Beckstedt
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Beckstedt
Colnrade parish
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| Height : | 43 m above sea level NHN | |
| Residents : | 184 | |
| Postal code : | 27243 | |
| Area code : | 04434 | |
Location of Beckstedt in Lower Saxony |
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Beckstedt is a district of the municipality Colnrade in the combined municipality of Harpstedt in the Lower Saxony district of Oldenburg .
Geography and transport links
The place is located 2 km northeast of Colnrade and 10 km southwest of Harpstedt .
The Beckstedter Bach , a right tributary of the Hunte, which runs 2 km to the west, flows south of the village .
Beckstedt is on line 232 of the Delmenhorst-Harpstedter Railway .
politics
At the municipal level, the Beckstedt district is represented by the Colnrade municipal council.
Culture and sights
Beckstedt is known nationwide for the Beckstedt Sun Stone , an approximately 90 cm high plate made of reddish granite , on the flat front of which eleven concentric circles are incorporated around a central bowl. The original of the sun stone has been in the Archaeological State Museum Schloss Gottorf in Schleswig since 2004 . There is a replica at the Beckstedt bus stop. The municipality of Colnrade has an image of the stone in its coat of arms.
Coat of arms of the municipality of Colnrade
societies
- Schützenverein Beckstedt 1889 e. V.
Web links
- Heimatbund between Dehmse and Hunte - What the Beckstedter Beeke tells , accessed on January 5, 2020
- Homepage of the municipality of Colnrade , accessed on January 5, 2020
- Stone Age Journey - Sonnenstein vom Beckstedt , accessed on January 5, 2020
Individual evidence
- ↑ Search for geographical names. Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy, accessed on May 7, 2017 .