Wentorf (Sandesneben Office)

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 53 ° 41 ′  N , 10 ° 28 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Schleswig-Holstein
Circle :	Duchy of Lauenburg
Office :	Secondary sand nuts
Height :	60 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.99 km 2
Residents:	732 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	147 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	23898
Area code :	04536
License plate :	RZ
Community key :	01 0 53 130
Office administration address:	Am Amtsgraben 4 23898 Sandesneben
Website :	www.wentorf-as.de
Mayoress :	Nicole Demir
Location of the municipality of Wentorf (Sandesneben office) in the Duchy of Lauenburg district

Wentorf (Office Sandesneben) (also Wentorf AS in the main municipal statute ) is a municipality in the Office Sandesneben-Nusse ( Duchy of Lauenburg district ) in Schleswig-Holstein .

location

The community is located about 35 km northeast of Hamburg. The national road 200 through the village Wentorf and flows to the northwest in the L 92nd

In addition to Wentorf, there are the towns of Bullenhorst, Hege and Schüttenmoor.

history

The place was mentioned for the first time in 1423 as "Wentorpen" in a Luebian document, but, as excavations show, it was already settled in the Neolithic , the Bronze and Iron Ages.

After the design of the village green of Wentorf, six larger agricultural properties have been dominant since the 17th century. It was only in the 19th century that notable craftsmen and new residents began to appear.

coat of arms

The local coat of arms was created in 1982. The green of the coat of arms indicates the wooded location. The catch of the eagle, which symbolically holds the prehistoric ax, shows that people lived in Wentorf in all epochs of prehistory.

Blazon : "In green, protruding from the upper edge of the shield, a black armored golden eagle's claw holding a silver Neolithic battle ax without a handle."

Others

The community center “Dörphus up den Ruhm”, built in 2003, houses the volunteer fire brigade and the community's own children's play area as well as a community hall and is the center of public and cultural life.

Web links

Commons : Wentorf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the municipality of Wentorf (Office Sandesneben)

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. ↑ ^{a b} Schleswig-Holstein topography. Vol. 10: Timmaspe - Ziethen . 1st edition Flying-Kiwi-Verl. Junge, Flensburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-926055-92-7 , p. 216 ( dnb.de [accessed on August 9, 2020]).
3. ^ Wentorf community - history
4. ↑ Schleswig-Holstein's municipal coat of arms