Fahrenkrug

Fahrenkrug is a municipality in the district of Segeberg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The two little villages Rotenhahn and Ziegelei belong also to Fahrenkrug. In the year 1192 has Varencroch, the old name of Fahrenkrug, been mentioned. In this text Varencroch was addicted to the monastery of Bad Segeberg. The name Varencroch means fern and corner, so that in the blazon of Fahrenkrug there are a fern and a corner.

Fahrenkrug
Coat of arms
Location of Fahrenkrug within Segeberg district
StormarnBarkBorstelFuhlendorfGroß NiendorfHagenNaheRicklingSchierenSeedorfSethWinsen
Fahrenkrug
Fahrenkrug
Coordinates: 53°56′N 10°15′E
CountryGermany
StateSchleswig-Holstein
DistrictSegeberg
Municipal assoc.Trave-Land
Government
  MayorReiner G. Martin (CDU)
Area
  Total6.62 km2 (2.56 sq mi)
Elevation
27 m (89 ft)
Population
 (2019-12-31)[1]
  Total1,651
  Density250/km2 (650/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
23795
Dialling codes04551
Vehicle registrationSE
Websitewww.amt-trave-
land.de

In the prehistory of Fahrenkrug there settled humans. Next to stone axes and tools from the Stone Age, there was found significant finds in barrows Bronze Age, for example a golden ring, which .

References

  1. "Statistikamt Nord – Bevölkerung der Gemeinden in Schleswig-Holstein 4. Quartal 2019 (XLS-file)". Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein (in German).


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