Bad Bevensen
Bad Bevensen | |
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Location of Bad Bevensen within Uelzen district | |
Country | Germany |
State | Lower Saxony |
District | Uelzen |
Municipal assoc. | Bevensen-Ebstorf |
Government | |
• Mayor | Bruno Losiak (SPD) |
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 |
Bad Bevensen 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.
International relations
Twin towns – Sister cities
Bad Bevensen is twinned with:
- Chojnice Poland
Notable people
- Wilhelm Wallmann (born 1941), politician (CDU)
- Ilse Falk (born 1943), politician and Member of Parliament (CDU)
- Dirk Fischer (born 1943), politician (CDU)
- Jörg Sennheiser (born 1944), entrepreneur
- Ulrich Sinn (born 1945), Professor of Classical Archaeology
- Joachim Eigenherr (born 1947), athlete
- Volker Besht (born 1951), Brigadier General of the Bundeswehr
- Heinrich Lange (born 1955), Vice Admiral of the German navy
- Christian Dexne (born 1971), sports presenter (ARD / RBB)
See also
References
External links
- Bad Bevensen travel guide from Wikivoyage