Windeby ( da, Vindeby) is a municipality in the district of
Rendsburg-Eckernförde
Rendsburg-Eckernförde (; da, Rendsborg-Egernførde) is a district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is bounded by (from the east and clockwise) the city of Kiel, the district of Plön (district), Plön, the city of Neumünster, the districts of ...
, in
Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein (; da, Slesvig-Holsten; nds, Sleswig-Holsteen; frr, Slaswik-Holstiinj) is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Sch ...
,
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
. It is situated approximately 2 km west of
Eckernförde
Eckernförde ( da, Egernførde, sometimes also , nds, Eckernför, sometimes also ) () is a German town in Schleswig-Holstein, Rendsburg-Eckernförde, on the coast of the Baltic Sea approximately 30 km north-west of Kiel. The population is ...
.
Windeby is part of the ''
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")
Windeby. The seat of the ''Amt'' is in Eckernförde.
Windeby is east of the municipality of
Fleckeby
Fleckeby ( da, Flækkeby) is a municipality in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
Fleckeby is east of the municipality of Güby, but north of Hummelfeld
Hummelfeld ( da, Hummelmark) is a municipality in th ...
or
Osterby, but north of
Goosefeld.
Windeby means Wendish village in Danish and indicates a previous Lechite settlement in the village.
References
Rendsburg-Eckernförde
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