Fahrenkrug
Sign in to saveFahrenkrug is a municipality in the district of Segeberg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany which includes the villages of Rotenhahn and Ziegelei. Fahrenkrug was first mentioned in 1192 as Varencroch and belonged to the monastery of Bad Segeberg. The name Varencroch means a fern and corner, and the coat of arms of the municipality includes these symbols.
Key facts
- German location.image_coa
- DEU Fahrenkrug COA.svg
- German location.image_plan
- Fahrenkrug in SE.svg
- German location.state
- Schleswig-Holstein
- German location.district
- Segeberg
- German location.Amt
- Trave-Land
- German location.elevation
- 27
- German location.area
- 6.62
- German location.postal_code
- 23795
- German location.area_code
- 04551
- German location.licence
- SE
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 01 0 60 020
- German location.website
- www.amt-trave-land.de
- German location.mayor
- Reiner G. Martin
- German location.party
- CDU
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Segeberg District
- Population
- 1625
- Area
- 6.21
- Elevation
- 27
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Official website
- www.gemeinde-fahrenkrug.de
- Dialing code
- 04551
- Licence plate code
- SE
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- Fahrenkrug
- Commons category
- Fahrenkrug
- postal code
- 23795
- P8168
- Michael Haberlandt
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Fahrenkrug is a municipality in the district of Segeberg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany which includes the villages of Rotenhahn and Ziegelei. Fahrenkrug was first mentioned in 1192 as Varencroch and belonged to the monastery of Bad Segeberg. The name Varencroch means a fern and corner, and the coat of arms of the municipality includes these symbols.
In prehistoric times, humans were known to settle in Fahrenkrug. Along with stone axes and tools from the Stone Age, there were also significant finds in Bronze Age barrows, such as a golden ring.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fahrenkrug” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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