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{{Infobox German location
|image_photo       = Bismarckturm Aumühle.jpg
|image_caption        = [[Bismarck tower]] in Aumühle
|image_flag           = Flagge Aumühle.png
|image_coa            = DEU Aumühle COA.svg
|coordinates       = {{coord|53|31|54|N|10|18|55|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Aumühle in RZ.svg
|state        = Schleswig-Holstein
|district             = Herzogtum Lauenburg
|Amt               = [[Hohe Elbgeest]]
|elevation              = 30
|area            = 3.47
|postal_code               = 21521
|area_code           = 04104
|licence               = RZ
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 01 0 53 003
|website           = {{official website|http://www.aumuehle.de/}}
|mayor     = Knut Suhk
}}
'''Aumühle''' ({{IPA|de|aʊˈmyːlə|lang|De-Aumühle.ogg}}) is a municipality in [[Schleswig-Holstein]] in northern [[Germany]], about 21&nbsp;km (14&nbsp;mi) east of [[Hamburg]]. Its [[Friedrichsruh]] district is home to the family estate and [[Bismarck Mausoleum|mausoleum]] of [[Otto von Bismarck]].
== Geography ==
Aumühle lies on the river [[Bille (Elbe)|Bille]] in the Sachsenwald, the largest forest in Schleswig-Holstein.
== History ==
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.
[[File:BismarckMausoleum.jpg|thumb|175px|left|[[Bismarck Mausoleum]], [[Friedrichsruh]]]]
In 1871 Kaiser [[Wilhelm I of Germany]] gifted the [[Sachsenwald]] forest, adjacent to the Au, to [[Otto von Bismarck]] in recognition of his services to the newly [[Unification of Germany|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 was buried in its Waldfriedhof cemetery. In Aumühle lived German journalist and politician [[Olaf von Wrangel]].
== Transport ==
Aumühle is the eastern terminus of [[Hamburg S-Bahn]] line S21.
== Twin towns==
Aumühle is twinned with:
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Mortagne-sur-Sèvre]] [[France]]
*{{flagicon|NED}} [[Sleen]], today a part of [[Coevorden]], [[Netherlands]]
==References==
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==External links==
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*{{in lang|de}} [http://www.aumuehle.de/ Aumühle official website]
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[[Category:Herzogtum Lauenburg]]
[[Category:Karl Dönitz]]
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