Steinhorst is a municipality in Kreis Herzogtum Lauenburg 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...

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Sandesneben-Nusse

Sandesneben-Nusse is an Amt in the district of Lauenburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Its seat is in Sandesneben. It was formed on 1 January 2008 from the former Ämter Sandesneben and Nusse....

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Geography

The municipality size amounts to 16.37 km². Of it 5.8 km² is forest, and 8.2 km² is agricultural land, which are ordered by 2 district domains and 1 agricultural enterprise. In the forest is the Wehrenteich (in English, weir pond), which has a surface of 220,000 square metres.

History

• 1315 The first recorded mention of Steinhorst.
• 1691 bought Magnus von Wedderkop
  Magnus von Wedderkop
  Magnus von Wedderkop , born in Husum, Germany, was the son of Henning Wedderkop, who married Anna Truwelstochter Andresen in 1614. Henning was a baron in Braunschweig, and served as royal lieutenant under Wallenstein in Husum...
  
  Steinhorst.
• 1739 gave Gottfried up v. Wedderkop Steinhorst.
• 1928 Steinhorst became an independent political municipality.

Other

Steinhorst has a volunteer fire-brigade. The number of active members amounted to, at the end of 2004, 29 members. The employment vehicle is an LF8 with a festinstallierten delete foam plant, which is pressurized by means of air bottle and is thus ready for use.
The mayor of the municipality, Heinz-Peter Strunck, has been in office for 27 years.

In addition stone refuge is well-known for its legendary Scheunenfeten, which always attracts several thousand visitors. In addition once in the year GIANTS a Stoppelfete between Steinhorst and Schiphorst takes place, where itself more than 5000 visitors tummeln. You find the photos under www.top-disco-show.de

External links

• Gemeinde Steinhorst Info (in German)