Brunsbüttel
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Brunsbüttel (Script error: No such module "IPA".; Northern Low Saxon: Bruunsbüddel) is a town in the district of Dithmarschen, in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany that lies at the mouth of the Elbe river, near the North Sea. It is the location of the western entrance to the Kiel Canal.
History
The earliest reference to the town is in a document dated 14 July 1286.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
With the construction of the Kiel Canal (Template:Langx) in 1911, the town was divided in two.
During the opening days of World War II, on 4 September 1939, the No. 149 Squadron RAF carried out the second bombing of that war, targeting warships near the town.[1]
Economy
Brunsbüttel became an industrial area in the 1960s and 1970s. The ChemCoast Park Brunsbüttel is still the most important enterprise zone and at Script error: No such module "convert". also the largest industrial area in Schleswig-Holstein.[2]
Chemical plants
Energy
- Vattenfall: Gas Turbine Power Station (near the Brunsbüttel Nuclear Power Plant which is out of service)
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Harbours
- Brunsbüttel Ports GmbH (port operation and logistics)
Twin towns - sister cities
Brunsbüttel is twinned with:
- Template:Flagicon Horní Počernice (Prague 20), Czech Republic (2004)
Notable residents
- Horst Wohlers (born 1949), former football player, played 301 pro games, then a manager
- Dirk Busch (born 1951 in Brunsbüttelkoog), a professor, singer, songwriter, composer and music producer.
- Jennifer Oeser (born 1983), heptathlete
References
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