Kellinghusen is an Amt ("collective municipality") in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Its seat is in Kellinghusen and in the Amt is situated the lesser-populated settlement of the nation, Wiedenborstel.

Kellinghausen
Coat of arms of Kellinghausen
Location of the Kellinghausen Amt within Steinburg district
Kellinghausen is located in Germany
Kellinghausen
Kellinghausen
Kellinghausen is located in Schleswig-Holstein
Kellinghausen
Kellinghausen
Coordinates: 53°57′N 9°43′E / 53.950°N 9.717°E / 53.950; 9.717
CountryGermany
StateSchleswig-Holstein
DistrictSteinburg
Subdivisions19 municipalities
Government
 • AmtsvorsteherClemens Preine
Area
 • Total195.74 km2 (75.58 sq mi)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[1]
 • Total22,971
 • Density120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationIZ
Websitewww.amt-kellinghausen.de

History

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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, it was named Kellinghusen-Land.

Subdivision

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

  1. Brokstedt (2,194)
  2. Fitzbek (386)
  3. Hennstedt (589)
  4. Hingstheide (68)
  5. Hohenlockstedt (6,175)
  6. Kellinghusen (7,934) [town]
  7. Lockstedt (173)
  8. Mühlenbarbek (335)
  9. Oeschebüttel (204)
  10. Poyenberg (410)
  11. Quarnstedt (437)
  12. Rade (95)
  13. Rosdorf (383)
  14. Sarlhusen (509)
  15. Störkathen (108)
  16. Wiedenborstel (5)
  17. Willenscharen (158)
  18. Wrist (2,514)
  19. Wulfsmoor (382)

References

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  1. ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden in Schleswig-Holstein 4. Quartal 2022" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein.
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