Bösdorf, Schleswig-Holstein
Municipality in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
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Bösdorf is a municipality in the district of Plön, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
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Location of Bösdorf
within Plön district
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 Location of Bösdorf | |
  Bösdorf Location within Germany  Bösdorf Location within Schleswig-Holstein | |
| Coordinates: 54°08′N 10°28′E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Schleswig-Holstein |
| District | Plön |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Georg Biss (CDU) |
| Area | |
• Total | 21.1 km2 (8.1 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 49 m (161 ft) |
| Population (2024-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 1,246 |
| • Density | 59.1/km2 (153/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 24306 |
| Dialling codes | 04522 |
| Vehicle registration | PLÖ |
| Website | www.boesdorf-holstein.de |
Geography
Bösdorf is located between Lake Plön in the west and the Dieksee in the north. It is centered on nature park Holstein Switzerland, an important tourist destination in Northern Germany between the cities of Kiel and Lübeck.
Settlements
The municipality consists of the villages Bösdorf, Börnsdorf, Kleinmeinsdorf, Niederkleveez, Oberkleveez, Pfingstberg, Sandkaten and the small settlements Dodau, Kleinmühlen, Schneckenfeld, Stoßheck, Ruhleben, (partially) Waldshagen, Augstfelde, Friedrichshof, Hohenrade, Karlshof, Trollholm and Steinbusch.[2]
Politics
Municipal council (German: Gemeindevertretung)
Results of the Municipal election 2023:
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| Christian Democratic Union | 1,693 | 47.52 | 6 | −1 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 738 | 20.71 | 3 | −1 | |
| Bürger für Bösdorf | 1,132 | 31.77 | 4 | –1 | |
| Total | 3,563 | 100.00 | 13 | –3 | |
| Valid votes | 3,563 | 99.44 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 20 | 0.56 | |||
| Total votes | 3,583 | 100.00 | |||
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Mayor (German: Bürgermeister)
Georg Biss (CDU) is mayor since 15th June 2023.[4] He shall be the superior of the employees of municipality. As voluntary (ehrenamtlich) mayor of an independent (amtsfrei) municipality, he serves as the head of administration (§ 50 GO para. 5). First deputy mayor is Regina Hornsmann (BfB), second deputy mayor is Ralf Loose (SPD).
List of mayors
Source:[5]
- Heinrich Stender (1945–1946)
- Fritz Dose (1946–1949)
- Wilhelm Schmidt (1949–1962)
- Paul Vorbeck (1962–1974)
- Bruno Schöning (1974–1983)
- Peter Appel (1983–1990)
- Karl-Heinz Schönberg (1990–1994)
- Joachim Schmidt (1994–2018)
- Engelbert Unterhalt (2018–2023)
- Georg Biss (since 2023)
Notable people
- John Adolphus, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön (1634–1704), Imperial field marshall, died in Ruhleben[6]
- Ulf Kämpfer (*1972), German politician (SPD), grew up in Niederkleveez[7]
