Bovenau
Sign in to saveBovenau 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
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Bovenau
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Rendsburg-Eckernförde
- 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
- P8168
- empiricism
- hashtag
- Bovenau
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Encyclopedic overview
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- 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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