Albersdorf

For Albersdorf in Thuringia, see Albersdorf, Thuringia.

Location of Albersdorf within Dithmarschen district
Albersdorf
Coat of arms	Location

Administration
Country	Germany
State	Schleswig-Holstein
District	Dithmarschen
Municipal assoc.	KLG Albersdorf
Mayor	Manfred Trube (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area	km² ( sq mi)
Elevation	m (138 ft)
Population	Please give "Stand or population_as_of" in YYYY-MM-DD format , e. g. 2005-12-31
- Density	/km² ( /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST ([[UTC+1]]/[[UTC+2\|+2]])
Licence plate	HEI
Postal code	25767
Area code	04835
Website	www.albersdorf.de
Coordinates: 54°8′44″N 9°17′15″E / 54.14556, 9.2875

Albersdorf is a village in the district of Dithmarschen, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated near the Kiel Canal, approx. 14 km southeast of Heide. The place was first mentioned in 1281 under the name Aluerdesdorpe, meaning "village of the old custodian." Albersdorf is the seat of the Amt KLG Albersdorf, in which ten municipalities around Albersdorf are organized.

Physical geography

There are many tumuli from the Neolithic and the Bronze Age in this region. It is situated in the east of the Dithmarschen, close to the Kiel Canal. The area is called a geest—a sandy heathland with numerous hills and forrests. Albersdorf is a spa town visited for its pure air. It is therefore a popular touristic centre of the Dithmarschen.

Economy

The biggest employer in Albersdorf is the Bundeswehr with more than 780 jobs. However, in November 2004 it was published that the army base would be closed in the future.

Sites of interest

The Archeologic-Ecological Center tries to recreate the cultural landscape of the Neolithic 5,000 years ago, on the area of 40,000 m². The aim is to create a pasture, settled by the first farmers. In 1999 the center has opened a stone age village in which visitors are shown the technics of that time. In the town centre there is the spa park with an open air stage for 2,000 people.

In Albersdorf there is the oldest folk high school on German soil, which is still open today. At the time it was founded, Holstein was under Danish administration. In the rest of Germany, folk high schools were not introduced until the formation of the Weimar Republic in 1919.

Notable events

For more than a century now, Albersdorf celebrates the Pfingstvolksfest (pentecost festival), visited by several thousand people each year.

Towns and municipalities of Dithmarschen

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Albersdorf

Physical geography

Economy

Sites of interest

Notable events

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