Schwarzenbek | |
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 Church of Saint Francis | |
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Location of Schwarzenbek within Herzogtum Lauenburg district  | |
  Schwarzenbek  Schwarzenbek | |
| Coordinates:53°30′15″N10°28′45″E / 53.50417°N 10.47917°E /53.50417; 10.47917 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Schleswig-Holstein |
| District | Herzogtum Lauenburg |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ute Borchers-Seelig (Ind.) |
| Area | |
• Total | 11.56 km2 (4.46 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 44 m (144 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 17,317 |
| • Density | 1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 21493 |
| Dialling codes | 04151 |
| Vehicle registration | RZ |
| Website | www.schwarzenbek.de |
Schwarzenbek is a town in thedistrict of Lauenburg, inSchleswig-Holstein,Germany. It is situated approximately 10 km northeast ofGeesthacht, and 35 km east ofHamburg. Schwarzenbeks' coat of arms shows ablack wolf on a yellow field, beneath the wolf, the water symbolizes the river Schwarze Beke (meaning Black Creek).
The creek is eponymous for the city in the north ofGermany. The "Schwarze Beke" springs southeast of Schwarzenbek at Gut Melusinenthal, goes through the Rülauer forest, a fruit plantation area, and some grassland before the creek ends up in a pipe following the train tracks andanastomoses with the "Schwarze Au" which empties out in Aumühle in the "Bille" which anastomoses with a German main river the "Elbe".
The first known reference to a population around the "Schwarze Beke" was in the year 1291. The municipal law followed in 1953 given by the government of the stateSchleswig-Holstein. The location made Schwarzenbek attractive for many people after that not only that but also the transport connection theHamburg with the "Deutsche Bahn" the most successful public transportation company in Germany. Connection toLübeck and Hamburg, main cities in the north of Germany, have been there early in Schwarzenbek's history.Schwarzenbek fraternized with cities all over Europe what gave it its name as "Europastadt" (European city).Aubenas inFrance, Sierre in Switzerland and Zelzate in Belgium fraternized with Schwarzenbek in the year of 1955. Two more cities in Europe followed in 1960 includingCesenatico inItaly andDelfzijl in theNetherlands. To show the inhabitants their fraternization to those cities the city named a district of Schwarzenbek Verbrüderungsring (Connection ring) and named streets in that quarter after those cities in Europe.Schwarzenbek was the second city in Germany which was awarded the Europapreis (European prize).Schwarzenbek's size grew tremendously the past years and didn't stop growing ever since.
Schwarzenbek is the third largest city indistrict of Lauenburg and one of the parishes in the state "Schleswig-Holstein" after Geesthacht andMölln. Most of the inhabitants are young families and commuters.
Historical inhabitants are:
| Year | Inhabitants |
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| 1850 | 500 |
| 1900 | 1,200 |
| 1938 | 2,200 |
| 1995 | 12,000 |
| 2005 | 15,019 |
| 2006 | 15,022 |
Cesenatico, Italy
Delfzijl, Netherlands
Sierre, Switzerland
Zelzate, Belgium
Aubenas, France
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