Flintbek
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Flintbek | |
Coat of arms | Location |
Administration | |
Country | Germany |
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State | Schleswig-Holstein |
District | Rendsburg-Eckernförde |
Municipal assoc. | Flintbek |
Mayor | Horst-Dieter Lorenzen |
Basic statistics | |
Area | 17.57 km² (6.8 sq mi) |
Elevation | 50 m (164 ft) |
Population | 7,176 (31/12/2006) |
- Density | 408 /km² (1,058 /sq mi) |
Other information | |
Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
Licence plate | RD |
Postal code | 24220 |
Area code | 04347 |
Website | www.flintbek.de |
Location of Flintbek within Rendsburg-Eckernförde district | |
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.