Stapelholm was 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 ...

'' ("collective municipality") in the district of

Schleswig-Flensburg Schleswig-Flensburg (; ) is a district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is bounded by (from the south and clockwise) the districts of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, Dithmarschen and Nordfriesland, the Region Syddanmark in Denmark, the city of Flensb ...

, 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 was situated on the north bank of the

river Eider The Eider ( ; ; Latin: ''Egdor'' or ''Eidora'') is the longest river in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. The river starts near Bordesholm and reaches the southwestern outskirts of Kiel on the shores of the Baltic Sea, but flows to the west ...

, approx. 25 km southwest of

Schleswig The Duchy of Schleswig (; ; ; ; ; ) was a duchy in Southern Jutland () covering the area between about 60 km (35 miles) north and 70 km (45 mi) south of the current border between Germany and Denmark. The territory has been di ...

. The seat of the ''Amt'' was in Norderstapel. In January 2008, it was merged with the ''Amt''

Kropp Kropp () is a municipality in the district of Schleswig-Flensburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated approximately 13 km south of Schleswig. Kropp is the seat of the ''Amt Amt is a type of administrative division governing ...

to form the ''Amt'' Kropp-Stapelholm. The ''Amt'' Stapelholm consisted of the following municipalities: #

Bergenhusen Bergenhusen () is a municipality in the district of Schleswig-Flensburg, 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 t ...

# Erfde # Meggerdorf # Norderstapel #

Süderstapel Süderstapel (, ; ) is a village and a former municipality in the district of Schleswig-Flensburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Balti ...

Tielen Tielen is a village in the province of Antwerp in Flanders, Belgium. It is part of the municipality of Kasterlee. The nearest city is the neighbouring city of Turnhout. Other neighbouring towns are Vosselaar, Lichtaart, , Lille, Belgium, Lille a ...

Wohlde Wohlde () is a municipality in the district of Schleswig-Flensburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. References

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{{coord, 54, 21, N, 9, 15, E, region:DE-SH_type:city(6198)_source:dewiki, display=title Former Ämter in Schleswig-Holstein