Wittensee was an 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") 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 was named after the lake Wittensee, which is situated in the Amt. It was located between Eckernförde

Eckernförde

Eckernförde is a German city in Schleswig-Holstein, Kreis Rendsburg-Eckernförde at the Baltic Sea near Kiel. The population is about 23,000.All German submarines are stationed in Eckernförde....

 and 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:...

. The village Groß Wittensee was the seat of the Amt. In January 2008, it was merged with the Amt Wittensee to form the Amt Hüttener Berge

Hüttener Berge

Hüttener Berge is an Amt in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Its seat is in Groß Wittensee. It was formed on 1 January 2008 from the former Ämter Hütten and Wittensee....

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The Amt Wittensee consisted of the following municipalities:

1. Borgstedt
   Borgstedt
   Borgstedt is a municipality in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany....
   
   
2. Bünsdorf
   Bünsdorf
   Bünsdorf is a municipality in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany....
   
   
3. Groß Wittensee
   Groß Wittensee
   Groß Wittensee is a municipality in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany....
   
   
4. Haby
   Haby
   Haby is a municipality in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.At southwest end of the village of Haby the meadows are filled with fog some nights. This is where there was, until the middle of the last century, a big lake which was linked to the Wittensee...
   
   
5. Holtsee
   Holtsee
   Holtsee is a municipality in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.The location of Holtsee is south of the municipality of Goosefeld or Altenhof, but north of Sehestedt or Lindau, and east of Haby....
   
   
6. Holzbunge
   Holzbunge
   Holzbunge is a municipality in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany....
   
   
7. Klein Wittensee
   Klein Wittensee
   Klein Wittensee is a municipality in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.Klein Wittensee is south of the municipality of Groß Wittensee, but north of Bünsdorf....
   
   
8. Neu Duvenstedt
   Neu Duvenstedt
   Neu Duvenstedt is a municipality in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany....
   
   
9. Sehestedt
   Sehestedt
   Sehestedt is a municipality in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.Sehestedt is south of the municipality of Groß Wittensee, Haby or Holtsee, but north of Bovenau, and west of Lindau.-History:...