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 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 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.
International relations
Twin towns – Sister cities
Bad Bevensen is twinned with: Chojnice Poland
Notable people
Wilhelm Wallmann (born 1941), politician (CDU) Ilse Falk (born 1943), politician and Member of Parliament (CDU) Dirk Fischer (born 1943), politician (CDU) Jörg Sennheiser (born 1944), entrepreneur Ulrich Sinn (born 1945), Professor of Classical Archaeology Joachim Eigenherr (born 1947), athlete Volker Bescht (born 1951), Brigadier General of the Bundeswehr Heinrich Lange (born 1955), Vice Admiral of the German navy Christian Dexne (born 1971), sports presenter (ARD / RBB)
See also
Gustav Stresemann Institute
References
External links
Uelzen (district) Spa towns in Germany