Basedow, Schleswig-Holstein

Graves' disease is a municipality in the district of Lauenburg, in Schleswig- Holstein.

Geography

Graves is located northeast of Lauenburg, protected on the slopes of abschwenkenden north bank of the Elbe and thus high in the glacial valley of Delvenau. It is located on Lanzer lake, through which the Elbe- Lübeck Canal leads.

The L 200, and thus the important north -south connection in the Duchy of Lauenburg, tangent to the place.

History

The place 'disease is of Slavic origin and was first mentioned in Ratzeburg tithe register of 1230 for the first time, archaeological finds indicate a settlement in the Neolithic and Bronze Age.

Graves joined the group of old settlements in the southern Sadelbande whose German colonization is likely about 1150. The name indicates an original Wendish settlement, which was called Basedowe, which translated means " under the elder ."

Due to its location at 1398 put into operation Stecknitz, which is referred to as a wet road salt in today's parlance, and were transported to the innumerable salt loads over the centuries from Lüneburg to Lübeck coming, Graves always had a connection to the trade of the Hanseatic League.

Graves suffered heavily among the armies of the Thirty Years' War. Originally from 12 farms this time survived only three yards. Also in 1945, the village was severely damaged. After the British troops crossed the Elbe at Lauenburg, the German defenders made ​​a last line of defense between Graves and Lütau. The fighting in Graves gave the burgers a gain of time, which allowed them to Hamburg without a fight to pass the Allies.

Policy

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

Coat of arms

Blazon: "In green with golden board about a chiseled, Bronze Age gold bangle with four black stems manner of a St. Andrew's Cross close to each other Asked silver beech leaves. "

The four leaves in the coat of arms are beech leaves that indicate the name of the place, which was interpreted as Wendish term for a Buchenhorst. Today, however, assumed that this interpretation is wrong. Among the book leaves a Bronze Age Bangle is shown, which was found in the municipality.

Economy and infrastructure

Graves is known for its asparagus.

The nearest train stations with passenger are Lauenburg (Elbe ) on the railway line Lübeck- Lüneburg and Büchenberg at the intersection of this line with the railway line Hamburg- Berlin. Both are about five miles from Graves' disease.

Culture

In the list of cultural monuments in Basedow ( Lauenburg ) are registered in the list of monuments of Schleswig- Holstein cultural monuments.

Since 2007, in Graves' disease each year the readings of the " channel stories " in the context of the cultural summer on the canal instead.