Bark (municipality)

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 53 ° 55 '  N , 10 ° 11'  E
Basic data
State :	Schleswig-Holstein
Circle :	Segeberg
Office :	Leezen
Height :	37 m above sea level NHN
Area :	20.44 km 2
Residents:	944 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	46 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	23826
Area code :	04558
License plate :	SE
Community key :	01 0 60 007
Office administration address:	Hamburger Strasse 28 23816 Leezen
Website :	gemeinde-bark.de
Mayor :	Bastian Wortmeier ( CDU )
Location of the municipality of Bark in the Segeberg district

Bark is a municipality in the Segeberg district in Schleswig-Holstein . Schafhaus and Bockhorn are in the municipality.

Geography and traffic

Bark is about 7 km west of Bad Segeberg on the federal road 206 to Bad Bramstedt on the edge of the Segeberger Forest. The districts of the community are Bark, Schafhaus and Bockhorn.

The Barker Heide , in which the Bark district is located, is a nature reserve. Other districts are Bockhorn and Schafhaus, which are located directly on the federal highway 206.

politics

Community representation

Of the eleven seats in the municipal council has the Wählergemeinschaft KWV since the municipal election 2008, six seats, the CDU has five.

coat of arms

Blazon : "Above the lowered red three-mountain and in this rooted in silver three naturally tinged birches growing from one root and forming a common crown."

flag

Blazon : "The three birches of the municipal coat of arms in tincture appropriate for the flag on the flag cloth, which is unevenly divided into a wide upper white and a narrow lower red stripe."

economy

Bockhorn, forestry

There are some craft businesses in the municipality. There are also several commercial and catering establishments. The district of Bark is predominantly agricultural.

Attractions

In the list of cultural monuments in Bark (near Bad Segeberg) are the cultural monuments entered in the list of monuments of Schleswig-Holstein.

literature

• Inge Kröger: Bark - Chronicle of a village 1249–1991.
• Inge Kröger: Old views from Bark.

Web links

Commons : Bark  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Bark parish

Individual evidence

1. ↑ North Statistics Office - Population of the municipalities in Schleswig-Holstein 4th quarter 2019 (XLSX file) (update based on the 2011 census) ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Aasbüttel - Bordesholm . In: Wolfgang Henze (ed.): Schleswig-Holstein topography: cities and villages of the country . 1st edition. tape 1 . Flying-Kiwi-Verl. Junge, Flensburg 2001, ISBN 3-926055-58-8 , p. 208 .
3. ↑ ^{a b} Schleswig-Holstein's municipal coat of arms