Aukrug

Aukrug
Church in Aukrug
Coat of arms
show Location of Aukrug within Rendsburg-Eckernförde district
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Coordinates: 54°4′N 9°46′E / 54.067°N 9.767°E / 54.067; 9.767Coordinates: 54°4′N 9°46′E / 54.067°N 9.767°E / 54.067; 9.767
Country	Germany
State	Schleswig-Holstein
District	Rendsburg-Eckernförde
Municipal assoc.	Mittelholstein
Government
• Mayor	Joachim Rehder (SPD)
Area
• Total	49.9 km2 (19.3 sq mi)
Elevation	20 m (70 ft)
Population  (2020-12-31)[1]
• Total	3,854
• Density	77/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	24613
Dialling codes	04873
Vehicle registration	RD
Website	www.amt-aukrug.de

Aukrug is a municipality in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated approximately 13 km west of Neumünster, and 35 km southwest of Kiel.

Geography[]

Aukrug is the seat of the Amt ("collective municipality") Aukrug.

The location of Aukrug is south of the municipality of Mörel or Gnutz, but east of Hohenwestedt, and west of Wasbek or Ehndorf.

History[]

Innien, the oldest part of the municipality, appears in a surviving record from as far back as 1128. The name Aukrug comes from "in de Aukrögen", using the "Plattdeutsch" (low German) of the region, and means something along the lines of "in the folds of the flood plain".

Tönsheide Forest[]

The Tönsheide Forest lies east of Aukrug specialist hospital and is a nature reserve with an area of 67 hectares (170 acres). It consists of large areas of near-natural woodland with scattered with areas of heath.

See also[]

• Aukrug Nature Park

References[]

External links[]

• Media related to Aukrug at Wikimedia Commons

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