Bienenbüttel

Bienenbüttel
Bienenbüttel
Coordinates
Administration
Country Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Uelzen
Municipal subdivisions 14 districts
Mayor Heinz-Günter Waltje (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area 99 km2 (38 sq mi)
Elevation 30 m  (98 ft)
Population 6,673 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 67 /km2 (175 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate UE
Postal code 29553
Area code 05823
Website www.bienenbuettel.de

Bienenbüttel is a free municipality in the district of Uelzen, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Ilmenau, approx. 20 km north of Uelzen, and 13 km southeast of Lüneburg. Bienenbüttel is a part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region and of the Lüneburg Heath (Lüneburger Heide).

Bienenbüttel is the seat of the Einheitsgemeinde ("free municipality") Bienenbüttel. Incorporated into the municipality are the villages of Bargdorf, Beverbeck with Grünewald, Bornsen, Edendorf, Eitzen I with Bardenhagen, Grünhagen, Hohenbostel, Hohnstorf, Niendorf, Rieste with Neu-Rieste, Steddorf with Neu-Steddorf, Varendorf, Wichmannsburg and Wulfstorf.

Bienenbüttel is located at the Elbe-Seitenkanal a 115 km long waterway. Bienenbüttel also is a station of the highspeed rail route Hamburg-Uelzen-Hannover

2011 EHEC Epidemic

Bienenbüttel is the location of the organic farm[2] which produced the beansprouts that are believed to be the source of infection in the 2011 epidemic of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC).[3][4]

References