Kellinghusen (Amt)

Kellinghusen is an Amt ("collective municipality") in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Its seat is in Kellinghusen and in the Amt is situated the lesser-populated settlement of the nation, Wiedenborstel.

History
Before 1 January 2008, when it was joined by the (previously Amt-free) town Kellinghusen and the municipalities Hohenlockstedt and Lockstedt from the former Amt Hohenlockstedt, it was named Kellinghusen-Land.

Subdivision
The Amt Kellinghusen consists of the following municipalities (population in 2005 between brackets):


 * 1) Brokstedt (2,194)
 * 2) Fitzbek (386)
 * 3) Hennstedt (589)
 * 4) Hingstheide (68)
 * 5) Hohenlockstedt (6,175)
 * 6) Kellinghusen (7,934) [town]
 * 7) Lockstedt (173)
 * 8) Mühlenbarbek (335)
 * 9) Oeschebüttel (204)
 * 10) Poyenberg (410)
 * 11) Quarnstedt (437)
 * 12) Rade (95)
 * 13) Rosdorf (383)
 * 14) Sarlhusen (509)
 * 15) Störkathen (108)
 * 16) Wiedenborstel (5)
 * 17) Willenscharen (158)
 * 18) Wrist (2,514)
 * 19) Wulfsmoor (382)