Bothkamp

Bothkamp is a municipality in the region Barkauer land in the district of Plön, in Schleswig- Holstein.

• 5.1 Trail Cultural Landscape Bothkamp - Hof Siek

Geography and transport

Bothkamp is located on the main road 404 between Kiel and Bad Segeberg approximately at the level of Preetz. To Bothkamp includes the Both Kamper lake from which springs the Eider, and the estate Bothkamp. The highway L 49 runs right through the city, it connects the B 404 in Nettelsee with the A7 near Bordesholm.

History

The story Both Kamps is closely connected with the history of the estate of the same name, which is the largest of Schleswig-Holstein was once 6,000 acres. The community Bothkamp created in 1928 upon dissolution of the estate districts from a part of Gutsbezirks Bothkamp.

The Good Bothkamp arose from the very first time in 1243 mentioned manor Bistekesse. On the estate of Josiah Rantzau (1609-1650) was born, he was commander of the Thirty Years' War.

Middle of the 19th century lived and worked the illustrator and children's book author Fanny von Bernstorff temporarily in Bothkamp. 1870 by the Chamberlain Friedrich Gustav von Bülow on the edge of the estate, a private observatory set up. The observatory Bothkamp was in the years to become a leading research institution in the field of astrophysics. 1914, the operation was set today to remember only fragments of this building.

After the two world wars substantial parts were delivered from Good Bothkamp for settlement purposes. However, it is still a big operation. The estate is privately owned ( von Bülow ) and is not publicly available. A special feature to mention that the estate has two gatehouses.

The community Bothkamp belonged until 1932 to the resolution circle Bordesholm, then to the district of Plön, to finally merging Preetz country in office after the local government reform in 1970 ( Resolution of the Office Kirchbarkau ).

Policy

Since the local elections of 2013, the voters Community WGB has all nine seats in the municipal council.

Coat of arms

Blazon: ". Azure, a gold top, is a red cylindrical observatory, top right, a golden Haferrispe, top left a 14 -beam gold star "

The main character is the representation of the coat of arms in 1869, built by Friedrich Gustav von Bülow observatory on the main courtyard Bothkamp, the foundations of which are still preserved today. The blue stands for Both Kamper lake. The golden tip is for the court Bothkamp projecting headland than in the Both Kamper lake inside. The golden Haferrispe is the main industry in the village, the farm economy. The 14- rayed star represents the 13 residential places of the very large area municipality Bothkamp and the planetoid named Athamanthis, representative for the numerous astronomical discoveries from the Both Kamper observatory until the end of the 19th century.

Economy

Agriculture currently provides still an important economic sector dar.

Attractions

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

Trail Cultural Landscape Bothkamp - Hof Siek

The working group nature of the civil society Barkauer country in 2004 gives the trail on the faces of Conrad von Bülow to life. Since then he has been continuously enhanced with new boards, topics and especially the floor adventure trail. The trail may at any time be committed.