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Kankelau () is a municipality in the district of Lauenburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The village was first mentioned in 1230 AD as "Cankelowe" (meaning: settlement in the corn cockles), the spelling later changed to Kankelowe (1278), Kankelow (1434), and Kankelauw (1450).

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German location.image_flag
Flagge Kankelau.png
German location.image_coa
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German location.image_plan
Kankelau in RZ.svg
German location.state
Schleswig-Holstein
German location.district
Herzogtum Lauenburg
German location.Amt
Schwarzenbek-Land
German location.elevation
38
German location.area
4.21
German location.postal_code
21514
German location.area_code
04156
German location.licence
RZ
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
01 0 53 059
German location.website
www.amt-schwarzenbek-land.de
German location.mayor
Klaus Hansen

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Population
218
Area
4.21
Elevation
38
Dialing code
04156
Licence plate code
RZ
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Kankelau
postal code
21514
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Kankelau () is a municipality in the district of Lauenburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The village was first mentioned in 1230 AD as "Cankelowe" (meaning: settlement in the corn cockles), the spelling later changed to Kankelowe (1278), Kankelow (1434), and Kankelauw (1450).

==References== HansWilhelm Haefs (2004): Ortsnamen und Ortsgeschichten aus Schleswig-Holstein, page 141 (, in German) Unser Dorf Kankelau, retrieved Oct 2008 (in German)

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