Aukrug is a municipality in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde

Rendsburg-Eckernförde

Rendsburg-Eckernförde is a district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is bounded by the city of Kiel, the district of Plön, the city of Neumünster, the districts of Segeberg, Steinburg, Dithmarschen and Schleswig-Flensburg, and the Baltic Sea.-History:In 1867 the Prussian administration...

, in Schleswig-Holstein

Schleswig-Holstein

Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the sixteen states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Schleswig...

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. It is situated approx. 13 km west of Neumünster

Neumünster

Neumünster is an independent town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, which has a total of four independent towns.-Current Situation:Neumünster station is major railway junction with lines running in six directions, including the important Hamburg-Altona–Kiel and Neumünster–Flensburg lines.Near...

, and 35 km southwest of Kiel

Kiel

Kiel is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 238,049 .Kiel is approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the north of Germany, the southeast of the Jutland peninsula, and the southwestern shore of the...

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Aukrug is the seat of the Amt

Amt (subnational entity)

Amt is a type of administrative division governing a group of municipalities, today only found in Germany, but formerly also common in northern European countries. Its size and functions differ by country and the term is roughly equivalent to a U.S...

("collective municipality") Aukrug

Aukrug (Amt)

Aukrug is an Amt in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The seat of the Amt is in Aukrug.The Amt Aukrug consists of the following municipalities:#Arpsdorf#Aukrug#Ehndorf#Padenstedt...

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The location of Aukrug is south of the municipality of Mörel

Mörel, Germany

Mörel is a municipality in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany....

 or Gnutz

Gnutz

Gnutz is a municipality in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.The location of Gnutz is south of the nearby municipality of Bargstedt or Nortorf, but north of Aukrug, and west of Timmaspe....

, but east of Hohenwestedt

Hohenwestedt

Hohenwestedt is a municipality in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated approx. 23 km south of Rendsburg, 25 km west of Neumünster and 40 km southwest of Kiel....

, and west of Wasbek

Wasbek

Wasbek is a municipality, directly west of Neumünster, in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.-Geography:Wasbek lies directly west of Neumünster. In the west, the park Aukrug borders the municipality. In the east, runs the Federal Highway 7, from Hamburg to...

 or Ehndorf

Ehndorf

Ehndorf is a municipality in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany....

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Tönsheide Forest

The Tönsheide Forest

Tönsheide Forest

The Tönsheide Forest is a nature reserve near the village of Aukrug east of Neumünster in the north German state of Schleswig-Holstein.The nature reserve has an area of and lies east of Aukrug specialist hospital. Its consists of large areas of near-natural woodland with scattered with areas of...

lies east of Aukrug specialist hospital and is a nature reserve with an area of 67 hectares (165.6 acre). It consists of large areas of near-natural woodland with scattered with areas of heath.

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