Kellinghusen (Amt)

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Location of the Kellinghausen Amt within Steinburg district
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Kellinghausen
Coordinates: 53°57′N9°43′E / 53.950°N 9.717°E / 53.950; 9.717 Coordinates: 53°57′N9°43′E / 53.950°N 9.717°E / 53.950; 9.717
Country Germany
State Schleswig-Holstein
District Steinburg
Subdivisions19 municipalities
Government
  AmtsvorsteherClemens Preine
Area
  Total195.74 km2 (75.58 sq mi)
Population
 (2020-12-31) [1]
  Total22,677
  Density120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration IZ
Website www.amt-kellinghausen.de

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.

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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, it was named Kellinghusen-Land.

Subdivision

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)

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References

  1. "Statistikamt Nord – Bevölkerung der Gemeinden in Schleswig-Holstein 4. Quartal 2020 (XLS-file)". Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein (in German).