Grevenkrug
Grevenkrug is a municipality in the district of Rendsburg -Eckernförde in Schleswig -Holstein.
- 4.1 Valley of the upper Eider
- 4.2 The oldest iron bridge in the country
Geography and transport
Grevenkrug is located about 13 kilometers north of Neumünster and 13 km south of Kiel near the federal highway 215 The district forest settlement is coming from the south to the right of the former B4 nestled in a wooded area.
The Greven Kruger back is a terminal moraine from the Weichsel ice age, which lies between the town itself and the Eider.
History
In the 14th century Grevenkrug was very noble possession, and 1384 are Klaus Heinrich Grevenkrug named as cousins of the Lord of Schmalstede and in 1392 sold Sivert of Schmalstede in Groß Buchwald the village Grevenkrug with other possessions to the monastery Neumünster. After the secularization of the monastery in 1566 the village came to the office Bordesholm.
Policy
Of the nine seats in the municipal council has the voter community since the municipal election of 2003, all nine seats.
Coat of arms
Blazon: "In a green sloping left silver wave beams, accompanied above by a silver coronet, below a silver pot-bellied jug. "
Attractions
Valley of the upper Eider
Greven pitcher is a starting point for the Eider Valley Trail. The Eidertal was selected as a model project for the waterlogging of fens. There is extensive grazing, with back breeding of wild horse breeds and aurochs are used. At the 390 -acre project area except the lowland also includes the adjoining wall.
Oldest iron bridge in the country
On the way to Techelsdorf an iron bridge crosses the Eider. It is a listed building, because it is the oldest iron construction of this kind in Schleswig -Holstein. The bridge was built in 1865 on behalf of the monastery Itzehoe and the Office Bordesholm after a wooden crossing had been canceled. Today's concrete abutments have been created in 1950 on the existing timber piles.
Economy
In the municipality gravel is mined.