Bahrenfleth

Basic data
State :	Schleswig-Holstein
Circle :	Stone castle
Office :	Krempermarsch
Height :	0 m above sea level NHN
Area :	14.77 km 2
Residents:	565 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	38 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	25569
Area code :	04824
License plate :	IZ
Community key :	01 0 61 006
LOCODE :	DE BL5
Office administration address:	Birkenweg 29 ; 25361 Krempe
Website :	www.amt-krempermarsch.de
Mayor :	Harm fruit not (KWV)
Location of the community of Bahrenfleth in the Steinburg district

Bahrenfleth ( Low German : Bohrenfleet ) is a municipality in the Steinburg district in Schleswig-Holstein .

geography

Bahrenfleth is located on the Stör , about 12 km north of Glückstadt .

The districts of Neuenkirchen, Bahrenflether Sandweg, Brokzeile, Fiefhusen, Großbahrenfleth, Großwisch, Hohenweg, Kätnerdeich, Kleinbahrenfleth, Kleinwisch, Kuhdamm, Uhrendorfer Deich, Uhrendorfer Weg belong to the community.

The Stör ferry Else operates between the communities of Beidenfleth and Bahrenfleth.

history

In 1348 the community is mentioned for the first time as Bardenulete , which probably means Fleeth or watercourse of the Bardo . A noble estate of the van Barneflete family , which was mentioned in a document as early as 1375, burned down completely in 1728. The Fideikommiss Bahrenfleth with Camping , Bekhof and Bekmünde belonged to the Lords of Blome at Gut Heiligenstedten .

Attractions

See: List of cultural monuments in Bahrenfleth

Village church St. Nikolai Neuenkirchen; Built in the Romanesque-Gothic transition style in the 13th century. The current church tower was built around 1750.

politics

coat of arms

Blazon : "In green above a silver wave bar covered with a blue sturgeon, a striding, gold-armored silver swan."

The coat of arms symbolizes the Krempermarsch on a green background, the silver wave bar with blue sturgeon the location of the community on the river Stör , from which the settlement of this area began in the 13th century. The swan stands for belonging to the Krempermarsch office, which, in connection with the historical "Krempermarsch commune", has the swan as a heraldic animal. The sturgeon indicates the abundance of fish in the river and the occurrence of the fish, which is so rare today.