Bad Bevensen

Bad Bevensen

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Bad Bevensen

Coordinates: 53°04′45″N 10°35′00″E / 53.07917°N 10.58333°E / 53.07917; 10.58333Coordinates: 53°04′45″N 10°35′00″E / 53.07917°N 10.58333°E / 53.07917; 10.58333
Country Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Uelzen
Municipal assoc. Bevensen-Ebstorf
Government
  Mayor Bruno Losiak (SPD)
Area
  Total 48.01 km2 (18.54 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
  Total 9,060
  Density 190/km2 (490/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 29549
Dialling codes 05821
Vehicle registration UE
Website www.bad-bevensen.de
Timber-framed house in Brückenstraße

Bad Bevensen 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 3 kilometres (2 miles) south of the town center. It is the site of an Iron Age cemetery which gave the name of the Jastorf culture.

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