Bad Bevensen
Bad Bevensen (West Low German: Bemsen) is a town in the north of the district Uelzen in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated to the east of the Lüneburg Heath (Lüneburger Heide). The Ilmenau river, a tributary of the Elbe, flows through Bad Bevensen. Bad Bevensen is a well-known spa town.
Bad Bevensen | |
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Town | |
Market Square with the Church of the Three Kings | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Bad Bevensen within Uelzen district | |
Bad Bevensen Bad Bevensen | |
| Coordinates: 53°04′45″N 10°35′00″E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Lower Saxony |
| District | Uelzen |
| Municipal assoc. | Bevensen-Ebstorf |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Gabriele Meyer (Greens) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 48.01 km2 (18.54 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 36 m (118 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31) | |
| • Total | 9,943 |
| • Density | 210/km2 (540/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 29549 |
| Dialling codes | 05821 |
| Vehicle registration | UE |
| Website | www.bad-bevensen.de |
Bad Bevensen is the seat of the Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Bevensen-Ebstorf.
Incorporated into the municipality are the villages of Gollern, Groß Hesebeck, Jastorf, Klein Bünstorf, Klein Hesebeck, Medingen, Röbbel, Sasendorf and Seedorf. Jastorf is situated some 3 kilometres (2 miles) south of the town center. It is the site of an Iron Age cemetery which gave the name of the Jastorf culture.
In the run-up to the G20 summit in 2017, left-wing extremists set a fire in the town.