Lentföhrden

Lentföhrden is a municipality in the district of Segeberg in Schleswig-Holstein.

Geography and transport

Lentföhrden lies in a vast moor and heath, which was, however, partly reforested.

The municipality is located north of Hamburg, on the main road between the towns of 4 Bad Bramstedt and cold churches. Alternatively Lentföhrden can also be reached via the motorway A7 exit cold churches. On infrastructure, the municipality over the train track Neumünster cold church Altona AKN can be reached.

As part of the planned expansion of the Baltic Sea motorway Lentföhrden will be also be reached via the federal highway 20. The connection point is expected to occur north of the church in the direction of Bad Bramstedt.

History

Lentföhrden was first documented in 1479. Through the municipal area led the Army Road and Altona- Kieler Chaussee. This 94 km long road was 1830-1832 by the then King Frederick VI. built by Denmark.

Policy

Of the 17 seats in the municipal council, the CDU has been the municipal election 2008, seven seats and the SPD and the voter community WGL have five seats.

Coat of arms

Blazon: " Argent, a courting, tinged with reference to the natural color of black, gold and red grouse. "

Attractions

In the list of cultural monuments in Lentföhrden are registered in the list of monuments of Schleswig- Holstein cultural monuments.

Economy and infrastructure

The municipal area is predominantly agricultural. In the course of the discussion about the construction of the airport cold churches, has not been implemented, several residential settlers in Lentföhrden.

In Lentföhrden there is a kindergarten, a primary school with a gymnasium and a youth and cultural center and an outdoor pool.

Since the year 2013, a regional water utility operates its own fiber optic network. The technical basis is based on fiber to the home and provides a data transfer rate of 50 Mbit / s ( symmetric).