Kellinghusen (Amt)

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
Location of the Kellinghausen Amt within Steinburg district
Kellinghausen
Kellinghausen
Coordinates: 53°57′N 9°43′E
CountryGermany
StateSchleswig-Holstein
DistrictSteinburg
Subdivisions19 municipalities
Government
 • AmtsvorsteherClemens Preine
Area
 • Total195.74 km2 (75.58 sq mi)
Population
 (2018-12-31)[1]
 • Total22,790
 • Density120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zoneCET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Vehicle registrationIZ
Websitewww.amt-kellinghausen.de

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)

References
  1. "Statistikamt Nord – Bevölkerung der Gemeinden in Schleswig-Holstein 4. Quartal 2018 (XLS-file)". Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein (in German).
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