Medelby

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 54 ° 49 '  N , 9 ° 10'  E
Basic data
State :	Schleswig-Holstein
Circle :	Schleswig-Flensburg
Office :	Schafflund
Height :	24 m above sea level NHN
Area :	9.75 km 2
Residents:	977 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	100 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	24994
Area code :	04605
License plate :	SL
Community key :	01 0 59 143
Office administration address:	Tannenweg 1 24980 Schafflund
Website :	www.medelby.de
Mayor :	Günther Petersen ( CDU )
Location of the municipality of Medelby in the Schleswig-Flensburg district

Medelby [ 'me: dəlby ] is a municipality in the Schleswig-Flensburg district in Schleswig-Holstein .

geography

Medelby is located about twenty kilometers west of Flensburg between the Danish border and Bundesstraße 199 on the Schleswig Geest . State road 1 runs through Medelby from Süderlügum to Wallsbüll .

history

The St. Matthew Church, a stone church, was built around 1200. The roof turret with the bell and an extension were added at the end of the 18th century.

The flour mill, a Dutch windmill, built in 1884 is located on the southern edge of the village . Today it serves as an apartment.

politics

Community representation

Of the 14 seats in the municipal council, the CDU has had six seats since the 2013 local elections, while the SPD , SSW and the voter groups WG 70 and DuK each have two seats.

coat of arms

Blazon : “In green a lowered, curved, overturned golden tip, on it a green alder branch; in front a floating, polished golden cross, in the back the inclined golden winged cross of a windmill. "

Culture and sights

Medelby Church.

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

The community's cultural monument is essentially the church with its churchyard.

A legend reports that this church was once built by a giant, while at the same time another giant also built a church in Grossenwiehe . Since they only had one hammer to cut the stones, they threw the hammer to each other when needed. In one of the throws they damaged the tower of the Wallsbüller Church, which is why it now only has a low, separate bell tower. - In addition, another giant, namely the one from Handewitt , is said to have tried to hit the church of Medelby with a stone thrown by him, but missed it. The stone should still be seen in Medelby. - In the well-known legend about the origin of the ox islands , which are not far from Flensburg, the next larger city, a giant also plays an important role.

On the northern edge of the municipality is the 23 hectare nature reserve "Eichenkratt", which was designated in 1990.

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
3. ↑ Gundula Hubrich-Messow: Legends and fairy tales from Flensburg , Husum 1992, page 29

Web links

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

• Medelby municipality at the Schafflund office
• Private website about Medelby