Brunsbüttel
Sign in to saveBrunsbüttel (; Northern Low Saxon: Bruunsbüddel) is an industry and harbour town in the district of Dithmarschen, in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany that lies at the mouth of the Elbe river, near the North Sea. It is the location of the western entrance to the Kiel Canal.
Key facts
- German location.image_coa
- DEU Brunsbüttel COA.svg
- German location.district
- Dithmarschen
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.image_photo
- Rathaus Brunsbüttel.jpg
- German location.image_caption
- Town hall in Brunsbüttel
- German location.image_flag
- Flagge Brunsbüttel.svg
- German location.image_plan
- Brunsbuettel in HEI.PNG
- German location.state
- Schleswig-Holstein
- German location.elevation
- 1
- German location.area
- 65.21
- German location.postal_code
- 25534–25541
- German location.area_code
- 04851, 04852, 04855
- German location.licence
- HEI
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 01 0 51 011
- German location.website
- www.brunsbuettel.de
- German location.mayor
- Martin Schmedtje
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Article
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- History
- Economy
- Chemical plants
- Energy
- Harbours
- Twin towns - sister cities
- Notable residents
- References
Brunsbüttel (; Northern Low Saxon: Bruunsbüddel) is an industry and harbour town in the district of Dithmarschen, in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany that lies at the mouth of the Elbe river, near the North Sea. It is the location of the western entrance to the Kiel Canal.
==History== The earliest reference to the town is in a document dated 14 July 1286. thumb|Brunsbuttel in 1645, Atlas Maior von Blaeu thumb|left|Brunsbüttel in 1895 thumb|Matthias-Boie-Haus / Ähren- und Flechtverbund With the construction of the Kiel Canal () in 1911, the town was divided in two.