| Borgwedel Borgvedel | |
| Image Coa: | DEU Borgwedel COA.svg |
| Coordinates: | 54.5°N 49°W |
| Image Plan: | Borgwedel in SL.PNG |
| State: | Schleswig-Holstein |
| District: | Schleswig-Flensburg |
| Amt: | Haddeby |
| Elevation: | 4 |
| Area: | 9.96 |
| Postal Code: | 24857 |
| Area Code: | 04621, 04354 |
| Licence: | SL |
| Gemeindeschlüssel: | 01 0 59 012 |
| Website: | www.borgwedel.de |
| Mayor: | Uwe Jensen |
| Party: | SPD |
Borgwedel (da|Borgvedel) is a municipality in the district of Schleswig-Flensburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
The municipality of Borgvedel consists of the villages of Borgvedel and Stegsvig (Stexwig) with Borgvedelmark and Stegsvigmark as well as individual places such as the farm Østerled etc. Østerlede(Osterlieth)[1] . There are several summer houses down by Slien.
The place name Borgvedel (Bordel) is first mentioned in 1388 as Borchwich . In 1575 / 76, the name is documented on a bill from the court chapter in Schleswig . The place name describes a ford belonging to the castle (Old Norse veðill or vaðill). [2] According to another explanation, the suffix was originally called -vig (≈bugt), which later became -vedel . The meaning would then be the bay of the castle.[3]
The place name Stegsvig was first mentioned in 1412 . The first part is derived from stege for pole, post, pole, last part -vig denotes a bay. Fortifications from the Viking Age have been found in Stegsvig . Opposite the town of Stegsvig is the corresponding promontory Palør (Palørde), which was previously fortified with piling (palisades).[4]
The farm Østerled or Østerlede was formed in 1821 from 2 united farms and later increased with a whole farm from Stegsvig.