Ostenfeld, Rendsburg-Eckernförde

East field ( Rendsburg ) is a municipality in the district of Rendsburg -Eckernförde in Schleswig -Holstein.

Geography and transport

East Field is located on a small farm surrounded by Sander and former marsh areas, Altmoränenkuppe the Saale ice age, right on the border of the Weichsel glacial young moraine landscape, the east joins from Bovenau.

The soils of the surrounding fields, as the entire low and high Geest Schleswig -Holstein, due to periglacial processes much more leached ( verbraunt, decalcified and / or podsoliert ) than the fertile, beginning between East and field Bovenau moraine. This location at the sharp boundary between lighter Geest soils in the west and the heavier and more fertile ground moraines - plains in the east of Schleswig-Holstein certain the background of the history of settlement east field for a long time.

East field is located only a few kilometers from the historic Ox Road, the former course of the River Eider as a historical border between Holstein and Schleswig, the Kiel Canal and its precursor, the old Eider Canal, the Federal Highway 7, the interchange Rendsburg and the train Hamburg -Flensburg -Aarhus. Since 1905 the railway line from Rendsburg to Kiel leads through the village, there the meantime also had a stop. The Federal Highway 210, also from Rendsburg to Kiel, leads over the area of the municipality.

History

The place name appears first mentioned in writing on the city of Kiel book. in the years 1264 or 1265 as a designation of origin de Velde East. Originally, the name means probably a location designation meaning " eastern part of the field ."

The nearly 60 km to the northwest located east field ( Husum ) was described differently in old documents -Danish dialect in Ostenfiold and can be clearly distinguished from Rendsburg East field.

In the field of Ostenfelder community especially finds the Stone Age and the Bronze Age have been made so far otherwise.

On November 1, 1970, the name of the village east field was ( Rendsburg ) changed officially in the east field ( Rendsburg ).

Policy

Of the nine seats in the municipal council voters Community KWG since the municipal election 2008, five seats and the voter community ABWU four.

Coat of arms

Blazon: "Divided. Up a oberhalbe, radiant golden sun on the dividing line, down from green and gold six times split overthrown fan-shaped in red. "

Economy

The municipal area is predominantly agricultural, with dairy farming is predominant. In addition, in the municipality of gravel is mined.