Buchhorst

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Buchhorst (disambiguation) .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 53 ° 23 '  N , 10 ° 34'  E
Basic data
State :	Schleswig-Holstein
Circle :	Duchy of Lauenburg
Office :	Luetau
Height :	8 m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.19 km 2
Residents:	140 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	27 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	21481
Area code :	04153
License plate :	RZ
Community key :	01 0 53 019
Office administration address:	Amtsplatz 6 21481 Lauenburg / Elbe
Website :	www.buchhorst.de
Mayor :	Gerd Lüttge
Location of the municipality of Buchhorst in the Duchy of Lauenburg district

Buchhorst is a municipality in the Duchy of Lauenburg in Schleswig-Holstein .

The community is still strongly characterized by agriculture and forestry; Forests, fields and pastures characterize the district, courtyards predominantly the townscape.

coat of arms

Blazon : "On green sign foot, in a golden mill wheel with paired Speichung in gold a black barge with silver sails, whose lying below the waterline part disappears in the sign. In the left upper corner an upright green beech leaf. "

The black barge indicates the historical means of transport on the Delvenau-Stecknitz Canal . The green beech leaf is related to the name of the place and the golden mill wheel stands for the Kiekenmühle, which had to give way to the construction of the canal.

Buchhorster forest railway

On a disused field railway line of a former brick and match factory, field railway enthusiasts have been running the Buchhorster Forest Railway since 1988 .

Web links

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

• Buchhorst community

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. ↑ Schleswig-Holstein's municipal coat of arms