Steinhorst, Schleswig-Holstein

Steinhorst
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Steinhorst within Lauenburg district
Steinhorst Steinhorst
Coordinates: 53°43′15″N 10°29′11″E
Country	Germany
State	Schleswig-Holstein
District	Lauenburg
Municipal assoc.	Sandesneben-Nusse
Government
• Mayor	Horst Wardius
Area
• Total	16.37 km2 (6.32 sq mi)
Elevation	63 m (207 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	567
• Density	35/km2 (90/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	23847
Dialling codes	04536
Vehicle registration	RZ
Website	www.amt-sandesneben.de

Steinhorst (which roughly translates as Stone Refuge) is a municipality in Kreis Herzogtum Lauenburg in Schleswig-Holstein. It belongs to the Amt Sandesneben-Nusse.

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 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 Steinhorst is well known for its legendary Scheunenfeten, which always attract several thousand visitors. In addition once in the year a Stoppelfete between Steinhorst and Schiphorst takes place, attracting roughly 5000 visitors each year.

External links

• Gemeinde Steinhorst Info (in German)