Fahrenkrug is a municipality in the district of
Segeberg, in
Schleswig-Holstein,
Germany. The two little villages Rotenhahn and Ziegelei belong also to Fahrenkrug. In the year 1192 has Varencroch, the old name of Fahrenkrug, been mentioned. In this text Varencroch was addicted to the monastery of
Bad Segeberg
Bad Segeberg (; Low German: Sebarg) is a German town of 16,000 inhabitants, located in the state of Schleswig-Holstein, capital of the district (Kreis) Segeberg. It is situated approximately northeast of Hamburg, and west of Lübeck.
It is famo ...
. The name Varencroch means fern and corner, so that in the blazon of Fahrenkrug there are a fern and a corner.
In the prehistory of Fahrenkrug there settled humans. Next to stone axes and tools from the Stone Age, there was found significant finds in barrows Bronze Age, for example a golden ring.
References
Municipalities in Schleswig-Holstein
Segeberg
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