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Flintbek is a municipality in the district of
Also in the cemetery is a memorial to the dead of both World Wars.
There are pleasant walks along the river Eider. The oldest iron bridge in Germany (1865) is in the Eider Valley, in the adjacent community of Techelsdorf.
Flintbek
Rendsburg-Eckernförde {{RendsburgEckernförde-geo-stub
Rendsburg-Eckernförde
Rendsburg-Eckernförde (; da, Rendsborg-Egernførde) is a district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is bounded by (from the east and clockwise) the city of Kiel, the district of Plön (district), Plön, the city of Neumünster, the districts of ...
, in Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein (; da, Slesvig-Holsten; nds, Sleswig-Holsteen; frr, Slaswik-Holstiinj) is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Sch ...
, Germany
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. It is on the River Eider, c. 10 km southwest of Kiel
Kiel () is the capital and most populous city in the northern Germany, German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 246,243 (2021).
Kiel lies approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the southeast of the J ...
. The meaning of the name is controversial but one possibility is the combination of flint(stone) with the word bek (beck, brook).
Flintbek is the seat of the ''Amt
Amt is a type of administrative division governing a group of municipalities, today only in Germany, but formerly also common in other countries of Northern Europe. Its size and functions differ by country and the term is roughly equivalent to ...
'' ("collective municipality") Flintbek.
Archeological excavations at Flintbek discovered cart tracks dating from c. 3400 BC underneath a megalithic long barrow, belonging to the Funnelbeaker culture. This is the earliest known direct evidence for wheeled vehicles in the world (i.e. not models or images).
Places of interest
The Lutheran Church dates back to at least 1223, when Earl Albrecht of Orlamünde, Governor of theDanish King
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* The Kingdom of Denmark (up to 1397)
** Personal union of Denmark and Norway (1380–1397)
* The Kalmar Union (1397–1536) ...
, authorised the Monastery of St Augustine to build a church in Flintbek. The present building is late gothic and has an impressive wooden tower and steeple. The interior has a carved wooden altar (Schnitzaltar).
In the church cemetery is a 1952 sculpture by Friedrich Wilhelm Klose, ''Mutter des Ostens'' (Mother of the East). She represents the suffering and misfortunes of those driven from their homes because of war. The inscription reads:
''„Ich will euch trösten, wie einen seine Mutter tröstet. Jes. 66,13. Wir gedenken unserer teuren Toten in der ostdeutschen Heimat.“''
"I will comfort you as one whom his mother comforts.
Isa. 66.13. We pray for our beloved dead in the East German homeland."
Also in the cemetery is a memorial to the dead of both World Wars.
There are pleasant walks along the river Eider. The oldest iron bridge in Germany (1865) is in the Eider Valley, in the adjacent community of Techelsdorf.
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