Bad Bevensen
Bad Bevensen | |
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| Market Square with the Church of the Three Kings Market Square with the Church of the Three Kings | |
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Coat of arms of Bad Bevensen Coat of arms | |
Location of Bad Bevensen
within Uelzen district | |
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| Country | Germany |
| State | Lower Saxony |
| District | Uelzen |
| Municipal assoc. | Bevensen-Ebstorf |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Gabriele Meyer (Greens) |
| Area | |
• Total | 48.36 km2 (18.67 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 36 m (118 ft) |
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| 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 |
Bad Bevensen (German pronunciation: [baːt ˈbeːvn̩zn̩] Audio file "Bad bevensen.ogg" not found; Low German: Bämsen) 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 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.[1]
International relations
[edit | edit source]Twin towns – Sister cities
[edit | edit source]Bad Bevensen is twinned with:
Notable people
[edit | edit source]- 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
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Brandanschläge auf Bahn in Bad Bevensen und Bremen Die Welt, 19.06.2017
External links
[edit | edit source]- File:Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg Bad Bevensen travel guide from Wikivoyage
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