Hohe Elbgeest | |
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![]() Map of Lauenburg highlighting Hohe Elbgeest | |
Country | Germany |
State | Schleswig-Holstein |
District | Lauenburg |
Region seat | Dassendorf |
Government | |
• Amtsvorsteher | Martina Falkenberg |
Area | |
• Total | 679 km2 (262 sq mi) |
Website | amt-hohe-elbgeest.de |
Hohe Elbgeest is an Amt ("common administration for several smaller municipalities") in the district of Lauenburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated approximately 7 km north of Geesthacht, and 27 km east of Hamburg. Its seat is in Dassendorf.
In 2008, the Amt of Aumühle-Wohltorf was disbanded and its municipalities (Aumühle, Wohltorf, and the unincorporated area of Sachsenwald) were folded into Hohe Elbgeest.
Municipalities
[edit]The Amt Hohe Elbgeest consists of the following municipalities (population in 2005 between brackets):
- Aumühle (3,088)
- Börnsen (3,822)
- Dassendorf (3,105)
- Escheburg (3,036)
- Hamwarde (751)
- Hohenhorn (443)
- Kröppelshagen-Fahrendorf (1,082)
- Wiershop (173)
- Wohltorf (2,264)
- Worth (171)
- Sachsenwald, unincorporated area
53°29′N 10°22′E / 53.483°N 10.367°E