Kankelau
Encyclopedia
Kankelau is a municipality in the district of Lauenburg
, in Schleswig-Holstein
, Germany
. The village was first mentioned in 1230 AD as "Cankelowe" (meaning: settlement in the corn cockles
), the spelling later changed to Kankelowe (1278), Kankelow (1434), and Kankelauw (1450).
Lauenburg (district)
Herzogtum Lauenburg is the southernmost Kreis, or district, of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is bordered by the district of Stormarn, the city of Lübeck, the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern , the state of Lower Saxony , and the city state of Hamburg...
, 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...
. The village was first mentioned in 1230 AD as "Cankelowe" (meaning: settlement in the corn cockles
Agrostemma
Agrostemma is a genus of annual plants in the Caryophyllaceae family, containing the species known as corncockles. Its best-known member is A. githago, the Common Corncockle, which is a native of Europe where it is simply called "the Corncockle". The species is a weed of cereals and other crops,...
), the spelling later changed to Kankelowe (1278), Kankelow (1434), and Kankelauw (1450).