Bekdorf

Bekdorf is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig- Holstein.

Geography and transport

By Bekdorf the Bekau flows. The village lies on the main road 5 and the Marschbahn between Wilster and Itzehoe. The stations Wilster and Itzehoe are the nearest stations of rail transport. Bus of the transport association Steinburg connect Bekdorf weekdays with Itzehoe.

History

Bekdorf is first mentioned in 1247. At the bridge over the Bekau occurred in 1657 during the Polish -Swedish War to a battle between the Danes and Swedes.

Policy

Coat of arms

The "coat of arms " of the community is not writable and thus no heraldic coat of arms in the proper sense, but assign the picture seals. It was chosen after World War II in the absence of official seals, which are free of Nazi and imperial symbols of the community and is still used today.

The description in the main statute of the community is: " The coat of arms of the municipality Bekdorf shows on silver base three farmhouses, black and red, the blue waters of a silver nettle leaf, about a green dike edge. "

Pictures

The Bekau in Bekdorf

The Bekau