Bad Bevensen
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. 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 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 south of the town center. It is the site of an Iron Age cemetery which gave the name of the Jastorf culture.
In the run-up to the G20 summit in 2017, left-wing extremists set a fire in the town.
International relations
Twin towns – Sister cities
Bad Bevensen is twinned with:- Chojnice Poland
Notable people
- Ilse Falk, politician and Member of Parliament
- Ulrich Sinn, Professor of Classical Archaeology
- Joachim Eigenherr, athlete
- Volker Bescht, Brigadier General of the Bundeswehr
- Heinrich Lange, Vice Admiral of the German navy