Windeby

Basic data
State :	Schleswig-Holstein
Circle :	Rendsburg-Eckernförde
Office :	Schlei Baltic Sea
Height :	10 m above sea level NHN
Area :	14.77 km 2
Residents:	1019 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	69 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	24340
Area code :	04351
License plate :	RD, ECK
Community key :	01 0 58 173
LOCODE :	DE WB5
Office administration address:	Holm 13 ; 24340 Eckernförde
Website :	www.gemeindewindeby.de
Mayor :	Peter Pietrzak ( SPD )
Location of the municipality of Windeby in the Rendsburg-Eckernförde district

Windeby ( Danish Vindeby , Low German : Winneby ) is a municipality in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde in Schleswig-Holstein .

Geography and traffic

The municipality of Windeby is located west of Eckernförde on the Windebyer Noor . In the north the community borders on federal highway 76 , in the south it is on federal highway 203 from Eckernförde in the direction of Rendsburg . The town of Windeby, which gives the municipality its name, together with the Windeby estate is located southwest of the Windebyer Noors . The capital of the municipality but Kochendorf ( Low German : Kochendörp , Kockendörp , Danish : Kokkentorp ) in the northern municipality.

The districts Friedland, Friedensthal, Christianshöh, Frohsein, Westerthal and Friedenshorst also belong to the community.

history

Origin of name

The ending -by still means “city”, “place” in Danish and “village, settlement” in Jutian and is widespread in the Schleswig area. According to Wolfgang Laur, wind comes from the old Danish "windir" = turn (Slav), so Windeby means nothing else than "Wendendorf".

archeology

The place gained national fame through the discovery of two bog bodies , one of which was known until recently as the girl from Windeby and, according to the latest research, turned out to be a boy. The other bog body is called the Windeby Man . The Osterwall (also: Ostwall ) of the Danewerk runs through the middle of the Windeby capital Kochendorf .

West of Windeby is a Neolithic large stone grave , another large stone grave near Kochendorf has been destroyed. There are several burial mounds near Kochendorf and Friedland .

politics

Community representation

Of the eleven seats in the municipal council had SPD since the municipal election 2003, five seats, the CDU and the voter community FWGW had three each.

Of the eleven seats in the municipal council, the SPD and the FWGW electoral community each had four seats since the 2008 local elections, while the CDU had three. The seating remained unchanged after the 2013 local elections. In this election, the CDU mayor Jutta Werner was replaced by Peter Pietrzak (SPD).