Rendsburg-Eckernförde District

Rendsburg-Eckernförde District
—  District  —
Coat of arms
Country	Germany
State	Schleswig-Holstein
Capital	Rendsburg
Area
• Total	2,185 km2 (844 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2010)
• Total	269,778
• Density	120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Vehicle registration	RD
Website	kreis-rendsburg-eckernfoerde.de

Rendsburg-Eckernförde District (Danish: 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, the city of Neumünster, the districts of Segeberg , Steinburg, Dithmarschen and Schleswig-Flensburg, and the Baltic Sea.

History

In 1867 the Prussian administration established twenty districts in its province of Schleswig-Holstein, among them the districts of Rendsburg and Eckernförde. The present district was established in 1970 by merging the former districts. Rendsburg was part of Denmark till the Prussian-Danish war. Prussia won and Rendsburg became part of it. In the years following Prussia and Rendsburg became part of Germany.

Geography

The district is situated at the coast of the Baltic Sea, roughly between the cities of Schleswig and Kiel. A large portion of the Kiel Canal passes through Rendsburg-Eckernförde.It is one of the largest districts in the whole of Germany.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms displays: two lions (blue on yellow) from the arms of Schleswig a nettle leaf (white on red) from the arms of Holstein

Towns and municipalities

Independent towns and municipalities
Büdelsdorf Eckernförde Rendsburg Altenholz Kronshagen Wasbek

Ämter
1. Achterwehr Achterwehr1 Bredenbek Felde Krummwisch Melsdorf Ottendorf Quarnbek Westensee 2. Bordesholm Bissee Bordesholm1 Brügge Grevenkrug Groß Buchwald Hoffeld Loop Mühbrook Negenharrie Reesdorf Schmalstede Schönbek Sören Wattenbek 3. Dänischenhagen Dänischenhagen1 Noer Schwedeneck Strande 4. Dänischer Wohld Felm Gettorf1 Lindau Neudorf-Bornstein Neuwittenbek Osdorf Schinkel Tüttendorf 5. Eiderkanal Bovenau Haßmoor Ostenfeld Osterrönfeld1 Rade bei Rendsburg Schacht-Audorf Schülldorf	6. Flintbek Böhnhusen Flintbek1 Schönhorst Techelsdorf 7. Fockbek Alt Duvenstedt Fockbek1 Nübbel Rickert 8. Hohner Harde Bargstall Breiholz Christiansholm Elsdorf-Westermühlen Friedrichsgraben Friedrichsholm Hamdorf Hohn1 Königshügel Lohe-Föhrden Prinzenmoor Sophienhamm 9. Hüttener Berge Ahlefeld-Bistensee Ascheffel Borgstedt Brekendorf Bünsdorf Damendorf Groß Wittensee1 Haby Holtsee Holzbunge Hütten Klein Wittensee Neu Duvenstedt Osterby Owschlag Sehestedt	10. Jevenstedt Brinjahe Embühren Haale Hamweddel Hörsten Jevenstedt1 Luhnstedt Schülp bei Rendsburg Stafstedt Westerrönfeld 11. Mittelholstein Arpsdorf Aukrug Beldorf Bendorf Beringstedt Bornholt Ehndorf Gokels Grauel Hanerau-Hademarschen Heinkenborstel Hohenwestedt1 Jahrsdorf Lütjenwestedt Oldenbüttel Meezen Mörel Nienborstel Nindorf Osterstedt Padenstedt Rade bei Hohenwestedt Remmels Seefeld Steenfeld Tackesdorf Tappendorf Thaden Todenbüttel Wapelfeld	12. Molfsee Blumenthal Mielkendorf Molfsee1 Rodenbek Rumohr Schierensee 13. Nortorfer Land Bargstedt Bokel Borgdorf-Seedorf Brammer Dätgen Eisendorf Ellerdorf Emkendorf Gnutz Groß Vollstedt Krogaspe Langwedel Nortorf1, 2 Oldenhütten Schülp bei Nortorf Timmaspe Warder 14. Schlei-Ostsee [seat: Eckernförde] Altenhof Barkelsby Brodersby Damp Dörphof Fleckeby Gammelby Goosefeld Güby Holzdorf Hummelfeld Karby Kosel Loose Rieseby Thumby Waabs Windeby Winnemark
1seat of the Amt;2town

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Rendsburg-Eckernförde

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