Heikendorf is a municipality in the district of Plön, in

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. It is a

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off the

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, located approximately 10 km from

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. The oldest part of the town is the Old Viking settlement in Möltenort.

Notable people linked with Heikendorf

* Adolf Dethmann (1896-1979) engineer and communist activist *

Robert Habeck Robert Habeck (; born 2 September 1969) is a German politician (Alliance 90/The Greens) and writer who served as Vice Chancellor of Germany, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action in the cabinet of Chancellor Olaf Scholz and ...

(born 2 September 1969 in Lübeck) writer and politician of Alliance '90/The Greens *

Freya Hoffmeister Freya Hoffmeister (born 10 May 1964) is a German business owner and athlete who holds several sea kayaking endurance records. In 2009 she completed a circumnavigation of Australia solo and unassisted, becoming the first woman and only the seco ...

(born 1964), business owner and athlete who holds several sea kayaking endurance records * Klaus-Dieter Flick (born 1937 in Germany) lawyer and financial broker, known as convicted Nazi art and military equipment collector from Kitzeberg, a wealthy suburb of Heikendorf * Fritz Lau (1872–1966), Low German playwright and author''Ehrenbürger.''
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References

Seaside resorts in Germany Plön (district) {{Plön-geo-stub