Kellinghausen | |
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Coordinates: 53°57′N 9°43′E / 53.950°N 9.717°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Schleswig-Holstein |
District | Steinburg |
Subdivisions | 19 municipalities |
Government | |
• Amtsvorsteher | Clemens Preine |
Area | |
• Total | 195.74 km2 (75.58 sq mi) |
Population (2022-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 22,971 |
• Density | 120/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.
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.
The Amt Kellinghusen consists of the following municipalities (population in 2005 between brackets):
Dithmarschen | |
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Herzogtum Lauenburg | |
Nordfriesland | |
Ostholstein | |
Pinneberg | |
Plön | |
Rendsburg-Eckernförde | |
Schleswig-Flensburg | |
Segeberg | |
Steinburg | |
Stormarn |