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Kellinghusen (Amt)

Kellinghausen
Coat of arms of Kellinghausen
Coat of arms
Kellinghausen  is located in Germany
Kellinghausen
Kellinghausen
Coordinates: 53°57′N 9°43′E / 53.950°N 9.717°E / 53.950; 9.717Coordinates: 53°57′N 9°43′E / 53.950°N 9.717°E / 53.950; 9.717
Country Germany
State Schleswig-Holstein
District Steinburg
Government
 • Amtsvorsteher Clemens Preine
Area
 • Total 195.74 km2 (75.58 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)
 • Total 22,862
 • Density 120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
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):


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