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Bovenau is a village in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Bovenau is only 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.

Key facts

German location.image_photo
Bovenau An der Kirche 7954.jpeg
German location.image_caption
Maria Magdalena Church
German location.image_coa
DEU Bovenau COA.svg
German location.image_plan
Bovenau in RD.png
German location.state
Schleswig-Holstein
German location.district
Rendsburg-Eckernförde
German location.Amt
Eiderkanal
German location.elevation
13
German location.area
26.2
German location.postal_code
24796
German location.area_code
04331, 04334, 04357
German location.licence
RD
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
01 0 58 026
German location.mayor
Daniel Ambrock

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Official website

Gemeinde Bovenau | Herzlich willkommen

bovenau.de

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Bovenau
Country
Germany
Population
1136
Area
26.24
Elevation
16
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Body of water
Kiel Canal
Official website
www.bovenau.de
Image
Kirche Bovenau2009.jpg
Dialing code
04357
Licence plate code
RD
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Commons category
Bovenau
postal code
24796
native label
Bovenau
hashtag
Bovenau
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Encyclopedic overview

6 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Buildings
  • Sons and daughters of the village
  • Bibliography
  • References
  • External links

Bovenau is a village in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Bovenau is only 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.

== 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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bovenau” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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