Flintbek
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Flintbek is a municipality in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde
, in Schleswig-Holstein
, Germany
. It is situated at the Eider River
, approx. 10 km southwest of Kiel
. The meaning of the name is controversial, but one possibility is the combination of flint(stone) with the word bek (beck, brook).
Flintbek is the seat of the Amt
("collective municipality") Flintbek
.
Possible early evidence of wheeled transport has been found in conserved track trails in Flintbek dated ca. 3,600 BC.
Rendsburg-Eckernförde
Rendsburg-Eckernförde is a district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is bounded by 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...
, in Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the sixteen states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Schleswig...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. It is situated at the Eider River
Eider River
The Eider is the longest river of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. The river starts near Bordesholm and reaches the southwestern outskirts of Kiel on the shores of the Baltic Sea, but flows to the west, ending in the North Sea...
, approx. 10 km southwest of Kiel
Kiel
Kiel is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 238,049 .Kiel is approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the north of Germany, the southeast of the Jutland peninsula, and the southwestern shore of the...
. The meaning of the name is controversial, but one possibility is the combination of flint(stone) with the word bek (beck, brook).
Flintbek is the seat of the Amt
Amt (subnational entity)
Amt is a type of administrative division governing a group of municipalities, today only found in Germany, but formerly also common in northern European countries. Its size and functions differ by country and the term is roughly equivalent to a U.S...
("collective municipality") Flintbek
Flintbek (Amt)
Flintbek is an Amt in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The seat of the Amt is in Flintbek.The Amt Flintbek consists of the following municipalities:#Böhnhusen#Flintbek#Schönhorst...
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Possible early evidence of wheeled transport has been found in conserved track trails in Flintbek dated ca. 3,600 BC.