Hamdorf

Hamdorf (Danish Hammeltorp ) is a municipality in the district of Rendsburg -Eckernförde in Schleswig -Holstein.

Geography

Hamdorf is located in the north of the Eider Geest, about 15 km southwest of Rendsburg. Hamdorf is surrounded by meadows and scattered moorland and forest areas. The main highway is the main road 203 in the direction of Rendsburg and heath.

History

The area around Hamdorf was inhabited in pre-Christian times, as excavations and grave finds show. Is mentioned in a document Hamdorf the first time as " Hammathorp " in a document of 1285 in which it was awarded the Danish crown. Belonging to South Schleswig, Hamdorf came in 1864 after the Second Schleswig War to Prussia.

Policy

Of the thirteen seats in the municipal council have the CDU and the voter community KWG since the municipal election in 2008 of five seats, the SPD has three.

Coat of arms

Blazon: "In a green sloping left silver wave beams, accompanied above by a flying silver heron, down from a silver urn. "

The wave bar indicates the proximity of the village to the Eider, the heron is the breeding colonies of these birds in the vicinity and the early settlement is symbolized by the urn.

Economy and infrastructure

The community is predominantly agricultural. In addition to a restaurant, a gas station and a retail store, there are a number of smaller commercial and craft shops.

Hamdorf has a primary school and a kindergarten