about away from the center of Kiel.
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Bovenau is a village in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Only 16 m above sea level. The location is south of the municipality of Bünsdorf or Sehestedt, but north of Ostenfeld, Bredenbek, and west of Krummwisch, about away from the center of Kiel.
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• State — Schleswig-Holstein • District — Rendsburg-Eckernförde • Amt — Eiderkanal • Elevation — 13 • Area — 26.2 • Postal Code — 24796 • Area Code — 04331, 04334, 04357 • Licence — RD • Gemeindeschlussel — 01 0 58 026 • Website — http: www.bovenau.de/ • Mayor — Daniel Ambrock
History
History
Bovenau was first mentioned in 1240 as Kirchdorf. The name is derived from the Low German „boven de Au“, which means something like "above the creek". Several megalithic tombs have been found in the area of the settlement. Estates are located in the surrounding area: Gut Dengelsberg, Gut Georgenthal, Gut Kluvensiek, Gut Osterrade, Gut Steinwehr.
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Buildings
The Maria Magdalena Church and the lock of the old Eider Canal in Kluvensiek are worth seeing. • Illustration — Maria Magdalena Church in Bovenau • Illustration — Church, inner space • Illustration — Near the church, former school • Illustration — Ingo Kühl's birthplace, former police station in Bovenau, 1957 • Illustration — Reconstructed megalithic tomb • Illustration — Kluvensiek, lock of the old Eider Canal • Illustration — Kluvensiek, lock • Illustration — Kluvensiek, lock, iron gates of the former bascule bridge • Illustration — Estate Kluvensiek • Illustration — Estate Osterrade • Illustration — Map of Bovenau and surroundings (c. 1850)
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Sons and daughters of the village
• The lawyer Benedikt Heins was born in 1710 in Bovenau, he died in Hamburg in 1774. • The painter and sculptor Ingo Kühl was born in 1953 in Bovenau and grew up there until 1964.
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