Brunsbüttel

Town hall in Brunsbüttel

Coat of arms

Brunsbüttel

Location of Brunsbüttel within Dithmarschen district

Coordinates: 53°53′47″N 09°08′19″E / 53.89639°N 9.13861°ECoordinates: 53°53′47″N 09°08′19″E / 53.89639°N 9.13861°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Wilfried Hansen

Area

• Total

65.24 km² (25.19 sq mi)

Elevation

1 m (3 ft)

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

• Total

12,740

• Density

200/km² (510/sq mi)

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

25534–25541

04851, 04852, 04855

HEI

Website

www.brunsbuettel.de

Brunsbüttel ( German pronunciation ) is a town in the district of Dithmarschen, in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany that lies on the mouth of the Elbe river, near the North Sea. It is the location of the western entrance to the Kiel Canal, the busiest artificial waterway in the world.

History

The earliest reference to the town is in a document dated 14 July 1286.

„Brunsbuttel“ 1645 im Atlas Maior von Blaeu

Brunsbüttel um 1895

Matthias-Boie-Haus / Ähren- und Flechtverbund

With the construction of the Kiel Canal (Nord-Ostsee-Kanal) in 1911, the town was divided in two.

During the opening days of World War II, on 4 September 1939, the No. 149 Squadron RAF carried out the second bombing of that war, targetting warships near the town.^[2]

Economy

Brunsbüttel became an industrial area in the 1960s and 1970s. The ChemCoast Park Brunsbüttel is still the most important enterprise zone and with 2,000 ha also the largest industrial area in Schleswig-Holstein.

Chemical Plants

Energy

Vattenfall: Gas Turbine Power Station (near the Brunsbüttel Nuclear Power Plant which is out of service)

Harbours

Brunsbüttel Ports GmbH (port operation and logistics)

Notable residents

Jennifer Oeser (born 1983), athlete
Karen Duve author

References

Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article Brunsbüttel.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Brunsbüttel, Germany.

Towns and municipalities of Dithmarschen
Albersdorf Arkebek Averlak Bargenstedt Barkenholm Barlt Bergewöhrden Brickeln Brunsbüttel Buchholz Bunsoh Burg Busenwurth Büsum Büsumer Deichhausen Dellstedt Delve Diekhusen-Fahrstedt Dingen Dörpling Eddelak Eggstedt Elpersbüttel Epenwöhrden Fedderingen Frestedt Friedrichsgabekoog Friedrichskoog Gaushorn Glüsing Großenrade Groven Gudendorf Hedwigenkoog Heide Hellschen-Heringsand-Unterschaar Helse Hemme Hemmingstedt Hennstedt Hillgroven Hochdonn Hollingstedt Hövede Immenstedt Kaiser-Wilhelm-Koog Karolinenkoog Kleve Krempel Kronprinzenkoog Krumstedt Kuden Lehe Lieth Linden Lohe-Rickelshof Lunden Marnerdeich Marne Meldorf Neuenkirchen Neufeld Neufelderkoog Nindorf Norddeich Norderheistedt Nordermeldorf Norderwöhrden Nordhastedt Odderade Oesterdeichstrich Oesterwurth Offenbüttel Osterrade Ostrohe Pahlen Quickborn Ramhusen Rehm-Flehde-Bargen Reinsbüttel Sankt Annen Sankt Michaelisdonn Sarzbüttel Schafstedt Schalkholz Schlichting Schmedeswurth Schrum Schülp Stelle-Wittenwurth Strübbel Süderdeich Süderdorf Süderhastedt Süderheistedt Tellingstedt Tensbüttel-Röst Tielenhemme Trennewurth Volsemenhusen Wallen Warwerort Weddingstedt Welmbüttel Wennbüttel Wesselburen Wesselburener Deichhausen Wesselburenerkoog Wesseln Westerborstel Westerdeichstrich Wiemerstedt Windbergen Wöhrden Wolmersdorf Wrohm

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