Grevenkrug

Basic data
State :	Schleswig-Holstein
Circle :	Rendsburg-Eckernförde
Office :	Bordesholm
Height :	36 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.16 km 2
Residents:	215 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	52 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	24241
Area code :	04322
License plate :	RD, ECK
Community key :	01 0 58 063
LOCODE :	DE GVG
Office administration address:	Mühlenstrasse 7 ; 24582 Bordesholm
Website :	www.bordesholm.de
Mayor :	Klaus Gronau
Location of the community Grevenkrug in the Rendsburg-Eckernförde district

Grevenkrug is a municipality in the Rendsburg-Eckernförde district in Schleswig-Holstein . The community also includes a scattered settlement on the L318 and the forest settlement.

Geography and traffic

Grevenkrug is located about 13 km north of Neumünster and 13 km south of Kiel near the federal motorway 215 . The district of Waldsiedlung is located to the right of the former B 4 when coming from the south, embedded in a forest area.

The Grevenkruger Ridge is a terminal moraine from the Vistula Ice Age , which lies between the place itself and the Eider .

history

In the 14th century, Grevenkrug was entirely owned by aristocrats , in 1384 Klaus and Heinrich Grevenkrug are named as cousins of Herr von Schmalstede and in 1392 Sivert von Schmalstede in Groß Buchwald sold the village of Grevenkrug with other properties to the Neumünster monastery . After the secularization of the monastery in 1566, the village came under the Bordesholm office .

politics

Community representation

Of the nine seats in the municipal council, the electoral community has had all nine seats since the local elections in 2003.

coat of arms

Blazon : "In green a slanting left silver wavy bar, accompanied above by a silver count's crown, below a silver pot-bellied jug."

Attractions

Upper Eider Valley

Grevenkrug is a starting point for the Eidertal hiking trail. The Eidertal was selected as a model project for the watering of fens. It is grazed extensively, with back-breeding of wild horse breeds and aurochs being used. In addition to the lowland, the adjacent slopes also belong to the 390 hectare project area.

Oldest iron bridge in the country

An iron bridge crosses the Eider on the way to Techelsdorf. It is a listed building because it is the oldest iron structure of its kind in Schleswig-Holstein. The bridge was built in 1865 by order of the Itzehoe monastery and the Bordesholm office after a wooden crossing had been demolished. Today's concrete abutments were built in 1950 on the existing wooden piles.