Aukrug

Aukrug is a municipality in the district of Rendsburg -Eckernförde in Schleswig -Holstein. The municipality was created on 31 December 1969 by the merger of the previously independent municipalities Bargfeld, Böken, Bünzen, Homfeld and Innien. It derives its name from a field name. The municipal area also includes the two districts Tönsheide and Bucken.

3.1 Municipal Council
3.2 Mayor
3.3 Coat of Arms
3.4 partnerships

4.2 The Bünzer watermill
4.3 Aukruger Church
4.4 Water Tower in Aukrug - Böken
4.5 The Boxberg
4.6 motte " Bori " in Bünzen
4.7 Fourth Higher Moor
4.8 Megalithic grave in Kluesbarg Homfeld
4.9 Dithmarsch mountains
4:10 " Lübsche Trade" by Meezen
4:11 aurochs
4:12 Nature Reserve Tönsheider forest

5.1 Public bodies
5.2 Education

7.1 volunteer fire
7.2 guilds and village associations
7.3 music, choral and theater groups
7.4 Nature and Cultural Associations
7.5 Sports clubs
7.6 foundations

Born 8.1 Aukrug
8.2 Connected to Aukrug
8.3 freeman

Geography and transport

The municipality is located in the heart of the 380 -acre nature park Aukrug, a recognized resort of fields and meadows, heaths, bogs, ponds and creeks. Due to the degradation of peat and the subsequent production of peat charcoal, which is similar to charcoal is made, the bogs are, however, declined sharply in the municipality. Today, the Fourth Higher Moor, a raised bog in the district Böken is only going to get. By Aukrug the flow Bünzau and Höllenau. 351 ha of the 1000 ha Forst Iloo belong to the municipality.

Aukrug is located on the B 430 and the railway line Neumünster Heath, the so-called Western Railway. The route is now operated by the nordbahn railway company.

In the winter ... and about the park Aukrug

Under the direction board on the A7

Bünzau in Aukrug - Innien

History

The name Aukrug was originally a field name and comes from the Low German name " in de Aukrögen " and means something like in the curvatures of the floodplain. The exact name for the area around the five villages Innien, Böken, Bünzen, Bargfeld and Homfeld was Nortorfer Aukrug, since there was also a Aukrug in Neumünster and Rendsburg. Innien, the oldest district has already been mentioned 1128.

Postal History

1881 a post office was opened in Innien. 1908, a post office was built and transformed the agency into an independent post office.

Chronicle of Aukrugs

The "History of Aukrugs " has already been posted several times in the same book. The first edition was commissioned in 1907 and was published in 1913; the author was Georg Reimer. The Aukruger Chronicle is one of the oldest printed village chronicles of Schleswig-Holstein. New editions published in 1959 ( revised edition ), 1978 (Edition of 1959 with continued) and 1995 ( additions and amendments).

Population Development

The history of Aukrugs reporting the following populations:

( *) Excluding the inhabitants of the monastic lands that be reflected in the statistics only from 1860

Policy

Municipal council

Of the 17 seats in the municipal council, the CDU has been the local elections in May 2013 eight seats, the SPD four, voters Community AI ( Aukruger community of interest ) two, voters Community OFA (residents for Aukrug ) two seats and the FDP one seat

Mayor

Coat of arms

Blazon: "In green over silver wave beams a silver wheel with four spokes ( wheel cross ), is in the center and at the four outer ends of the spokes together with five red, marked with golden seed pods and golden sepals rose petals. "

The green color symbolizes the natural spatial location in Akrug Nature Park. The silver wave beams expresses the situation on the rivers Buckener Au, Mitbek and Bünzau and refers to the position of the " curvatures of the floodplain " lying area.

The districts Bargfeld, Böken, Bünzen, Homfeld and Innien are represented in the coat of arms by the five roses. The common wheel shows the convergence of these five formerly independent villages. The wheel also symbolizes the convenient location at the crossroads of the main road 121 Kiel - Itzehoe and Lübsche Trade, today the federal highway 430

Partnerships

Since 1989 Municipal Sponsorship with Warin in Mecklenburg- Vorpommern
Since 1997 there has been an official friendship and partnership agreement with the Village Parisien in Burkina Faso.

Attractions

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

Historic water mill in Bünzen

Megalithic grave " Kluesbarg " in Aukrug - Homfeld

Water tower in the district Böken

The region is very well developed for tourism.

The Dat ole Hus is a local history museum in the district Bünzen. The building was constructed in 1700 for the first time in 1804 and rebuilt after a fire in a thatched cottage. Well-known tourist destination is the " Museumskroog " in which there is on the old stove freshly baked waffles with cherry porridge.

The Bünzer watermill

The Bünzer water mill is a well-preserved water mill, which probably existed since the Middle Ages. The mill is depicted as a landmark on the tourist Under the direction of board at the Federal Highway 7.

Aukruger Church

The Evangelical Church Aukrug is a cross-shaped hall church consecrated in 1893 in the Gothic Revival style. The draft in 1922 built the tower comes from the imperial church architect Jürgen Kröger Baurat and who lived in Innien retired.

Aukruger church after the completion

Front view of the Aukruger church before the construction of the tower

The Aukruger church today (summer 2006)

Water tower in Aukrug - Böken

One of the smallest water towers in the country is in Böken. He is still the water supply of the community.

The Boxberg

With 76.8 meters of the Boxberg is one of the highest elevations in the Akrug Nature Park. From the top of the viewer has a wide view of the wooded landscape of the Natural Park.

Motte " Bori " in Bünzen

In Bünzen the sports field is the early medieval castle Bori. The plant belongs to the so-called moths that were created amplified from the 12th century.

Fourth Higher Moor

The Fourth Higher Moor, a wiedervernässtes raised bog is located on the road to Nortorf with a circular route. The ring-shaped hills that are located on the premises, are remnants from the production of peat charcoal, which was similarly prepared as charcoal.

Pond in Aukrug - Innien

Warning notice to the motte Bori in Bünzen

The grave mound Kluesbarg in the sunset

Megalithic grave in Kluesbarg Homfeld

The Kluesbarg, an overgrown with beech passage grave at the Itzehoer road, is a Bronze Age grave investment in Aukrug.

Dithmarsch mountains

The Dithmarsch mountains are three burial mounds from the Bronze Age on the road to Ehndorf that are probably referred to as a reminder of the battle in Bünzen ( 1317 ) as. Another grave mound group is located at Bargfeld.

" Lübsche Trade" by Meezen

The forest path from Aukrug - Homfeld after Meezen is an originally preserved section of the old trade route Lübsche Trade. There is a memorial stone at the junction on the main road 430.

Aurochs

Since 2002 Heck cattle are kept in the Natural Park for the care of some areas. Through their feeding behavior cattle promote the creation of a diverse plant and animal world and make further maintenance measures pasture landscape superfluous. The two pastures are located in the district of Barg field at the Bünzau and in Aukrug - Homfeld in the spacious Buckener Au lowlands. From two observation towers you can see the Heck cattle, but also resting and breeding bird watching in Homfeld well, without having to enter the area.

Nature reserve Tönsheider forest

On the 67 -acre site east of the clinic Tönsheider forest located in the nature reserve greater part of natural forest areas interspersed with heaths.

Memorial stone at the Lübsche Trade near Aukrug - Homfeld

Grinder in the Bünzer watermill

Heck cattle - the aurochs in Aukrug

Economy and infrastructure

The local economy is dominated by small businesses from trade, commerce and agriculture. These is the cultivation of asparagus. In Aukrug 2005, the first asparagus queen for Schleswig-Holstein was crowned. The recreational value of the municipal area making tourism an important economic factor.

Public institutions

The clinic Aukrug is a traditional spa and rehabilitation clinic, which is exactly like the Erlenhof, a living room and workshop of the Inner Mission for disabled people, known nationwide.

Education

In the village there is a primary and secondary school. In Tönsheide is the education center fir field, the educational institution of the economy in Schleswig -Holstein, a resident.

Leisure and Tourism

In Aukrug there are marked hiking trails, inter alia, the Naturparkweg. Run through the woods, and partly to the rivers of Bünzer Au. Next there is a gliding field, which can be used for a donation to guest flights, and is open from mid-March to mid-October.

In Innien there is an outdoor swimming pool with paddling pool and diving tower. Since May 2006, there are outdoor pool on a RV park. In the extensive sports and leisure facilities, there is a barbecue for everyone.

At the Boxberg there is also a jogging path. Also for golf and tennis players are facilities available in the community.

Bünzau in the south- east of the bridge in Aukrug - Innien

View of the valley Buckener Au

Buckener Au near the Strait of Aukrug after Heinkenborstel

Associations and Foundations

The cultural life in Aukrug is organized by a variety of clubs and allows:

ADAC local association Aukrug
Aukruger Seniors Club
AWO Workers' Welfare
German Red Cross, local group Aukrug
DGB local group Aukrug
Friends of pool Aukrug
Jafa - youth work for Aukrug
Partnership Aukrug - Sien
SoVD Sozialverband Germany
Tourist Association Aukrug
VFF Aukrugschule
Association of Craft, trade and commerce
Community College Aukrug

Volunteer fire

Volunteer Fire Bargfeld
Volunteer Fire Innien
Volunteer Fire Böken
Volunteer Fire Homfeld
Volunteer Fire Bünzen
Young Firefighters Aukrug

Guilds and village associations

Inner Gill
Boker guild
Bargfelder Village Festival
Bünzer guild
Homfelder guild

Music, choral and theater groups

Female Choir of VHS
Aukroger Speelkrink
Männergesangverein Aukrug
Fire Department marching band Aukrug

Nature and Cultural Associations

Country Women's Association
Water and Soil Association Bünzau
Beekeepers Club Aukrug and environment
Water and Soil Association Buckener Au
Hegering Aukrug
ERNA Extensive cattle farming in Akrug Nature Park
Aukruger Bund
Naturschutzring Aukrug
Pigeon fanciers club Aukrug
Pond Community Bünzen

Sports clubs

Railway Sports Club BSC Aukrug
DLRG local association Aukrug
Means Holsteinischer Golf Club Aukrug
Equestrian community awareness Kate
Riding Club Aukrug
Gliding Aukrug
Sport fishing club Aukrug
TSV Aukrug
Hiking group of VHS

Foundations

Foundation Climate Forest

Personalities

Born in Aukrug

Gerd Helbig, born 1939 in Innien is a German journalist. He worked for ZDF from 1968 until his retirement in 2009.

Connected to Aukrug

Jürgen Friedrich Ahrens, director of the trade school in Kiel and local poet, born in 1834 in Sarlhusen, spent his childhood and school years in Bünzen.
Alwin Blue (* 1896 in Hamburg, † 1958 in Kiel ) was a German sculptor and craftsman. He designed at the University Clinic Aukrug parts of the facade and two statues at the entrance of tuberculosis Nachfürsorgeheims Heidhof
Detlef Breiholz ( born October 24, 1864 in Vaasbüttel at Hohenwestedt, † December 1, 1929 in Neumünster), teacher and beekeeper, buried in Innien. Under his presidency was created in 1925 from the union of German beekeepers associations of the new German Beekeepers Association.
Fritz Bringmann ( born February 9, 1918 in Lübeck, † 31 March 2011) was a German communist resistance fighter against National Socialism and agencies of the Federal Cross of Merit. He lived from 1966 until his death in Aukrug.
Carl Emeis (1831-1911) was a German Provincial Forestry Director, pioneer of land improvement and founder of Heath Cultural Association for Schleswig- Holstein. With his support, the First Schleswig-Holstein Forest Association was founded in Aukrug on 25 March 1874. Through the work of the Forest Association, the forest area in Aukrug of 490 ha ( 1874) to 930 ha ( 1906) was almost doubled in about 30 years. Carl Emeis and his son came to the founding of the Association annually to forest inspections and consultations in the Aukrug.
Uta Fölster (* 1956 in Itzehoe ), since 2008 President of Schleswig- Holstein Higher Regional Court, grew up in Aukrug.
Joachim Hein ( born July 4, 1901 in Neisse in Upper Silesia; † 5 May 1987) was from 1934 to 1966 director of the hospital Tönsheide (today Clinic Aukrug ) and professor of internal medicine in Kiel.
Jürgen Kröger, imperial building officer and church builder, lived from 1919 in Aukrug and was buried in 1928 in Innien.
Georg Reimer, teacher and local historian, founded with his "History of the Aukrugs " the view from Aukrug as closed settlement area
John Tramsen, Pastor and Head of the brother in Innien Council of the Confessing Church in Schleswig -Holstein, died September 8, 1943 in Innien. In 1937 he was among those who " The explanation of the 96 Protestant church leaders against Alfred Rosenberg " because of its journal " Protestant Rome Pilgrims " signed.

Freeman

Heinz- Wilhelm, Hajo ' Fölster (* 1925 in Willenscharen, † 2012 in Aukrug ) was from 1967 to 1987 a member of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein.
Friedrich Christiansen, Air General, Commander of the Wehrmacht in the Netherlands and war, in 1933 an honorary citizen of the community Innien, spent his retirement in Aukrug and was buried here in 1972.

Portrait of Jürgen Kröger from the collection of the Museum of National History Hohenwestedt

Georg Reimers grave

Grave by Detlef Breiholz

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