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Country
  
Germany

District
  
Harburg

Postal codes
  
21227

Area
  
3.88 km²

Population
  
2,380 (31 Dec 2008)

Dialling code
  
04183

State
  
Lower Saxony

Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Dialling codes
  
04183

Local time
  
Thursday 10:38 PM

Postal code
  
21227

Municipal assoc.
  
Jesteburg

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Weather
  
4°C, Wind W at 21 km/h, 87% Humidity

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.

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Map of Bendestorf, Germany

The first mentioning of Bendestorf dates back to the year 970. The current population ist approximately 2000. 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

    Bendestorf Wikipedia
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