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20-408: The Hamburg Culture has been identified at many places, for example, the settlement at Meiendorf and Ahrensburg north of Hamburg , Germany . It is characterized by shouldered points and zinken tools, which were used as chisels when working with antler. In later periods tanged Havelte-type points appear, sometimes described as most of all a northwestern phenomenon. Notwithstanding the spread over

40-425: A decision by the community council. It belonged to the "Amt Ahrensburg", from which the "amtsfreie" community once more seceded in 1912. The construction of the railway between Hamburg and Lübeck in the year 1865 made Ahrensburg a popular destination for outings outside Hamburg and the number of inhabitants increased. By 1910, the population had reached 2,750. The incorporation of various surrounding communities in

60-475: A large amount of freedom and self-administration. The Rantzaus' estate was heavily indebted by the middle of the 18th century and, in 1759, was acquired by the businessman Heinrich Carl von Schimmelmann . Schimmelmann remodelled the castle and village in the baroque style and the current layout of the town reflects these plans. On the 7 June 1867 the estate village Woldenhorn became an independent Prussian country community and renamed itself Ahrensburg after

80-544: A large geographical area in which a homogeneous development is not to be expected, the definition of the Hamburgian as a technological complex of its own has not recently been questioned. The culture spread from northern France to southern Scandinavia in the north and to Poland in the east. In Britain a related culture is called Creswellian . In the early 1980s, the first find from the culture in Scandinavia

100-602: A powerful local prince funding Danish warfare and co-operating with his first cousin Gerhard III. His financial support of the Danish kings quickly made him one of their leading creditors with his chief possession in Funen . During the rebellion against Christopher II 1326 John supported Gerhard III and the Danish magnates and enlarged his Danish possessions. The growing rivalry between John III and Gerhard III led him to support

120-548: Is a town in the district of Stormarn , Schleswig-Holstein , Germany . It is located northeast of Hamburg and is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region . Its population is around 31,000. Schloss Ahrensburg , the town's symbol, is a Renaissance castle dating from 1595. Ahrensburg is situated in the Tunneltal , in which Alfred Rust excavated many items dating back to the ice age . Ahrensburg

140-542: Is overshadowed by Gerhard III as a Holstein ruler in Denmark. In fact not much is known about John’s character but he seems to have been a clever diplomat whose ambitions owing to circumstances were gradually limited to economic demands. John III married on 27 January 1319 Catherine (c. 1300-1323), widow of John V, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel and daughter of Matilda of Brunswick and Lunenburg (Wolfenbüttel) and Henry III, Duke of Silesia-Glogau . Catherine and John had

160-651: Is situated next to the Autobahn A1 and on the railway route between the Hanseatic cities of Hamburg and Lübeck . The Ahrensburger Tunneltal is a place of numerous excavations from the Upper Paleolithic culture. The culture is called Ahrensburg culture by archaeologists. The town dates back to the 13th Century, when the Counts of Schauenburg founded the village of Woldenhorn (which later became

180-650: The Danish Queen Dowager Agnes of Brandenburg , a fact that made him a maternal half-brother of Eric VI and Christopher II . In 1312 John and his paternal half-brother Gerhard IV succeeded their father as co-ruling counts of Holstein-Plön. In 1316 John III inherited Holstein-Kiel from his father's cousin John II the One-Eyed and thus left Holstein-Plön for his brother Gerhard IV as sole ruler. A wealthy man by inheritance John very early acted as

200-793: The Swedish king. Though a supposed co-ruler with Gerhard III, John did not play a very great political role and preferred to concentrate on his economic profit – like Gerhard III he was pestered by his own minor creditors. After Gerhard III's death and the collapse of Holstein-Rendsburg's rule in 1340, John at first co-operated with King Valdemar IV in order to get his money back but during the following years all his Danish possessions were lost through wars and unfavorable economic transactions. In 1350 his nephew, Gerhard V, Count of Holstein-Plön , bequeathed Holstein-Plön to John. At his death, his German possessions of Holstein-Plön and Holstein-Kiel were inherited by his son Adolph IX . In Danish tradition John

220-527: The castle are still visible in the Hagen forest to the south of the town. The town coat of arms shows the castle in the upper field. There are records of reeves based in the castle in 1295 and 1304. In 1326, Count John III of Schauenburg had his reeve relocated to Trittau and abandoned the castle. After the dissolution of the monasteries due to the Reformation , the whole area came into the possession of

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240-513: The king of Denmark . He rewarded his general Daniel Rantzau 1567 with lordship over these villages. His brother and heir Peter Rantzau built the Renaissance Ahrensburg Palace in the form of a water castle, now the symbol of the town, and the castle church around 1595. The construction of almshouses directly by the church was exemplary. The "Ahrensburg Estate" belonged to the so-called Noble Estates , which possessed

260-525: The layers there is a great deal of horn and bone , and it appears that the reindeer was an important prey. The distribution of the finds in the settlements show that the settlements were small and only inhabited by a small group of people. At a few settlements, archaeologists have discovered circles of stones, interpreted as weights for a teepee covering. Fertile Crescent : Europe : Africa : Siberia : Ahrensburg Ahrensburg ( German pronunciation: [ˈaːʁənsˌbʊʁk] )

280-523: The restoration of his half-brother Christopher II as king in 1330, but in 1331 a co-operative effort against Gerhard III by the half-brothers ended in defeat. John politically survived this setback but had to accept Gerhard III as his superior. From 1332 to 1340 John was the master of Denmark east of the Great Belt . However, by 1332 he lost Scania which rebelled against the German rule and submitted to

300-577: The town had some 17,775 inhabitants – around half of which were refugees from the former eastern German regions. Erica Keck, who was elected mayor in 1950, became the first female elected mayor in Germany. Ahrensburg was the seat of the Stormarn Provost of the Lutheran church from 1823 until 1899. Ahrensburg had a small Jewish community until the beginning of the 1930s. The Synagogue

320-487: The town of Ahrensburg) and the neighbouring villages Ahrensfelde, Meilsdorf and Beimoor. Woldenhorn is first mentioned in the year 1314. The village came into the possession of the Cistercian Reinfeld Abbey in 1327, and Woldenhorn became the seat of the monastery reeve until the middle of the 16th century. The "Arx Arnsburga", also called Arnesvelde castle, was built around the year 1200. Ruins of

340-414: The year 1928 led to an increase in the town area to about 5 km . Building of the settlements "Daheim/Heimgarten" (partially on the territory of the current community of Ammersbek ) and "Am Hagen" (originally called " Franz Seldte Settlement") commenced in 1933. The rush of settlers from around Hamburg lead to the creation of the current housing layout. When Ahrensburg received city rights in 1949,

360-571: Was a Count of Schauenburg and Holstein-Plön and Holstein-Kiel , ruling Holstein-Plön (1312–1316 and again 1350–1359) and Holstein-Kiel (1316–1359). Together with Count Gerhard III of Holstein-Rendsburg , John III was the lord ruling in guardianship the Danish Duchy of Schleswig 1332–1340. He was known as “John the Mild”. He was the son of Count Gerhard II the Blind of Holstein - Plön and of

380-520: Was burnt down in the Kristallnacht in 1938 during the period of Nazism . The Jewish cemetery (opened in 1822) can still be seen at the edge of town (Ahrensburg-West). Since the local election on 26 May 2013, the town council is made up as follows: Ahrensburg is twinned with: John III, Count of Holstein-Pl%C3%B6n John III of Holstein-Plön (c. 1297–1359), called John the Mild ,

400-528: Was excavated at Jels in Southern Jutland . In the early 1990s settlement remains were discovered at Finjasjön in northern Skåne . The latest findings (2005) have shown that these people travelled far north along the Norwegian coast dryshod during the summer, since the sea level was 50 metres (160 ft) lower than today. In northern Germany, camps with layers of detritus have been found. In

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