Glinde, Schleswig-Holstein

Infobox German Location
Name = Glinde
Art = Stadt
image_photo =
Wappen = Glinde Wappen.pnglat_deg = 53 |lat_min = 32 |lat_sec = 26
lon_deg = 10 |lon_min = 12 |lon_sec = 40
Bundesland = Schleswig-Holstein
Kreis = Stormarn
Höhe = 25
Fläche = 11.22
Einwohner = 16093
Stand = 2004-12-31
PLZ = 21509
Vorwahl = 040
Kfz = OD
Gemeindeschlüssel = 01 0 62 018
Straße = Markt 1
Website = [http://www.glinde.de/ www.glinde.de]
Bürgermeister = Uwe Rehders

Glinde is a town in Germany in southern Schleswig-Holstein, approximately 20 km east of Hamburg.

History

The name Glinde was first mentioned in a document dated from March 25 1229. In the document Graf Adolf IV. of Schauenburg and Holstein gave the village to a Cistercian convent. (The monastery was later moved to the location of the modern town Reinbek). The King of Denmark and Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Frederick I of Denmark, took possession of the monastery during the Protestant Reformation. 1544 his son Christian III shared it with his brothers. The affiliation changed several times.

1948, the municipalities Glinde, Oststeinbek, Havighorst and Schönningstedt were amalgamated to the Amt Glinde. After Schönningstedt and subsequently (1949) Havighorst left the association, Glinde and Oststeinbek became independent municipalities in 1978.

On June 24 1979 (the 750th anniversary of the village), Glinde received its town charter.

Literature

* Wolfgang Bachhofer: "Glinde. 1929 bis 1979. Eine junge Stadt stellt sich vor". Glinde 1979.

External links

*de icon [http://www.glinde.de/ www.glinde.de (official website]