What is "beckedorf"

Beckedorf is a municipality in the district of Schaumburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

Beckedorf is a village in the municipality of Südheide in northern Celle district in the German state of Lower Saxony. Situated on the western edge of the Southern Heath Nature Park in the Lüneburg Heath, about 1 km southwest of Hermannsburg itself, it currently has about 610 inhabitants. The name means "village on the Beke" (i.e. the stream). In old records it can be found as Beketorpe,Bekendorpe or Beckedorp. In 1973 Beckedorf was incorporated into the parish of Hermannsburg as part of Lower Saxony's territorial and administrative reforms.

Beckedorf is the name of several villages in Lower Saxony, Germany:

• Beckedorf in Schaumburg district
• Beckedorf (Celle district), a village in the municipality of Hermannsburg in Lower Saxony
• a village in the parish of Schwanewede in Osterholz district, see: Beckedorf (Schwanewede)
• a village in the parish of Seevetal in Harburg district