Böddenstedt
Ortsteil of Suderburg in Lower Saxony, Germany
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Böddenstedt is a village in the municipality of Suderburg in the collective municipality of Suderburg and lies in southwest of the district of Uelzen in the German state of Lower Saxony.
Böddenstedt | |
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 Location of Böddenstedt | |
  Böddenstedt Location within Germany  Böddenstedt Location within Lower Saxony | |
| Coordinates: 52°55′51.96″N 10°26′35.88″E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Lower Saxony |
| District | Uelzen |
| Municipality | Suderburg |
| Area | |
• Total | 9.59 km2 (3.70 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 61 m (200 ft) |
| Population (2017-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 486 |
| • Density | 50.7/km2 (131/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 29556 |
| Dialling codes | 05826 |
Geography
The farming and handicrafts village of Böddenstedt lies between Hamburg and Hanover in the middle of the Lüneburg Heath. The Stahlbach stream – formerly also called the Böddenstedter Aue – flows along the southern edge of the village from west to east and is accompanied by fish ponds and a flat countryside of meadows and pasture. Böddenstedt has the form of a Haufendorf or irregularly nucleated village.
1701 thatched timber-framed house in Mühlenstraße
Water mill converted into a house
The millpond
Typical heath farm in Böddenstedt (from 1800)
Personalities
- Klaus Wiswe (born 30 October 1955 in Böddenstedt), German politician (CDU), full-time chief executive (Landrat) of the district of Celle, chairman of the Lower Saxon District Committee (Niedersächsischer Landkreistag)
