Bullenhausen

Bullenhausen (Low German Bullenhuus)[1] is a district of the municipality Seevetal in the county of Harburg in Lower Saxony.

Bullenhausen has a population of 1271 (35 of which own a secondary residence)[2] and it is located at the Elbe southeast of Hamburg. The former independent municipality of Bullenhausen, together with 18 other districts, is a part of Seevetal since the 1 July 1972.[3] On 3 October 1975 the town twinning arrangement with Decatur (Illinois), United States, was officially sealed. Bullenhausen owns a yacht club.

Notable People

  • Inge Meysel (1910–2004), actress who lived and died in Bullenhausen
  • John Olden (1918–1965), movie director, movie producer and screenwritet who lived and died in Bullenhausen

Trivia

  • Two about 250 years old robinia are located in Bullenhausen
  • In Bullenhausen, a two-circuit 380 kV overhead line crosses the Elbe on two 117 m high masts each with a span of 666 meters.

References

  1. ↑ Bullenhuus
  2. ↑ Einwohner der Gemeinde Seevetal (30. September 2014)
  3. ↑ Statistisches Bundesamt, ed. (1983) (in German), Historisches Gemeindeverzeichnis für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Namens-, Grenz- und Schlüsselnummernänderungen bei Gemeinden, Kreisen und Regierungsbezirken vom 27. 5. 1970 bis 31. 12. 1982, Stuttgart/Mainz: W. Kohlhammer GmbH, pp. 228 und 229, ISBN 3-17-003263-1
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