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Ahrensburg
Country	Germany
State	Schleswig-Holstein
District	Stormarn
Population	30 087 source (2005)
Area	35.3 km²
Population density	852 /km²
Elevation	41 m
Coordinates	53°41′ N 10°15′ E
Postal code	22901 - 22926
Area code	04102
Licence plate code	OD
Mayor	Ursula Pepper (SPD)
Website	www.ahrensburg.de

Ahrensburg [ˈaːʁənsˌbʊʁk] is a town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is a northeastern suburb of Hamburg and part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region (Metropolregion Hamburg), situated in Stormarn district. Population around 30,100 (2004). Its outstanding sight is the Renaissance castle dating from 1595. Other sights are the adjacent castle church with its "Gottesbuden" Almshouses. Ahrensburg is situated in the Tunneltal, in which Alfred Rust excavated many items dating back to the ice age. Ahrensburg is easily accessible by car and train, being situated next to the Autobahn A1 and the railway route between the Hanseatic cities of Hamburg and Lübeck. Image File history File links WappenAhrensburg. ... Map from German Wikipedia File links The following pages link to this file: Ahrensburg Categories: GFDL images ... This is an alphabetical list of countries of the world, including both internationally recognized and generally unrecognized independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ... Germany is a Federal Republic made up of 16 States, known in German as Länder (singular Land). ... Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the 16 Bundesländer in Germany. ... There are 439 German districts (Kreise), administrative units in Germany. ... Stormarn is a district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... The metre, or meter (US), is a measure of length. ... See Cartesian coordinate system or Coordinates (elementary mathematics) for a more elementary introduction to this topic. ... German Postleitzahl map of the first two digits Postal codes in Germany, known as Postleitzahl (pl. ... see also Telephone numbering plan of Germany for further codes including service numbers, cell phones etc. ... German car number plates (Kfz-Kennzeichen) show the place where the car carrying them is registered. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger,greater) is in modern times the title of the highest ranking municipal officer, who discharges certain judicial and administrative functions, in many systems an elected politician, who serves as chief executive and/or ceremonial official of many types of municipalities. ... SPD redirects here. ... This page as shown in the AOL 9. ... Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the 16 Bundesländer in Germany. ... Hamburgs motto: May the posterity endeavour with dignity to conserve the freedom, which the forefathers acquired. ... Metropolregion Hamburg (Hamburg Metropolitan Region) External links Metropolregion Hamburg - The official homepage ... Stormarn is a district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. ... Raphael was famous for depicting illustrious figures of the Classical past with the features of his Renaissance contemporaries. ... The Almshouse at Sherborne, Dorset The Almshouse at Woburn, Bedfordshire West Hackney Almshouses in Stoke Newington, London. ... Variations in CO2, temperature and dust from the Vostok ice core over the last 400 000 years For the animated movie, see Ice Age (movie). ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into freeway. ... Hamburgs motto: May the posterity endeavour with dignity to conserve the freedom, which the forefathers acquired. ... Lübeck ( pronunc. ...

History

Prehistory

The Ahrensburg Tunneltal contains a lot of evidence for late palaeolithic reindeer hunters. Today the railway line between Hamburg and Lübeck follows the flat valley bottm. The finds in the valley are so important, that prehistorians talk about the 'Ahrensburger Stufe' in general. See Ahrensburg culture Hamburgs motto: May the posterity endeavour with dignity to conserve the freedom, which the forefathers acquired. ... Lübeck ( pronunc. ... Stonehenge, England, erected by Neolithic peoples ca. ... The Ahrensburg culture (ca 9000 BC– ca 8400 BC was a late Upper Paleolithic culture during the Younger Dryas, the last spell of cold at the end of the Wiechsel glaciation. ...

Middle Ages

The town dates back to the 13th Century, when the Counts of Schauenburg founded the viallge of Woldenhorn (which later became the town of Ahrensburg) and the neighbouring villages Ahrensfelde, Meilsdorf and Beimoor. Woldenhorn is first mentioned in the year 1314. The village came in to the possession of the Cistercian monastery in Reinfeld in 1327, and Woldenhorn became the seat of the monastery Reeve until the middle of the 16th Century. Schloss ruine Schauenburg is a ruined castle on the near the borders of France and Germany, it is in the commune of Liestal, Switzerland. ... Cistercians coat of arms The Order of Cistercians (OCist) (Latin Cistercenses), otherwise Gimey or White Monks (from the colour of the habit, over which is worn a black scapular or apron) are a Catholic order of monks. ... Monastery of St. ... Reinfeld is a small town of about two hundred people in the Pembina Valley region of Manitoba, Canada, located about 1 km east of Winkler. ... A reeve (Old English gerefa) was an Anglo-Saxon official of high rank, exerting local jurisdiction. ...

The "Arx Arnsburga", also called Arnesvelde castle, was built around the year 1200. Ruins of the castle are still visible in the Hagen forest to the south of the town. The town coat of arms shows the castle in the upper field. There are records of Vogts based in the castle in 1295 and 1304. In 1326 Count John III of Schauenburg had his Reeve relocated to Trittau and abbandoned the castle. Vogt is a word of Germanic languages(except for English), originated from latin language vocatius, refers to: People named Vogt: Alfred Elton (A. E.) van Vogt Andrea Vogt Berti Vogts Erik Vogt Howard C. Vogts Jørgen Herman Vogt Karl Vogt Paul Vogt Roland Vogt Tom Vogt Other: Funker Vogt... Trittau is a municipality in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, located 30 km east of Hamburg. ...

Modern Period

After the dissolution of the monasteries due to the Reformation, the whole area came into the possession of the king of Denmark. He rewarded his general Daniel Rantzau 1567 with lordship over these villages. His brother and heir Peter Rantzau built a Renaissance residence in the form of a water castle, now the symbol of the town, and the castle church around 1595. The construction of "Gottesbuden" (Accommodation for old and destitute people) directly by the church was exemplary. The Protestant Reformation, also referred to as the Protestant Revolution or Protestant Revolt, was a movement in the 16th century to reform the Catholic Church in Western Europe. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Raphael was famous for depicting illustrious figures of the Classical past with the features of his Renaissance contemporaries. ...

The "Ahrensburg Estate" belonged to the so-called Noble Estates, which possessed a large amount of freedom and self administration.

Schloss Ahrensburg

The Rantzaus' estate was heavily indebted by the middle of the 18th century and, in 1759, was acquired by the businessman Heinrich Carl von Schimmelmann. Schimmelmann remodelled the castle and village in the baroque style and the current layout of the town reflects these plans. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (858x643, 118 KB) Wasserschloss Ahrensburg bei Hamburg (11. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (858x643, 118 KB) Wasserschloss Ahrensburg bei Hamburg (11. ... Adoration, by Peter Paul Rubens. ...

On the 7th June 1867 the estate village Woldenhorn became an independent Prussian country community and renamed itself Ahrensburg after a decision by the community council. It belonged to the "Amt Ahrensburg", from which the "amtsfreie" community once more succeeded in 1912. June 7 is the 158th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (159th in leap years), with 207 days remaining. ... 1867 (MDCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Prussia, 1701-1918 Prussia (German: ; Latin: Borussia, Prutenia; Lithuanian: ; Polish: ; Old Prussian: Prūsa) was, most recently, a historic state originating in East Prussia, an area which for centuries had substantial influence on German and European history. ...

The construction of the railway between Hamburg and Lübeck in the year 1865 made Ahrensburg to a well loved destination for outings outside Hamburg and the number of inhabitants increased. By 1910 the number had reached 2750 inhabitants. The incorporation of various surrounding communities in the year 1928 lead to an increase in the town area to about 5 km². Hamburgs motto: May the posterity endeavour with dignity to conserve the freedom, which the forefathers acquired. ... Lübeck ( pronunc. ...

Building of the settlements "Daheim/Heimgarten" (partially on the territory of the current community of Ammersbek) and "Am Hagen" (originally called "Franz Seldte Settlement") commenced in 1933. The rush of settlers from around Hamburg lead to the creation of the current relaxed housing layout. Ammersbek is a municipality in the district of Stormarn, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. ... Categories: Possible copyright violations ...

When Ahrensburg received town rights in 1949, the town had some 17 775 inhabitants - around half of which were refugees from the former eastern German regions.

The town infrastructure was greatly improved and expanded during the following decades. At the same time many companies settled at the edge of town and helped make Ahrensburg a well known business centre in Schleswig-Holstein. Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the 16 Bundesländer in Germany. ...

Religion

Ahrensburg was the seat of the Stormarn Provost of the Lutheran church from 1823 until 1899. A provost is a senior official in a number of Christian churches. ...

Ahrensburg had a small Jewish community until the beginning of the 1930s. The Synagogue had to be demolished in 1931 due to structural problems. The Jewish cemetery (opened in 1822) can still be seen at the edge of town (Ahrensburg-West), not far from the golf course and is a reminder of this bygone time. Jewish leadership: Since 70 AD and the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem there has been no single body that has a leadership position over the entire Jewish community. ... Lesko synagogue, Poland A synagogue (Hebrew: בית כנסת ; beit knesset, house of assembly; Yiddish: שול, shul; Ladino אסנוגה esnoga) is a Jewish place of religious worship. ... Graves at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York A cemetery is a place in which dead bodies and cremated remains are buried. ...

Politics

Since the local election on 2nd March 2003, the town council is made up as follows: March 2 is the 61st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (62nd in leap years). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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External links

• http://www.ahrensburg.de/ (city)
• http://www.schloss-ahrensburg.de/ (castle, in English and German)