Altenmoor

Old Moor is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig- Holstein. The municipality belongs to the district Bullendorf.

Geography and transport

Old Moor is located in the royal Moor, about five kilometers west of Elmshorn. To the south runs the federal highway 431 from Elmshorn city of happiness.

Policy

Since the local elections of 2008, the voters Community KWV has all nine seats of the municipal council.

Coat of arms

Blazon: " Argent, a green frog sitting on three floating downward sloping verstutzten black bars. In the right Obereck a five pointed crown, the middle prongs sullied with a ball. "

A common sign of the settlement and the coexistence of man and nature in Königsmoor is the frog. The Moor closely linked, the frog, is also of the eponymous district of Old Moor. The name of the hamlet Bullendorf can be derived from the " Bollen " or " planks " that are represented in the sign of the emblem. The village could be achieved and managed only via boardwalks originally. IV sub -Danish royal rule at the time the Christian naming and the settlement of the village began. This is housed in the preserved today Flurnamen Königsmoor visible and coat of arms by the Crown expressed.

Economy

The municipal area is predominantly agricultural, the place is changing, however, more and more of a place to live for commuters.

Through the eastern part of the municipal area there Marschbahn Elmshorn - Westerland runs, but without having ever had a Railway Station or stop there. Nearest train station is Elmshorn, a few kilometers east of the Old Moor.

Personalities

• Roberto Pries (1955-2012), handball players