Aumühle

Bismarck tower in Aumühle

Coat of arms

Aumühle

Location of Aumühle within Herzogtum Lauenburg district

Coordinates: 53°31′54″N 10°18′55″E / 53.53167°N 10.31528°ECoordinates: 53°31′54″N 10°18′55″E / 53.53167°N 10.31528°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Dieter Giese

Area

• Total

3.47 km² (1.34 sq mi)

Elevation

30 m (100 ft)

Population (2015-12-31)^[1]

• Total

3,156

• Density

910/km² (2,400/sq mi)

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

21521

04104

Website

Aumühle (German: [aʊ̯ˈmyːlə] is a German municipality in Schleswig-Holstein, about 21 km (14 mi.) east of Hamburg. It includes at Friedrichsruh, site of the historic Bismarck family estate and mausoleum.

Geography

Aumühle lies on the river Bille in the Sachsenwald, the largest forest in Schleswig-Holstein.

History

In 1350 Aumühle was first recorded as Au-Mühle (mill on the Au River).

In 1846, a station on the newly constructed Hamburg-Berlin railroad line was opened at Friedrichsruh.

Bismarck Mausoleum

In 1871 Kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany gave the Sachsenwald forest, adjacent to the Au, to Otto von Bismarck in recognition of his services to newly unified Germany. Bismarck had a manor house built there, retaining the historic name Friedrichsruh. In 1884 a train stop "Aumühle" was added to the Hamburg-Berlin trunk line.

Karl Dönitz, last head of state of Nazi Germany, moved to Aumühle after his release from Spandau Prison in 1956. He resided there until his death in 1980.

Transport

Aumühle is the eastern terminus station on Hamburg S-Bahn line S21.

Twin towns

Aumühle is twinned with:

Mortagne-sur-Sèvre France
Sleen, today a part of Coevorden, Netherlands

References

↑ "Statistikamt Nord – Bevölkerung der Gemeinden in Schleswig-Holstein 4. Quartal 2015] (XLS-file)". Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein (in German).

External links

Media related to Aumühle at Wikimedia Commons

(in German) Aumühle official website

Towns and municipalities of Kreis Herzogtum Lauenburg
Albsfelde Alt Mölln Aumühle Bäk Bälau Basedow Basthorst Behlendorf Berkenthin Besenthal Bliestorf Börnsen Borstorf Breitenfelde Bröthen Brunsmark Brunstorf Büchen Buchholz Buchhorst Dahmker Dalldorf Dassendorf Düchelsdorf Duvensee Einhaus Elmenhorst Escheburg Fitzen Fredeburg Fuhlenhagen Geesthacht Giesensdorf Göldenitz Göttin Grabau Grambek Grinau Groß Boden Groß Disnack Groß Grönau Groß Pampau Groß Sarau Groß Schenkenberg Grove Gudow Gülzow Güster Hamfelde Hamwarde Harmsdorf Havekost Hohenhorn Hollenbek Hornbek Horst Juliusburg Kankelau Kasseburg Kastorf Kittlitz Klein Pampau Klein Zecher Klempau Klinkrade Koberg Kollow Köthel Kröppelshagen-Fahrendorf Krukow Krummesse Krüzen Kuddewörde Kühsen Kulpin Labenz Langenlehsten Lankau Lanze Lauenburg Lehmrade Linau Lüchow Lütau Mechow Möhnsen Mölln Mühlenrade Müssen Mustin Niendorf an der Stecknitz Niendorf bei Berkenthin Nusse Panten Pogeez Poggensee Ratzeburg Ritzerau Römnitz Rondeshagen Roseburg Sahms Salem Sandesneben Schiphorst Schmilau Schnakenbek Schönberg Schretstaken Schulendorf Schürensöhlen Schwarzenbek Seedorf Siebenbäumen Siebeneichen Sierksrade Sirksfelde Steinhorst Sterley Stubben Talkau Tramm Walksfelde Wangelau Wentorf, Sandesneben Wentorf bei Hamburg Wiershop Witzeeze Wohltorf Woltersdorf Worth Ziethen

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