Aumühle

Infobox German Location
image_photo = BismarckturmAumuehle.jpg
Wappen = Aumuehle Wappen.pnglat_deg = 53 |lat_min = 31 | lat_sec = 54
lon_deg = 10 |lon_min = 18 | lon_sec = 55
Bundesland = Schleswig-Holstein
Kreis = Herzogtum Lauenburg
Amt = Hohe Elbgeest
Höhe = 30
Fläche = 3.47
Einwohner = 3088
Stand = 2005-06-30
PLZ = 21521
Vorwahl = 04104
Kfz = RZ
Gemeindeschlüssel = 01 0 53 003
Straße = Bismarckallee 21
Website = [http://www.aumuehle.de/ www.aumuehle.de]
Bürgermeister = Dieter Giese

Aumühle is a municipality in Schleswig-Holstein, about 21 km east of Hamburg.

Geography

Aumühle lies at the river Bille in the Sachsenwald, the largest forest in Schleswig-Holstein.

History

In 1350 Aumühle was first recorded as "Au-Mühle" (Mill on the black Au).

In 1871 Kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany gave the Sachsenwald to Otto von Bismarck in recognition of his services to Germany.

In 1884 a train stop "Aumühle" on the railroad Hamburg-Berlin was created, the construction of a train station started in 1909. Neighboring Friedrichsruh already had a train station in 1850, which was commonly used by Otto von Bismarck.

Karl Dönitz, a convicted war criminal, moved to Aumühle after his release from Spandau Prison in 1956. He remained there until his death.

Twin towns

Aumühle is twinned with:
*flagicon|FRA Mortagne-sur-Sèvre France
*flagicon|NED Sleen, today a part of Coevorden, Netherlands