Wapelfeld

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Coat of arms of the municipality of Wapelfeld
Wapelfeld
Map of Germany, position of the municipality Wapelfeld highlighted

Coordinates: 54 ° 5 '  N , 9 ° 36'  E

Basic data
State : Schleswig-Holstein
Circle : Rendsburg-Eckernförde
Office : Mittelholstein
Height : 14 m above sea level NHN
Area : 8.11 km 2
Residents: 324 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 40 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 24594
Area code : 04871
License plate : RD, ECK
Community key : 01 0 58 167
Address of the
municipal administration: 		Am Markt 15
24594 Hohenwestedt
Website : www.amt-mittelholstein.de
Mayor : Volker Delfs (KWG)
Location of the municipality of Wapelfeld in the Rendsburg-Eckernförde district
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Wapelfeld is a municipality in the Rendsburg-Eckernförde district in Schleswig-Holstein .

Geography and traffic

The municipality of Wapelfeld is located on the Haaler Au , a small river which, together with the Papenau, drains the higher areas in the nearby Aukrug Nature Park . The federal highway 430 from Neumünster to the federal highway 23 leads past Wapelfeld. There is a rail connection in nearby Hohenwestedt (Neumünster - Heide route ). From 1901 to 1957 Wapelfeld was the railway station of the Rendsburger Kreisbahn .

history

In 1248 the place is mentioned for the first time in a script as a woodless land by standing water .

politics

Community representation

The KWG electoral community has had all nine seats in the municipal council since the 2013 local elections.

coat of arms

Blazon : "In gold a raised oblique left openwork blue wave bar, top right a red wheel, bottom left above a green picket fence growing in the base of a shield, a green rush."

Personalities

The agricultural chemist Richard Thun (1899–1945) was born in Wapelfeld.

Web links

Commons : Wapelfeld  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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. ↑ Allocation of seats after the 2013 local elections ( Memento of the original from May 20, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.amt-mittelholstein.de
  3. ↑ Schleswig-Holstein's municipal coat of arms