Hohenwestedt 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

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, Germany

Germany

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. It is situated approx. 23 km south of Rendsburg

Rendsburg

Rendsburg is a town on the River Eider and the Kiel Canal in the northeastern part of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is the capital of the Kreis of Rendsburg-Eckernförde. As of 2006, it had a population of 28,476.-History:...

, 25 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 40 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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It has a population of about 5,000 and a size of 18.18 squarekilometer. Since January 2007 it forms the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft ("municipal federation") Mittelholstein, together with the Amt Hohenwestedt-Land

Hohenwestedt-Land

Hohenwestedt-Land is an Amt in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated around the town Hohenwestedt, which is the seat of the Amt, but not part of it.-History:...

, Amt 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...

 and Amt Hanerau-Hademarschen

Hanerau-Hademarschen (Amt)

Hanerau-Hademarschen is an Amt in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The seat of the Amt is in Hanerau-Hademarschen....

. Mayor is Stefan Landt of the CDU

Christian Democratic Union (Germany)

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The 400 companies of Hohenwestedt offer 2,500 jobs and make it the economical center of the surrounding communes, whose children also use the three schools.

The town's landmark is the Peter-Pauls Church, the biggest church in town.

Hohenwestedt's twin towns are Müncheberg

Müncheberg

Müncheberg is a small town in Märkisch-Oderland, Germany approximately half-way between Berlin and the border with Poland.-Geography:Prior to 2003 the area today covered by Müncheberg was organized as the so-called "Amt Müncheberg"...

, Germany

Germany

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, and Billund

Billund, Denmark

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, Denmark

Denmark

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