Giekau

Basic data
State :	Schleswig-Holstein
Circle :	Plön
Office :	Luetjenburg
Height :	41 m above sea level NHN
Area :	32.8 km 2
Residents:	1040 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	32 inhabitants per km 2
Postcodes :	24321, 24257
Primaries :	04381, 04385
License plate :	PLÖ
Community key :	01 0 57 021
LOCODE :	DE 65A
Office administration address:	Neverstorfer Strasse 7 ; 24321 Lütjenburg
Website :	www.gemeinde-giekau.de
Mayor :	Manfred Koch (AWG)
Location of the community of Giekau in the district of Plön

Giekau is a municipality in the Plön district in Schleswig-Holstein . The community includes the villages of Dransau, Engelau, Fresendorf, Gottesgabe, Neuhaus, Ölböhm, Seekrug, Vörstenmoor and Warderhof.

A field stone hall church from the 13th century with an attached classical west tower forms the center of the community. A late Gothic three-winged shrine rich in figures is remarkable.

Geography and traffic

Giekau is about 6 km northwest of Lütjenburg . Part of the Selenter See belongs to Giekau . The federal highway 202 runs through the area of the municipality. From 1910 to 1938 Neuhaus was the station of the Kleinbahn Kirchbarkau – Preetz – Lütjenburg .

history

The community of Giekau belonged to Gut Neuhaus , which was one of the largest Holstein estates before the First World War . The predecessor of today's manor was allegedly laid out by Hans Rantzau after 1499 and remained in the possession of the Rantzau family until 1715 . The mansion has three wings and was built around 1737 using parts of an old house from 1500. One of the later landlords was Friedrich II. Count von Hahn (1742-1805), who gave the main building its current appearance. The facility is still owned by Count Hahn today.

politics

Community representation

Of the eleven seats in the municipal council, the constituency AWG has five seats, the CDU three seats, the SPD two seats and the Greens one seat in the municipal council since the 2018 local elections .

coat of arms

Blazon : "In red, inclined, stylized silver pliers, accompanied at the top by a seven-pointed silver star."

Attractions

The list of cultural monuments in Giekau includes the cultural monuments entered in the list of monuments of Schleswig-Holstein.

Gut Neuhaus : Originally owned by the Knights of Giekau (Ghikow), Gut Neuhaus was rebuilt in 1484 by Hans Rantzau, bailiff of Schwabstedt. It remained in the possession of the von Rantzau family until 1734 through Dorothea, married von Brockdorff , to her daughter Christine Magdalena, married to Friedrich von Hahn. Since then it has belonged to Count Hahn to this day .
St. Johannes Church : The mighty St. Johannes Church with the listed rectory and the adjoining churchyard is characteristic of the site . The history of the tombs behind the cenotaph, inaugurated in 1933, goes back to 1870. At the New Cemetery with the tree burial site closes on the opposite side of the street old cemetery with the mausoleum of the family of Hahn and other interesting grave stones at.