Bovenau

Municipality in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Bovenau within Rendsburg-Eckernförde district

54°20′N 9°50′E / 54.333°N 9.833°E / 54.333; 9.833CountryGermanyStateSchleswig-HolsteinDistrictRendsburg-Eckernförde Municipal assoc.EiderkanalGovernment

• MayorDaniel AmbrockArea

• Total26.2 km² (10.1 sq mi)Elevation

13 m (43 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[1]

• Total1,114 • Density43/km² (110/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

24796

Dialling codes04331, 04334, 04357Vehicle registrationRDWebsitewww.bovenau.de

Bovenau is a village in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Bovenau is only 16 metres (52 ft) above sea level. The location is south of the municipality of Bünsdorf or Sehestedt, but north of Ostenfeld, Bredenbek, and west of Krummwisch, about 20 km (12 mi) 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,^[2] Gut Osterrade, Gut Steinwehr.

Buildings

The Maria Magdalena Church^[3] and the lock of the old Eider Canal in Kluvensiek^[4]^[5] are worth seeing.

Maria Magdalena Church in Bovenau
Church, inner space
Near the church, former school
Ingo Kühl's birthplace, former police station in Bovenau, 1957
Reconstructed megalithic tomb
Kluvensiek, lock of the old Eider Canal
Kluvensiek, lock
Kluvensiek, lock, iron gates of the former bascule bridge
Estate Kluvensiek
Estate Osterrade

Sons and daughters of the village

The lawyer Benedikt Heins was born in 1710 in Bovenau, he died in Hamburg in 1774.^[6]
The painter and sculptor Ingo Kühl was born in 1953 in Bovenau and grew up there until 1964.

Bibliography

Chronik Bovenau, 2007^[7]

References

^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden in Schleswig-Holstein 4. Quartal 2022" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein.
^ Gut Kluvensiek
^ "Geschichte der Kirche Bovenau". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2021-07-06.
^ "Schleuse Kluvensiek restauriert". Canal-Verein. Retrieved 2014-03-13.
^ Barbara Runtsch (September 2001). "Der Schleswig-Holsteinische Kanal / Eiderkanal - Kluvensiek". Kulturlandschaft-historisches Gutachten. Gemeinde Bovenau. Retrieved 2014-03-13.
^ Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek
^ "Chronik Bovenau". Municipality Bovenau. 2007 – via Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.