Hohe Elbgeest is an ''

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 ...

'' ("common administration for several smaller municipalities") in the district of Lauenburg, in

Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein (; ; ; ; ; occasionally in English ''Sleswick-Holsatia'') is the Northern Germany, northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical Duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of S ...

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. It is situated approximately 7 km north of

Geesthacht Geesthacht () is the largest city in the Lauenburg (district), District of the Duchy of Lauenburg (Herzogtum Lauenburg) in Schleswig-Holstein in Northern Germany, south-east of Hamburg on the right bank of the Elbe, River Elbe. History A church ...

, and 27 km east of

Hamburg Hamburg (, ; ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,. is the List of cities in Germany by population, second-largest city in Germany after Berlin and List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 7th-lar ...

. Its seat is in Dassendorf. In 2008, the ''Amt'' of Aumühle-Wohltorf was disbanded and its municipalities (Aumühle, Wohltorf, and the unincorporated area of Sachsenwald) were folded into Hohe Elbgeest.

Municipalities

The ''Amt'' Hohe Elbgeest consists of the following municipalities (population in 2005 between brackets): #

Aumühle Aumühle () is a municipality in Schleswig-Holstein in northern Germany, about 21 km (14 mi) east of Hamburg. Its Friedrichsruh district is home to the family estate and mausoleum of Otto von Bismarck. Geography Aumühle lies on the ...

(3,088) #

Börnsen Börnsen is a municipality in the district of Lauenburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and ...

(3,822) # Dassendorf (3,105) # Escheburg (3,036) # Hamwarde (751) # Hohenhorn (443) # Kröppelshagen-Fahrendorf (1,082) # Wiershop (173) #

Wohltorf Wohltorf is a municipality in the district of Lauenburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Transportation Wohltorf station is serviced by the rapid transit system of the Hamburg S-Bahn The Hamburg S-Bahn is a rapid transit railway system in t ...

(2,264) # Worth (171) #

Sachsenwald The Sachsenwald () is a forest near Hamburg, Germany. The forest derives its name, which can be translated as 'Saxon woods' or 'Saxony forest', from being located in the former Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg, which itself is a part of the greater Lower ...

unincorporated area An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

References

Ämter in Schleswig-Holstein {{HerzogtumLauenburg-geo-stub