Bullenhausen
Bullenhausen (Low German Bullenhuus)[1] is a district of the municipality Seevetal in the county of Harburg in Lower Saxony.
Bullenhausen has a population of 1271 (35 of which own a secondary residence)[2] and it is located at the Elbe southeast of Hamburg. The former independent municipality of Bullenhausen, together with 18 other districts, is a part of Seevetal since the 1 July 1972.[3] On 3 October 1975 the town twinning arrangement with Decatur (Illinois), United States, was officially sealed. Bullenhausen owns a yacht club.
Notable people[edit]
- Inge Meysel (1910–2004) – actress
- John Olden (1918–1965) – movie director, movie producer and screenwriter
Trivia[edit]
- Two robinia, each about 250 years old, are located in Bullenhausen
- A two-circuit 380 kV overhead line crosses the Elbe on two 117 m high masts each with a span of 666 meters.
References[edit]
- ^ Bullenhuus
- ^ Einwohner der Gemeinde Seevetal (30. September 2014)
- ^ Statistisches Bundesamt, ed. (1983), Historisches Gemeindeverzeichnis für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Namens-, Grenz- und Schlüsselnummernänderungen bei Gemeinden, Kreisen und Regierungsbezirken vom 27. 5. 1970 bis 31. 12. 1982 (in German), Stuttgart/Mainz: W. Kohlhammer, pp. 228 und 229, ISBN 3-17-003263-1
