Schenefeld (Steinburg district)

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	Coordinates: 54 ° 3 '  N , 9 ° 29'  E
Basic data
State :	Schleswig-Holstein
Circle :	Stone castle
Office :	Schenefeld
Height :	27 m above sea level NHN
Area :	9.24 km 2
Residents:	2584 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	280 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	25560
Area code :	04892
License plate :	IZ
Community key :	01 0 61 097
Office administration address:	Mühlenstrasse 2 25560 Schenefeld
Website :	www.schenefeld.de
Mayor :	Hans-Heinrich Barnick ( CDU )
Location of the community of Schenefeld in the Steinburg district

Schenefeld ( Low German : Scheenfeld ) is a municipality in the Steinburg district in Schleswig-Holstein . The administrative seat of the office of Schenefeld is located in the village in intercommunal cooperation .

Geography and traffic

Schenefeld is about 15 km north of Itzehoe on the federal highway 430 . The Mühlenau (Stegau) and the Meiereibach flow through the community . On Siezbütteler mill pond that lies Luisenbad .

history

The church in Scanafeld is said to have been mentioned for the first time by Adam of Bremen in 1075 in the Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum . However, with Schenefeld in the Pinneberg district, there is a place of the same name that refers to the mention. The Bonifatiuskirche is said to be even older: In the course of the Ansgar worship, especially in the first decades of the 20th century, the art historian Alfred Kamphausen determined the founding year 826 AD in 1932 after excavations on the north wall of the church. New excavations brought the remains of the wall from the 12th century to light, but could not verify the foundation of the church in the Carolingian era .

From 1901 to 1957 there was a train station of the Rendsburger Kreisbahn in Schenefeld . In 1983 the town won silver in the nationwide competition " Our village should be more beautiful ". On January 1, 2013, the previously independent municipality of Siezbüttel was incorporated into Schenefeld.

politics

Distribution of seats in the municipal council

   

A total of 13 seats

• SPD : 3
• FWS : 4
• CDU : 6

Community representation

Of the 17 seats in the municipal council, the CDU has nine seats since the 2018 local elections, the FWS electoral community has five seats and the SPD three.

coat of arms

Blazon : “Split between red and silver. In front the silver Holstein nettle leaf, covered with a six-spoke blue mill wheel, behind, emerging from the lower edge of the shield, the blue roof and the blue tower of the Schenefeld church. "

Attractions

The historically significant Bonifatius Church, also known as the mother church of the Holsaten , is particularly worth seeing .

economy

In addition to retail and specialist retailers as well as service providers and restaurants, there are various craft and commercial enterprises in the community.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

• Willy Bandholz (1912–1999), field handball player and Olympic champion
• Hans Buhmann (1936–2008), former mayor of Schenefeld and member of the state parliament (CDU)

Connected to Schenefeld

• Heinrich Kaak (1891-1975) was a German veterinarian, from 1948 to 1954 he was Vice President and from 1954 to 1957 President of the Schleswig-Holstein Chamber of Veterinarians. He practiced in Schenefeld from 1921.

Web links

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

• Schenefeld municipality

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. ^ Reinhard Heesch: Traces of fire and destruction - The Bonifatius Church in Schenefeld . In: Steinburger Jahrbuch 2014. Itzehoe 2013, pp. 57–68
3. ↑ Community Council Schenefeld
4. ↑ Schleswig-Holstein's municipal coat of arms