Bredenbek

Bredenbek is a municipality, located in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde in the German Bundesland of Schleswig-Holstein.

For other uses, see Bredenbek (disambiguation).
Bredenbek
Coat of arms
Location of Bredenbek within Rendsburg-Eckernförde district
Bredenbek
Bredenbek
Coordinates: 54°19′0″N 9°52′0″E
CountryGermany
StateSchleswig-Holstein
DistrictRendsburg-Eckernförde
Municipal assoc.Achterwehr
Government
 • MayorHans-Werner Hamann (SPD)
Area
 • Total12.43 km2 (4.80 sq mi)
Elevation
14 m (46 ft)
Population
 (2019-12-31)[1]
 • Total1,515
 • Density120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
24796
Dialling codes04334
Vehicle registrationRD
Websitewww.amtachterwehr.de

Bredenbek is part of the Amt ("collective municipality") Achterwehr.

Geography

Bredenbek is situated about 18 km west of Kiel and 15 km east of Rendsburg. The highway "Autobahn 210" from Kiel to Rendsburg passes near the south of the village. The Kiel Canal passes about 2 km to the north.

History

Bredenbek was first mentioned in the year 1264 in the town's book of Kiel, named as "de Bradenbeke".

Origin of the name

The name of "Bredenbek" consists of two Low German words, brede for "flat" and bek for "creek". The original Bredenbek creek, a feeder of the Eider River, once flowed through the area of the village, but nowadays flows underground through pipes.

Education

Currently 96 children, from the 1st to the 4th grade, attend the primary school, which is situated at the center of the village. Furthermore, there is a kindergarten in Bredenbek.

Town partnerships

Personalities
  • Eric Braeden, an actor in the United States, was born and grew up in Bredenbek. Since 1998 Eric Braeden has been an honorary citizen of Bredenbek.

References
  1. "Statistikamt Nord – Bevölkerung der Gemeinden in Schleswig-Holstein 4. Quartal 2019 (XLS-file)". Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein (in German).

Literature
  • Gemeinde Chronik - (German language) Published in August 2003, containing 227 pages of information collected by the Arbeitsgruppe Dorfchronik.



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