Boostedt

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

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Geography

Boostedt located in the southern part of the state of Schleswig -Holstein. The coasts of the North and Baltic Seas are each located about an hour's drive. The distance to the southern city of Hamburg and the northern city of Kiel is approximately 50 kilometers each. Boostedt in Segeberg belongs to the northernmost tip of the metropolitan region of Hamburg.

History

The oldest known written mention of the village dates from the year 1201. Finds from earlier eras indicate an earlier occupation of the site.

Boostedt was 1971-2007 municipality and with the end about 4500 inhabitants and is the most populous amt free and volunteer managed community of Schleswig-Holstein.

Landmark Boostedt until its demolition by blasting on 18 January 2005, the built from 1972 to 1976 a total of 50 meter high radar tower. This executed in reinforced concrete tower had a platform with 22 meters in diameter. The tower had a floor area of ​​10 × 10 meters and a diameter of 6.50 meters.

Policy

Coat of arms

Blazon: " Azure, between two upright golden beech leaves a silver slant Links bar, topped with nine individual red bricks, of which the first and the last to disappear in the plate edge. "

The coat of arms of Boostedt combined symbols that point to important historical events and economic developments in the community. Nine bricks occupy the nine incurred in place since 1737 brickyards. The production of hand line brick was a major economic factor in Boostedt. The oblique beams in the arms suggests the Via Regia. The Via Regia was an important medieval Road, which led over Rendsburg, Neumünster and Bramstedt to Hamburg and was far from the place. As much used means of communication, he held one hand of a supportive influence on the economic life; on the other hand he gave during the Thirty Years' War troops passing through twice the opportunity to plunder the place. The road also symbolizes that after 1945 a large number of East German refugees in the village found a new home. The Boostedter mountains with their forest wealth and its tourist value as well as the place-name found in the golden beech leaves expression.

Economy

In Boostedt a Bundeswehr site is with 1980 posts. This is, after stationing concept for the German Army from October 2011, reduced to just 40 soldiers in the ammunition depot. The Rantzau barracks at the From - the - Borne Street, in so far the repair Battalion 166, the logistics battalion 162 and a medical center are to be closed in the third quarter of 2016.

Traffic

Boostedt has a stop on the AKN on the railway line Neumünster cold churches -Altona, which connects the city with a journey time of nine minutes by main train station Neumünster. Ten stops in Boostedt are on a bus route Stadtwerke Neumünster Neumünster.

The highway connection to the Federal Highway 7 is located about seven kilometers away.