Bad Bevensen (West Low German: Bemsen) is a town in the north of the district Uelzen in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated to the east of the Lüneburg Heath (Lüneburger Heide). The Ilmenau river, a tributary of the Elbe, flows through Bad Bevensen. Bad Bevensen is a well-known spa town.
Bad Bevensen | |
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![]() Market Square with the Church of the Three Kings | |
Location of Bad Bevensen within Uelzen district ![]() | |
Coordinates: 53°04′45″N 10°35′00″E / 53.07917°N 10.58333°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Lower Saxony |
District | Uelzen |
Municipal assoc. | Bevensen-Ebstorf |
Government | |
• Mayor | Gabriele Meyer (Greens) |
Area | |
• Total | 48.01 km2 (18.54 sq mi) |
Elevation | 36 m (118 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 9,943 |
• Density | 210/km2 (540/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 29549 |
Dialling codes | 05821 |
Vehicle registration | UE |
Website | www.bad-bevensen.de |
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Bad Bevensen is the seat of the Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Bevensen-Ebstorf.
Incorporated into the municipality are the villages of Gollern, Groß Hesebeck, Jastorf, Klein Bünstorf, Klein Hesebeck, Medingen, Röbbel, Sasendorf and Seedorf. Jastorf is situated some 3 kilometres (2 miles) south of the town center. It is the site of an Iron Age cemetery which gave the name of the Jastorf culture.
In the run-up to the G20 summit in 2017, left-wing extremists set a fire in the town.[2]
International relations
editTwin towns – Sister cities
editBad Bevensen is twinned with:
- Chojnice Poland
Notable people
edit- Ilse Falk (born 1943), politician and Member of Parliament (CDU)
- Ulrich Sinn (born 1945), Professor of Classical Archaeology
- Joachim Eigenherr (born 1947), athlete
- Volker Bescht (born 1951), Brigadier General of the Bundeswehr
- Heinrich Lange (born 1955), Vice Admiral of the German navy
See also
editReferences
editExternal links
edit- Bad Bevensen travel guide from Wikivoyage