Bredenbek

Bredenbek
Coat of arms
Bredenbek
Location of Bredenbek within Rendsburg-Eckernförde district
Coordinates: 54°19′0″N 9°52′0″E / 54.31667°N 9.86667°E / 54.31667; 9.86667Coordinates: 54°19′0″N 9°52′0″E / 54.31667°N 9.86667°E / 54.31667; 9.86667
Country	Germany
State	Schleswig-Holstein
District	Rendsburg-Eckernförde
Municipal assoc.	Achterwehr
Government
• Mayor	Hans-Werner Hamann (SPD)
Area
• Total	12.43 km2 (4.80 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)[1]
• Total	1,447
• Density	120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	24796
Dialling codes	04334
Vehicle registration	RD
Website	www.amtachterwehr.de

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

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

• Walcott, Iowa, in the United States of America
• Brandshagen, near Stralsund in Germany

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

External links

• The official Website of Bredenbek (German))

Literature

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

Towns and municipalities in Rendsburg-Eckernförde Achterwehr Ahlefeld-Bistensee Alt Duvenstedt Altenhof Altenholz Arpsdorf Ascheffel Aukrug Bargstall Bargstedt Barkelsby Beldorf Bendorf Beringstedt Bissee Blumenthal Böhnhusen Bokel Bordesholm Borgdorf-Seedorf Borgstedt Bornholt Bovenau Brammer Bredenbek Breiholz Brekendorf Brinjahe Brodersby Brügge Büdelsdorf Bünsdorf Christiansholm Damendorf Damp Dänischenhagen Dätgen Dörphof Eckernförde Ehndorf Eisendorf Ellerdorf Elsdorf-Westermühlen Embühren Emkendorf Felde Felm Fleckeby Flintbek Fockbek Friedrichsgraben Friedrichsholm Gammelby Gettorf Gnutz Gokels Goosefeld Grauel Grevenkrug Groß Buchwald Groß Vollstedt Groß Wittensee Güby Haale Haby Hamdorf Hamweddel Hanerau-Hademarschen Haßmoor Heinkenborstel Hoffeld Hohenwestedt Hohn Holtsee Holzbunge Holzdorf Hörsten Hummelfeld Hütten Jahrsdorf Jevenstedt Karby Klein Wittensee Königshügel Kosel Krogaspe Kronshagen Krummwisch Langwedel Lindau Lohe-Föhrden Loop Loose Luhnstedt Lütjenwestedt Meezen Melsdorf Mielkendorf Molfsee Mörel Mühbrook Negenharrie Neudorf-Bornstein Neu Duvenstedt Neuwittenbek Nienborstel Nindorf Noer Nortorf Nübbel Oldenbüttel Oldenhütten Osdorf Ostenfeld Osterby Osterrönfeld Osterstedt Ottendorf Owschlag Padenstedt Prinzenmoor Quarnbek Rade bei Hohenwestedt Rade bei Rendsburg Reesdorf Remmels Rendsburg Rickert Rieseby Rodenbek Rumohr Schacht-Audorf Schierensee Schinkel Schmalstede Schönbek Schönhorst Schülldorf Schülp bei Nortorf Schülp bei Rendsburg Schwedeneck Seefeld Sehestedt Sophienhamm Sören Stafstedt Steenfeld Strande Tackesdorf Tappendorf Techelsdorf Thaden Thumby Timmaspe Todenbüttel Tüttendorf Waabs Wapelfeld Warder Wasbek Wattenbek Westensee Westerrönfeld Windeby Winnemark