Gerdau

This article deals with the Lower Saxony municipality of Gerdau. Further meanings of the term can be found under Gerdau (disambiguation) .

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	Coordinates: 52 ° 58 '  N , 10 ° 25'  E
Basic data
State :	Lower Saxony
County :	Uelzen
Joint municipality :	Suderburg
Height :	52 m above sea level NHN
Area :	38.02 km 2
Residents:	1378 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	36 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	29581
Area code :	05808
License plate :	UE
Community key :	03 3 60 009
Community structure:	6 districts
Address of the municipal administration:	Uelzener Str. 2 29581 Gerdau
Website :	www.gerdau.de
Mayor :	Stefan Kleuker ( CDU )
Location of the municipality of Gerdau in the district of Uelzen

Gerdau is a municipality in the middle of the Lüneburg Heath in the district of Uelzen , Lower Saxony . The municipality of Gerdau is part of the Suderburg municipality and is located on the Gerdau river of the same name .

Evangelical Lutheran St. Michaelis Church in Gerdau

Community structure

The municipality of Gerdau consists of the localities Bargfeld , Barnsen , Bohlsen , Gerdau, Groß Süstedt and Holthusen II . In contrast to other united communities, the eponymous district of Gerdau is only the second largest after Bohlsen.

history

Bohlsen watermill

The place was first mentioned in 1004, when Duke Bernhard von Sachsen ceded the curtis gerdauge to the Michaeliskloster in Lüneburg. Other names were 1197 Gherdou, 1302 Gerdowe, 1322 villa Gherdowe, 1369 to der Gherdowe, 1460 Gherdauw, 1530 Gerdow to 1662 Gerdau. In 1225 a mill in the Bohlsen district was mentioned for the first time. The Bohlsen watermill was later developed here on the Gerdau and is the only watermill still in operation in the Uelzen district today .

Incorporations

On July 1, 1972, the communities of Bargfeld, Barnsen, Bohlsen, Groß Süstedt and Holthusen II were incorporated.

Municipal council

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The council of the municipality of Gerdau consists of eleven councilors.

	CDU	SPD	Alliance 90 / The Greens	total
2006	7th	3	1	11 seats
2011	7 (62.3%)	3 (22.6%)	1 (12.1%)	11 seats

Last local election on September 11, 2011

Buildings

The St. Michaelis Church in Gerdau was first mentioned in 1004. The Evangelical Lutheran church was built on the foundations of a former Gothic brick building. It was renovated and enlarged in 1890.

traffic

The Uelzen airfield is located east of the village of Barnsen . The place has an 800 meter long asphalt runway and is used by business aviation in addition to private sports aviation.

tourism

The community is a member of the Suderburger Land e. V. and advertises its scenic and tourist attractions in the Gerdautal .

Web links

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

• http://www.ortsfamilienbuecher.de/gerdau/

• Homepage Gerdau

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony, LSN-Online regional database, Table 12411: Update of the population, as of December 31, 2019  ( help ).
2. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 238 .
3. ^ Result of local elections 2011
4. ↑ Holidays in the Gerdautal - Tourismusverein Suderburger Land e. V. (No longer available online.) In: suderburgerland.de. Archived from the original on August 30, 2018 ; accessed on March 4, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.