Bovenau

Bovenau is a village in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Bovenau is only 16 m above sea level. The location is south of the municipality of Bünsdorf or Sehestedt, but north of Ostenfeld, Bredenbek, and west of Krummwisch, about 20 km away from the center of Kiel.

History
Bovenau was first mentioned in 1240 as Kirchdorf. The name is derived from the Low German „boven de Au“, which means something like "above the creek". Several megalithic tombs have been found in the area of the settlement. Estates are located in the surrounding area: Gut Dengelsberg, Gut Georgenthal, Gut Kluvensiek, Gut Osterrade, Gut Steinwehr.

Buildings
The Maria Magdalena Church and the lock of the old Eider Canal in Kluvensiek are worth seeing.



Kirche Bovenau2009.jpg|Maria Magdalena Church in Bovenau Bovenau_An_der_Kirche_Innen2_7965.jpeg|Church, inner space Bovenau, An der Kirche NIK 2453.JPG|Near the church, former school Ingo Kühls Geburtshaus, ehemaliger Polizeiposten an der Bundesstraße 202 in Bovenau, Schleswig-Holstein, 1957.jpg|Ingo Kühl's birthplace, former police station in Bovenau, 1957 Megalithgrab Bovenau2009.jpg|Reconstructed megalithic tomb Kluvensieker Schleuse 2013a 01.jpg|Kluvensiek, lock of the old Eider Canal Bovenau Kluvensiek Eiderkanalschleuse 7979.jpg|Kluvensiek, lock Bovenau Kluvensiek Schleuse Eisentore 7978.jpg|Kluvensiek, lock, iron gates of the former bascule bridge Herrenhaus Kluvensiek.jpg|Estate Kluvensiek Bovenau Osterrade Herrenhaus 7985.jpg|Estate Osterrade 

Sons and daughters of the village

 * The lawyer Benedikt Heins was born in 1710 in Bovenau, he died in Hamburg in 1774.
 * The painter and sculptor Ingo Kühl was born in 1953 in Bovenau and grew up there until 1964.