Bovenau is a village in the district of

Rendsburg-Eckernförde Rendsburg-Eckernförde (; da, Rendsborg-Egernførde) is a district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is bounded by (from the east and clockwise) the city of Kiel, the district of Plön (district), Plön, the city of Neumünster, the districts of ...

, in the German state of

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. Bovenau is only above sea level. The location is south of the municipality of

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Sehestedt Sehestedt ( da, Sehested) is a municipality in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Sehestedt is south of the municipality of Groß Wittensee, Haby or Holtsee, but north of Bovenau, and west of Lindau. It ...

, but north of Ostenfeld, Bredenbek, and west of

Krummwisch Krummwisch is a municipality in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The location of Krummwisch is south of the municipality of Lindau or Schinkel, but north of Bredenbek or Felde, and east of Bovenau Bovena ...

, about away from the center of

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History

Bovenau was first mentioned in 1240 as Kirchdorf. The name is derived from the

Low German : : : : : (70,000) (30,000) (8,000) , familycolor = Indo-European , fam2 = Germanic , fam3 = West Germanic , fam4 = North Sea Germanic , ancestor = Old Saxon , ancestor2 = Middle L ...

„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.

Buildings

The Maria Magdalena Church and the

lock Lock(s) may refer to: Common meanings *Lock and key, a mechanical device used to secure items of importance *Lock (water navigation), a device for boats to transit between different levels of water, as in a canal Arts and entertainment * ''Lock ...

of the old

Eider Canal The Eider Canal (also called the Schleswig-Holstein Canal) was an artificial waterway in southern Denmark (later northern Germany) which connected the North Sea with the Baltic Sea by way of the rivers Eider and Levensau. Constructed between 1 ...

in Kluvensiek are worth seeing. Kirche Bovenau2009.jpg, Maria Magdalena Church in Bovenau Bovenau_An_der_Kirche_Innen2_7965.jpeg, Church, inner space Bovenau, An der Kirche NIK 2453.JPG, Near the church, former school Ingo Kühls Geburtshaus, ehemaliger Polizeiposten an der Bundesstraße 202 in Bovenau, Schleswig-Holstein, 1957.jpg, Ingo Kühl's birthplace, former police station in Bovenau, 1957 Megalithgrab Bovenau2009.jpg, Reconstructed megalithic tomb Kluvensieker Schleuse 2013a 01.jpg, Kluvensiek, lock of the old Eider Canal Bovenau Kluvensiek Eiderkanalschleuse 7979.jpg, Kluvensiek, lock Bovenau Kluvensiek Schleuse Eisentore 7978.jpg, Kluvensiek, lock, iron gates of the former

bascule bridge A bascule bridge (also referred to as a drawbridge or a lifting bridge) is a moveable bridge with a counterweight that continuously balances a span, or leaf, throughout its upward swing to provide clearance for boat traffic. It may be single- or ...

Herrenhaus Kluvensiek.jpg, Estate Kluvensiek Bovenau Osterrade Herrenhaus 7985.jpg, Estate Osterrade

Sons and daughters of the village

* The lawyer Benedikt Heins was born in 1710 in Bovenau, he died in Hamburg in 1774.

History

Buildings

Sons and daughters of the village

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