Kellinghusen is an ''

Amt Amt is a type of administrative division governing a group of municipalities, today only in Germany, but formerly also common in other countries of Northern Europe. Its size and functions differ by country and the term is roughly equivalent to ...

'' ("collective municipality") in the district of

Steinburg Steinburg () is a district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, administered from Itzehoe. It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the districts of Dithmarschen, Rendsburg-Eckernförde, Segeberg and Pinneberg, and by the Elbe River (and the dist ...

, in

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. Its seat is in Kellinghusen and in the ''Amt'' is situated the lesser-populated settlement of the nation, Wiedenborstel.

History

Before 1 January 2008, when it was joined by the (previously ''Amt''-free) town Kellinghusen and the municipalities Hohenlockstedt and Lockstedt from the former ''Amt''

Hohenlockstedt Hohenlockstedt is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated approximately 8 km northeast of Itzehoe. Hohenlockstedt was formerly known as ''Lockstedter Lager'' and was used as a training area ...

, it was named Kellinghusen-Land.

Subdivision

The ''Amt'' Kellinghusen consists of the following municipalities (population in 2005 between brackets): #

Brokstedt Brokstedt is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after R ...

(2,194) # Fitzbek (386) # Hennstedt (589) # Hingstheide (68) #

(6,175) #

Kellinghusen Kellinghusen () is a town in the district of Steinburg in the ''Bundesland'' of Schleswig-Holstein. Geography Kellinghusen is located northeast of Itzehoe on both sides of the Stör River. The federal highway Bundesstraße 206 passes Kellinghu ...

(7,934)

own Ownership is the state or fact of legal possession and control over property, which may be any asset, tangible or intangible. Ownership can involve multiple rights, collectively referred to as title, which may be separated and held by different ...

# Lockstedt (173) # Mühlenbarbek (335) # Oeschebüttel (204) # Poyenberg (410) # Quarnstedt (437) #

Rade Rade may refer to: * E De people, a people group in Southeast Asia also called "Rhade" or "Rade" * places in Lower-Saxony, Germany: ** Rade, Neu Wulmstorf, a village in the district of Harburg * places in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany: ** Rade, Stei ...

(95) #

Rosdorf Rosdorf is a municipality in the district of Göttingen, in Lower Saxony, Germany. approx. 4 km southwest of Göttingen. Mayors Sören Steinberg (SPD) was elected the new mayor in May 2014, and re-elected in 2021. He is the successor of Har ...

(383) # Sarlhusen (509) # Störkathen (108) # Wiedenborstel (5) # Willenscharen (158) #

Wrist In human anatomy, the wrist is variously defined as (1) the Carpal bones, carpus or carpal bones, the complex of eight bones forming the proximal skeletal segment of the hand; "The wrist contains eight bones, roughly aligned in two rows, known ...

(2,514) # Wulfsmoor (382)

References

External links

Amt Kellinghausen official site
{{Authority control Ämter in Schleswig-Holstein