Labenz

Labenz is a municipality in the district of Lauenburg, in Schleswig- Holstein.

History

The Slavic settlement Labenz ( from the Slavic language family with German admixture for " swan ", "fish -rich river " or " hard Waterfront " ) lies on the ancient trade route Lübeck- Hamburg and was first documented in 1390. The town center is the mill pond, a water connection between Wehrensteich and former Duvenseer lake. At the mill pond today are the buildings of the old water mill that was in operation until the 20th century.

Aided by the hilly location resulted in several windmills. The largest, a five -leaf, standing on the windmill paddock on the road to Lüchow. This centuries the village, and the place name key elements windmill, water and swan reflected in the local coat of arms, which was officially introduced by the municipality in 1996.

Like most villages has undergone fundamental changes over the past hundred years, Labenz. Initially marked clearly agriculturally dominated in 1908 only 41 farms, 13 craft and five taverns in a total of 76 homes with 416 inhabitants, the village. After the Second World War, a continuous settlement development, which had recorded their highlights after wave of refugees 1945-1950, after 1975 and after the fall of the Iron Curtain. She made Labenz to a residential village. The dairy farm in Labenz closed its doors in 1972 and has been converted into living accommodation. Settlement activity will be initially completed for reasons of overriding regional planning around 2004. Labenz will then have 300 apartments. Currently, there are Labenz 8 farms, 28 businesses and a restaurant with board operation. Since 1994 Labenz has a central local drainage and a supply of natural gas.

Despite all the planning development could historically significant buildings, are remains of the former farming village obtained or restored. The old school was the setting of school activities for the children's circle, which was to become the newly built integrated kindergarten in the 1970s homestead in 1997. The kindergarten is located in the community center Labenz that has arisen from the conversion and extension of the old school.

In the community center, numerous events of the Culture Committee, the volunteer fire department, the charities, the local parties and voter communities take place. The old firehouse was still used until recently by the young people of the village as a meeting place.

Policy

Coat of arms

Blazon: " split from silver and blue. In front a red windmill with pointed dome and five blue wings behind a golden reinforced, embattled silver swan. "

The 1995 approved coat of arms was designed by Siegbert fall from Baek.

Attractions

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

Special

Douglas Adams ' translator Sven Böttcher used the place name Labenz as a nonsense word in " The deeper meaning of the Labenz ".

Since 2002 Labenz is also the headquarters of the association of "Lost Beauties ". This organization is committed to the preservation of old rose varieties. In April 2007, the first roses were planted in L'âge - bleu- Rose Park before entering the town, to be the largest collection of roses in northern Germany.