Aumühle ( German: [aʊˈmyːlə] ) is a municipality in Schleswig-Holstein in northern Germany , about 21 km (14 mi) east of Hamburg . Its Friedrichsruh district is home to the family estate and mausoleum of Otto von Bismarck .
5-602: Aumühle lies on the river Bille in the Sachsenwald, the largest forest in Schleswig-Holstein. In 1350 Aumühle was first mentioned in writing as Au-Mühle (mill on the river Au). In 1846, a station on the newly-constructed Hamburg-Berlin railway line was opened at Friedrichsruh. Aumühle station itself was added in 1884. In 1871 Kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany gifted the Sachsenwald forest, adjacent to
10-660: Is 65 km. Sections of the Bille which flow near or inside the Sachsenwald forest are protected by the Billetal nature reserve . The Bille is one of three rivers which flow through the city of Hamburg , the other two being the Elbe and the Alster . The upper Bille drains a wide catchment area with many brooks and small stretches of water. Main tributaries are the Corbek feeding
15-557: Is a small, slow-flowing German river in Stormarn , Schleswig-Holstein and Hamburg , a right tributary of the Elbe . Its source is near Linau , north of the Hahnheide forest. It then flows south of Trittau , representing the border between Stormarn and Lauenburg , continues south of Reinbek and reaches the river Elbe near Billwerder . A lot of old estates and tasteful parks are laid out along its riverbank. Its total length
20-545: The Au, to Otto von Bismarck in recognition of his services to the newly unified German nation. Bismarck had a manor house built there, opting to retain the historic name of Friedrichsruh. Bismarck now lies buried in the Bismarck Mausoleum situated there. Karl Dönitz , the last head of state of Nazi Germany, moved to Aumühle after his release from Spandau Prison in 1956. He lived there until his death in 1980, and
25-555: Was buried in its Waldfriedhof cemetery. In Aumühle lived German journalist and politician Olaf von Wrangel . Aumühle is the eastern terminus of Hamburg S-Bahn line S21. Aumühle is twinned with: [REDACTED] Media related to Aumühle at Wikimedia Commons This article about a location in Herzogtum Lauenburg is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Bille (Elbe) The river Bille ( German pronunciation: [ˈbɪlə] )
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