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Flintbek
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Location of Flintbek within Rendsburg-Eckernförde district
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| Coordinates | |
| Administration | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Schleswig-Holstein |
| District | Rendsburg-Eckernförde |
| Municipal assoc. | Flintbek |
| Mayor | Horst-Dieter Lorenzen |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 17.57 km2 (6.78 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 50 m (164 ft) |
| Population | 7,313 (31 December 2010)[1] |
| - Density | 416 /km2 (1,078 /sq mi) |
| Other information | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | RD |
| Postal code | 24220 |
| Area code | 04347 |
| Website | www.flintbek.de |
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. [2]