Büdelsdorf

Büdelsdorf () is a toun in the destrict o Rendsburg-Eckernförde, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situatit on the river Eider an the Kiel Canal, approx. 2 km north o Rendsburg, an 30 km wast o Kiel, juist 5 mile aff the motorway.

History
The earliest inhabitants o the aurie which later became Büdelsdorf, wur Stane-Age fowk who livit there aroond 3000 BC.  Modren Büdelsdorf oreeginates frae a sma settlement attached tae Rendsburg aroond 1300 AD.
In 1777, wirk on a canal linkin the Baltic Sea tae the North Sea began. In 1779, the bundaries o the veelage wur defined. In 1827, Hartwig Marcus Holler opened the Carlshütte, the first industrial-age iron- an steelwirks in the duchy. Holler built a shipyard an creatit jobs for the factory wirkers' wives an aw. In 1841, he employed mair nor 250 wirkers. In 1895, the Kiel Canal wis finished an Büdelsdorf an the Carlshütte flourished. In 1909, the Carlshütte employed 1,100 wirkers.

Development slowed doun wi the Warld War I. Housomeivver, Büdelsdorf grew tae be a burgh wi aboot 10,000 inhabitants throughoot the 20t century. In 1984, Büdelsdorf's new toun center wis opened, consistin o a new toun haw, a community centre an several blocks o flats an shops. In 1988, Büdelsdorf acquired vast auries o land an managit tae attract several companies. As a result, Büdelsdorf is a thrivin community wi aboot 11,000 inhabitants an 5,000 jobs.

In 2000, Büdelsdorf wis grantit the title o toun, openin new opportunities for its futur development. Herbert Schütt, lang-term mayor o Büdelsdorf, wis the first mayor o the toun o Büdelsdorf.

References

Category:Touns in Schleswig-Holstein
Category:Rendsburg-Eckernförde