Hohe Elbgeest | |
Native Name Lang: | de |
Settlement Type: | Amt |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Germany |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Schleswig-Holstein |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Lauenburg |
Seat Type: | Region seat |
Seat: | Dassendorf |
Leader Title: | Amtsvorsteher |
Leader Name: | Martina Falkenberg |
Area Total Km2: | 67,9 |
Website: | amt-hohe-elbgeest.de |
Hohe Elbgeest is an Amt ("common administration for several smaller municipalities") in the district of Lauenburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.[1] It is situated approximately 7 km north of Geesthacht, and 27 km east of Hamburg. 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.[2]
The Amt Hohe Elbgeest consists of the following municipalities[3] (population in 2005 between brackets):