Flintbek

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Flintbek
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Flintbek
Flintbek (Germany)
Flintbek
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
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
Map

Coordinates: 54°15′00″N 10°4′00″E / 54.25, 10.066667

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.

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