Bendestorf

Municipality in Lower Saxony, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Bendestorf within Harburg district

53°20′N 9°57′E / 53.333°N 9.950°E / 53.333; 9.950CountryGermanyStateLower SaxonyDistrictHarburg Municipal assoc.JesteburgGovernment

• MayorBernd BeiersdorfArea

• Total3.88 km² (1.50 sq mi)Elevation

36 m (118 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[1]

• Total2,331 • Density600/km² (1,600/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

21227

Dialling codes04183Vehicle registrationWL

Bendestorf is a municipality in Lower Saxony in Germany. It is situated ca. 30 km south of Hamburg and belongs to the Landkreis (district) Harburg and the Samtgemeinde of Jesteburg.

The first mentioning of Bendestorf dates back to the year 970. The current population ist approximately 2300 (2022). In the post-war era Bendestorf was well known for its film-studios where movies starring Hildegard Knef (a.k.a. Hildegard Neff) and other famous German actors were produced.

Sights

The Makens-Huus on Poststraße, dating back to 1640 houses the municipal administration and the Filmmuseum, which is dedicated to the local postwar German movie production.
Thiemann-Scheune (Thiemann-barn)
Wassermühle (water mill)
Hünengrab (giant's grave), a stone age graveyard from the Neolithic 2500 BC

References

^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.