Dating in Schleswig-Holstein: How to Meet People Beyond Your Small Town

Schleswig-Holstein has about 3.0 million people and 1,104 municipalities, and most of them are small: 1,002 (91%) have fewer than 5,000 people, and 702 have fewer than 1,000. If you live in a small one, you already know what dating close to home looks like: you've met most of the single people you'd consider, or you know someone who has.

This page is for everyone in those towns. It covers why the big dating apps make a small town's dating pool even smaller, how Amarbis lets you meet people across all of Schleswig-Holstein instead, and, further down, every municipality in Schleswig-Holstein by district.

Schleswig-Holstein by town size

Size of place	Places	People
Under 1,000	702	316,000
1,000 to 4,999	300	605,000
5,000 to 24,999	86	953,000
25,000 or more	16	1.1 million

The typical municipality in Schleswig-Holstein has about 697 people. Its 16 places of 25,000 or more, led by Kiel (249,000), Lübeck (219,000) and Flensburg (93,000), are home to about 1.1 million of the state's 3.0 million people; everyone else lives in the smaller towns and the countryside.

Why dating close to home runs out in small-town Schleswig-Holstein

Dating apps that sort by distance start with the people nearest you. In a small town in Schleswig-Holstein that's a short list, and it doesn't take long to see all of it. A few examples:

List auf Sylt (about 1,700 people): 49 other municipalities with 66,000 people between them within 50 km, and the nearest place of 25,000 or more is Flensburg, 71 km away.
Fehmarn (about 13,000 people): 49 other municipalities with 125,000 people between them within 50 km, and the nearest place of 25,000 or more is Kiel, 67 km away.

The point stands across Schleswig-Holstein: a distance-ranked app fills a small-town deck with the same few faces, and the bigger pools are a long way off.

Why the nearest city is out of reach on the big apps

Dating in a small town is hard, and meeting someone in the nearest city can be harder. Many dating apps lean on distance to decide who you see, and Tinuiti's analysis of Tinder's algorithm says proximity is a key factor in who it shows you. When someone in Kiel or Lübeck opens a distance-ranked app, the people who live near them come first. You live farther away, so you land behind their neighbours in their deck, whatever your photos and profile say.

That's the small-town problem twice over: at home you keep seeing the same people, and in the city you're barely seen.

How Amarbis is different

You choose your region

On Amarbis you choose the region you meet people from instead of being limited to whoever lives closest. Choose Schleswig-Holstein and your pool is the whole state, about 3.0 million people, whether you live in Kiel or a village of a few hundred. A member in a town of 1,000 has the same state-wide pool as a member in Kiel.

Ranking isn't based on distance

On Amarbis, ranking isn't based on distance. Choose Schleswig-Holstein as your region and the person you'd like to meet in Kiel isn't shown their next-door neighbour ahead of you because of where you live. It's the opposite of the proximity problem above, and it matters most to the people the big apps leave behind.

No distance limits, and the whole world if you want it

Amarbis has no distance limits, so you aren't limited to Schleswig-Holstein either. You can widen your region to the neighbouring states or meet someone in another country: Amarbis is an international dating app, the app speaks more than 50 languages, and built-in chat translation helps when you don't share one. The km only matter once you both want to meet.

Real people, reviewed by real people

Every member has a real face photo, photos are screened before anyone sees them, and every profile on Amarbis is reviewed by a real person. When your local pool is small, every fake or abandoned profile takes up a bigger share of what you see, so that review step is worth more in a small town than in a big city.

Free to join

Joining is free, with no credit card. The free plan gives you 25 likes a day and unlimited messaging with your matches, so you can find out whether Amarbis works for your town before you pay anything. See plans and pricing for what the paid plans add.

How to start from a small town in Schleswig-Holstein

Sign up free and build a profile that sounds like you: a clear photo of your face and one specific thing about life in your town. Our profile tips show what works.
Set your region to Schleswig-Holstein, or wider if you like.
Message first. One good question about where someone lives works better than "hey", and a conversation can start long before anyone plans a trip.
When you both want to meet, pick a public place about halfway, tell a friend where you're going, and follow our safe-meeting checklist.

Built by someone from a small town

Amarbis's founder, Nick, is from Boardman, Oregon, a small American town of about 4,500 people. The small-town dating problem on this page is one he knows first-hand: a deck full of people you already know, and a nearby city that ranks its own neighbours ahead of you. Amarbis is built so that where you live in Schleswig-Holstein doesn't decide who you can meet.

Every municipality in Schleswig-Holstein

All 1,104 municipalities in Schleswig-Holstein by district. Wherever yours is on this list, everything on this page applies to you: choose Schleswig-Holstein as your region on Amarbis and every place below is in your pool.

Dithmarschen

Albersdorf: 3,847 people
Arkebek: 229 people
Averlak: 587 people
Bargenstedt: 981 people
Barkenholm: 168 people
Barlt: 764 people
Bergewöhrden: 36 people
Brickeln: 191 people
Brunsbüttel: 12,651 people
Buchholz (Dithmarschen): 995 people
Bunsoh: 764 people
Burg (Dithmarschen): 4,173 people
Busenwurth: 317 people
Büsum: 5,078 people
Büsumer Deichhausen: 369 people
Dellstedt: 714 people
Delve: 767 people
Diekhusen-Fahrstedt: 711 people
Dingen: 636 people
Dörpling: 659 people
Eddelak: 1,361 people
Eggstedt: 733 people
Elpersbüttel: 885 people
Epenwöhrden: 781 people
Fedderingen: 275 people
Frestedt: 363 people
Friedrichsgabekoog: 59 people
Friedrichskoog: 2,523 people
Gaushorn: 171 people
Glüsing: 109 people
Groven: 80 people
Großenrade: 469 people
Gudendorf: 429 people
Hedwigenkoog: 210 people
Heide: 22,467 people
Hellschen-Heringsand-Unterschaar: 164 people
Helse: 848 people
Hemme: 496 people
Hemmingstedt: 2,843 people
Hennstedt (Dithmarschen): 2,055 people
Hillgroven: 55 people
Hochdonn: 1,068 people
Hollingstedt (Dithmarschen): 314 people
Hövede: 57 people
Immenstedt (Dithmarschen): 110 people
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Koog: 370 people
Karolinenkoog: 143 people
Kleve (Dithmarschen): 408 people
Krempel: 614 people
Kronprinzenkoog: 873 people
Krumstedt: 530 people
Kuden: 644 people
Lehe: 1,063 people
Lieth: 367 people
Linden: 855 people
Lohe-Rickelshof: 2,066 people
Lunden: 1,693 people
Marne: 5,979 people
Marnerdeich: 403 people
Meldorf: 7,318 people
Neuenkirchen: 1,013 people
Neufeld: 617 people
Neufelderkoog: 113 people
Nindorf (Dithmarschen): 1,147 people
Norddeich: 449 people
Norderheistedt: 121 people
Nordermeldorf: 597 people
Norderwöhrden: 251 people
Nordhastedt: 2,837 people
Odderade: 328 people
Oesterdeichstrich: 247 people
Oesterwurth: 248 people
Offenbüttel: 249 people
Osterrade: 413 people
Ostrohe: 902 people
Pahlen: 1,160 people
Quickborn (Dithmarschen): 178 people
Ramhusen: 173 people
Rehm-Flehde-Bargen: 550 people
Reinsbüttel: 397 people
Sankt Annen: 312 people
Sankt Michaelisdonn: 3,533 people
Sarzbüttel: 721 people
Schafstedt: 1,318 people
Schalkholz: 570 people
Schlichting: 241 people
Schmedeswurth: 191 people
Schrum: 76 people
Schülp: 406 people
Stelle-Wittenwurth: 469 people
Strübbel: 96 people
Süderdeich: 452 people
Süderdorf: 363 people
Süderhastedt: 793 people
Süderheistedt: 518 people
Tellingstedt: 2,720 people
Tensbüttel-Röst: 684 people
Tielenhemme: 171 people
Trennewurth: 238 people
Volsemenhusen: 352 people
Wallen: 30 people
Warwerort: 234 people
Weddingstedt: 2,339 people
Welmbüttel: 390 people
Wennbüttel: 77 people
Wesselburen: 3,545 people
Wesselburener Deichhausen: 114 people
Wesselburenerkoog: 169 people
Wesseln: 1,433 people
Westerborstel: 110 people
Westerdeichstrich: 850 people
Wiemerstedt: 152 people
Windbergen: 747 people
Wolmersdorf: 331 people
Wrohm: 724 people
Wöhrden: 1,306 people

Flensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt

Flensburg: 92,667 people

Herzogtum Lauenburg

Albsfelde: 71 people
Alt-Mölln: 818 people
Aumühle: 3,342 people
Basedow: 623 people
Basthorst: 417 people
Behlendorf: 404 people
Berkenthin: 2,214 people
Besenthal: 99 people
Bliestorf: 649 people
Borstorf: 307 people
Breitenfelde: 2,100 people
Brunsmark: 146 people
Brunstorf: 749 people
Bröthen: 318 people
Buchholz (Herzogtum Lauenburg): 231 people
Buchhorst: 149 people
Bäk: 894 people
Bälau: 220 people
Börnsen: 4,678 people
Büchen: 6,718 people
Dahmker: 162 people
Dalldorf: 345 people
Dassendorf: 3,398 people
Duvensee: 559 people
Düchelsdorf: 160 people
Einhaus: 438 people
Elmenhorst (Herzogtum Lauenburg): 844 people
Escheburg: 3,991 people
Fitzen: 389 people
Fredeburg: 46 people
Fuhlenhagen: 378 people
Geesthacht: 32,763 people
Giesensdorf: 164 people
Grabau (Herzogtum Lauenburg): 357 people
Grambek: 532 people
Grinau: 297 people
Grove: 260 people
Groß Boden: 213 people
Groß Disnack: 85 people
Groß Grönau: 3,855 people
Groß Pampau: 171 people
Groß Sarau: 1,088 people
Groß Schenkenberg: 583 people
Gudow: 1,759 people
Göldenitz: 233 people
Göttin: 65 people
Gülzow: 1,306 people
Güster: 1,358 people
Hamfelde (Herzogtum Lauenburg): 557 people
Hamwarde: 831 people
Harmsdorf (Herzogtum Lauenburg): 310 people
Havekost: 199 people
Hohenhorn: 548 people
Hollenbek: 435 people
Hornbek: 193 people
Horst: 244 people
Juliusburg: 190 people
Kankelau: 218 people
Kasseburg: 593 people
Kastorf: 1,207 people
Kittlitz: 278 people
Klein Pampau: 688 people
Klein Zecher: 237 people
Klempau: 607 people
Klinkrade: 604 people
Koberg: 783 people
Kollow: 599 people
Krukow: 155 people
Krummesse: 1,647 people
Kröppelshagen-Fahrendorf: 1,304 people
Krüzen: 371 people
Kuddewörde: 1,505 people
Kulpin: 213 people
Köthel (Herzogtum Lauenburg): 295 people
Kühsen: 357 people
Labenz: 910 people
Langenlehsten: 177 people
Lankau: 466 people
Lanze: 267 people
Lauenburg/ Elbe: 11,999 people
Lehmrade: 597 people
Linau: 1,202 people
Lüchow: 281 people
Lütau: 674 people
Mechow: 127 people
Mustin: 696 people
Möhnsen: 505 people
Mölln: 19,566 people
Mühlenrade: 206 people
Müssen: 1,241 people
Niendorf bei Berkenthin: 187 people
Niendorf/ Stecknitz: 654 people
Nusse: 1,171 people
Panten: 669 people
Pogeez: 503 people
Poggensee: 378 people
Ratzeburg: 14,552 people
Ritzerau: 294 people
Rondeshagen: 802 people
Roseburg: 540 people
Römnitz: 61 people
Sahms: 446 people
Salem: 670 people
Sandesneben: 1,872 people
Schiphorst: 708 people
Schmilau: 548 people
Schnakenbek: 881 people
Schretstaken: 489 people
Schulendorf: 456 people
Schwarzenbek: 17,370 people
Schönberg: 1,434 people
Schürensöhlen: 154 people
Seedorf (Herzogtum Lauenburg): 536 people
Siebenbäumen: 583 people
Siebeneichen: 290 people
Sierksrade: 440 people
Sirksfelde: 350 people
Steinhorst: 582 people
Sterley: 932 people
Stubben: 372 people
Talkau: 511 people
Tramm: 353 people
Walksfelde: 224 people
Wangelau: 211 people
Wentorf (Amt Sandesneben): 711 people
Wentorf bei Hamburg: 13,493 people
Wiershop: 217 people
Witzeeze: 939 people
Wohltorf: 2,577 people
Woltersdorf: 333 people
Worth: 170 people
Ziethen: 1,145 people

Kiel, Kreisfreie Stadt

Kiel: 248,873 people

Lübeck, Kreisfreie Stadt

Lübeck: 219,044 people

Neumünster, Kreisfreie Stadt

Neumünster: 80,185 people

Nordfriesland

Achtrup: 1,553 people
Ahrenshöft: 549 people
Ahrenviöl: 521 people
Ahrenviölfeld: 236 people
Alkersum: 398 people
Almdorf: 522 people
Arlewatt: 345 people
Aventoft: 413 people
Bargum: 642 people
Behrendorf: 571 people
Bohmstedt: 813 people
Bondelum: 168 people
Bordelum: 2,010 people
Borgsum: 331 people
Bosbüll: 269 people
Braderup: 673 people
Bramstedtlund: 218 people
Bredstedt: 5,826 people
Breklum: 2,281 people
Dagebüll: 907 people
Drage (Nordfriesland): 647 people
Drelsdorf: 1,290 people
Dunsum: 68 people
Elisabeth-Sophien-Koog: 55 people
Ellhöft: 113 people
Emmelsbüll-Horsbüll: 885 people
Enge-Sande: 1,141 people
Fresendelf: 84 people
Friedrich-Wilhelm-Lübke-Koog: 160 people
Friedrichstadt: 2,544 people
Galmsbüll: 568 people
Garding (01054035): 319 people
Garding (01054036): 2,814 people
Goldebek: 377 people
Goldelund: 406 people
Grothusenkoog: 26 people
Gröde: 10 people
Hallig Hooge: 104 people
Haselund: 930 people
Hattstedt: 2,654 people
Hattstedtermarsch: 270 people
Holm (Nordfriesland): 95 people
Horstedt: 806 people
Hude: 180 people
Humptrup: 754 people
Husum: 23,814 people
Högel: 456 people
Hörnum (Sylt): 872 people
Immenstedt (Nordfriesland): 680 people
Joldelund: 802 people
Kampen (Sylt): 462 people
Karlum: 213 people
Katharinenheerd: 175 people
Klanxbüll: 1,003 people
Klixbüll: 1,061 people
Koldenbüttel: 886 people
Kolkerheide: 83 people
Kotzenbüll: 183 people
Ladelund: 1,479 people
Langeneß: 125 people
Langenhorn: 3,378 people
Leck: 7,837 people
Lexgaard: 55 people
List auf Sylt: 1,680 people
Löwenstedt: 706 people
Lütjenholm: 338 people
Midlum: 412 people
Mildstedt: 3,925 people
Nebel: 978 people
Neukirchen (Nordfriesland): 1,138 people
Nieblum: 585 people
Niebüll: 10,159 people
Norddorf auf Amrum: 562 people
Norderfriedrichskoog: 43 people
Nordstrand: 2,271 people
Norstedt: 387 people
Ockholm: 308 people
Oevenum: 462 people
Oldenswort: 1,327 people
Oldersbek: 750 people
Olderup: 456 people
Oldsum: 519 people
Ostenfeld (Husum): 1,569 people
Oster-Ohrstedt: 657 people
Osterhever: 207 people
Pellworm: 1,208 people
Poppenbüll: 237 people
Ramstedt: 432 people
Rantrum: 1,936 people
Reußenköge: 320 people
Risum-Lindholm: 3,918 people
Rodenäs: 384 people
Sankt Peter-Ording: 3,877 people
Schwabstedt: 1,343 people
Schwesing: 937 people
Seeth: 2,105 people
Simonsberg: 813 people
Sollwitt: 304 people
Sprakebüll: 281 people
Stadum: 978 people
Stedesand: 891 people
Struckum: 1,005 people
Sylt: 13,679 people
Sönnebüll: 296 people
Süderende: 185 people
Süderhöft: 16 people
Süderlügum: 2,368 people
Südermarsch: 134 people
Tating: 961 people
Tetenbüll: 584 people
Tinningstedt: 248 people
Tönning: 4,940 people
Tümlauer Koog: 109 people
Uelvesbüll: 294 people
Uphusum: 340 people
Utersum: 387 people
Viöl: 2,261 people
Vollerwiek: 226 people
Vollstedt: 193 people
Welt: 190 people
Wenningstedt-Braderup (Sylt): 1,606 people
Wester-Ohrstedt: 1,118 people
Westerhever: 89 people
Westre: 355 people
Winnert: 697 people
Wisch (Nordfriesland): 107 people
Witsum: 42 people
Wittbek: 800 people
Wittdün auf Amrum: 805 people
Witzwort: 1,037 people
Wobbenbüll: 466 people
Wrixum: 601 people
Wyk auf Föhr: 4,355 people

Ostholstein

Ahrensbök: 8,502 people
Altenkrempe: 1,157 people
Bad Schwartau: 20,169 people
Beschendorf: 543 people
Bosau: 3,446 people
Dahme: 1,197 people
Damlos: 606 people
Eutin: 17,296 people
Fehmarn: 13,218 people
Gremersdorf: 1,532 people
Großenbrode: 2,228 people
Grube: 1,114 people
Grömitz: 7,257 people
Göhl: 1,146 people
Harmsdorf (Ostholstein): 617 people
Heiligenhafen: 9,373 people
Heringsdorf: 1,156 people
Kabelhorst: 411 people
Kasseedorf: 1,462 people
Kellenhusen (Ostsee): 1,262 people
Lensahn: 5,121 people
Malente: 10,976 people
Manhagen: 361 people
Neukirchen (Ostholstein): 1,159 people
Neustadt in Holstein: 15,749 people
Oldenburg in Holstein: 9,983 people
Ratekau: 15,353 people
Riepsdorf: 908 people
Scharbeutz: 11,704 people
Schashagen: 2,002 people
Schönwalde am Bungsberg: 2,603 people
Sierksdorf: 1,604 people
Stockelsdorf: 17,022 people
Süsel: 5,083 people
Timmendorfer Strand: 8,690 people
Wangels: 2,265 people

Pinneberg

Appen: 4,835 people
Barmstedt: 10,683 people
Bevern: 617 people
Bilsen: 817 people
Bokel (Pinneberg): 563 people
Bokholt-Hanredder: 1,318 people
Borstel-Hohenraden: 2,452 people
Brande-Hörnerkirchen: 1,789 people
Bullenkuhlen: 397 people
Bönningstedt: 4,570 people
Ellerbek: 4,249 people
Ellerhoop: 1,550 people
Elmshorn: 50,728 people
Groß Nordende: 825 people
Groß Offenseth-Aspern: 500 people
Halstenbek: 18,042 people
Haselau: 1,124 people
Haseldorf: 1,861 people
Hasloh: 3,951 people
Heede: 823 people
Heidgraben: 2,787 people
Heist: 2,988 people
Helgoland: 1,253 people
Hemdingen: 1,724 people
Hetlingen: 1,420 people
Holm (Pinneberg): 3,353 people
Klein Nordende: 3,472 people
Klein Offenseth-Sparrieshoop: 3,178 people
Kummerfeld: 2,437 people
Kölln-Reisiek: 3,475 people
Langeln: 624 people
Lutzhorn: 798 people
Moorrege: 4,692 people
Neuendeich: 521 people
Osterhorn: 413 people
Pinneberg: 44,756 people
Prisdorf: 2,312 people
Quickborn (Pinneberg): 22,339 people
Raa-Besenbek: 546 people
Rellingen: 14,840 people
Schenefeld (Pinneberg): 19,817 people
Seester: 1,016 people
Seestermühe: 933 people
Seeth-Ekholt: 993 people
Tangstedt (Pinneberg): 2,305 people
Tornesch: 14,606 people
Uetersen: 18,776 people
Wedel: 34,617 people
Westerhorn: 1,333 people

Plön

Ascheberg (Holstein): 3,057 people
Barmissen: 157 people
Barsbek: 577 people
Behrensdorf (Ostsee): 654 people
Belau: 366 people
Bendfeld: 201 people
Blekendorf: 1,712 people
Boksee: 475 people
Bothkamp: 248 people
Brodersdorf: 404 people
Bönebüttel: 2,133 people
Bösdorf: 1,350 people
Dannau: 579 people
Dersau: 979 people
Dobersdorf: 1,064 people
Dörnick: 250 people
Fahren: 131 people
Fargau-Pratjau: 840 people
Fiefbergen: 543 people
Giekau: 986 people
Grebin: 1,001 people
Großbarkau: 252 people
Großharrie: 486 people
Heikendorf: 8,698 people
Helmstorf: 310 people
Hohenfelde (Plön): 1,016 people
Hohwacht (Ostsee): 840 people
Honigsee: 456 people
Högsdorf: 407 people
Höhndorf: 490 people
Kalübbe: 559 people
Kirchbarkau: 792 people
Kirchnüchel: 202 people
Klamp: 615 people
Klein Barkau: 274 people
Kletkamp: 93 people
Krokau: 411 people
Krummbek: 387 people
Köhn: 765 people
Kühren: 597 people
Laboe: 5,572 people
Lammershagen: 232 people
Lebrade: 583 people
Lehmkuhlen: 1,292 people
Lutterbek: 328 people
Löptin: 278 people
Lütjenburg: 5,479 people
Martensrade: 978 people
Mucheln: 576 people
Mönkeberg: 4,093 people
Nehmten: 302 people
Nettelsee: 425 people
Panker: 1,387 people
Passade: 355 people
Plön: 8,919 people
Pohnsdorf: 391 people
Postfeld: 447 people
Prasdorf: 417 people
Preetz: 16,186 people
Probsteierhagen: 2,442 people
Rantzau: 341 people
Rastorf: 769 people
Rathjensdorf: 466 people
Rendswühren: 745 people
Ruhwinkel: 963 people
Schellhorn: 1,550 people
Schillsdorf: 849 people
Schlesen: 564 people
Schwartbuck: 806 people
Schwentinental: 14,032 people
Schönberg (Holstein): 6,313 people
Schönkirchen: 6,899 people
Selent: 1,728 people
Stakendorf: 476 people
Stein: 852 people
Stolpe: 1,289 people
Stoltenberg: 332 people
Tasdorf: 375 people
Tröndel: 363 people
Wahlstorf: 434 people
Wankendorf: 2,946 people
Warnau: 380 people
Wendtorf: 996 people
Wisch (Plön): 701 people
Wittmoldt: 162 people

Rendsburg-Eckernförde

Achterwehr: 1,011 people
Ahlefeld-Bistensee: 517 people
Alt Duvenstedt: 1,894 people
Altenhof: 328 people
Altenholz: 9,927 people
Arpsdorf: 299 people
Ascheffel: 1,028 people
Aukrug: 3,971 people
Bargstall: 168 people
Bargstedt: 765 people
Barkelsby: 1,550 people
Beldorf: 268 people
Bendorf: 446 people
Beringstedt: 744 people
Bissee: 164 people
Blumenthal: 671 people
Bokel (Rendsburg-Eckernförde): 599 people
Bordesholm: 7,867 people
Borgdorf-Seedorf: 454 people
Borgstedt: 1,815 people
Bornholt: 168 people
Bovenau: 1,136 people
Brammer: 363 people
Bredenbek: 1,554 people
Breiholz: 1,385 people
Brekendorf: 1,028 people
Brinjahe: 102 people
Brodersby: 678 people
Brügge: 1,142 people
Böhnhusen: 285 people
Büdelsdorf: 10,470 people
Bünsdorf: 636 people
Christiansholm: 226 people
Damendorf: 474 people
Damp: 1,594 people
Dänischenhagen: 3,754 people
Dätgen: 587 people
Dörphof: 738 people
Eckernförde: 21,620 people
Ehndorf: 589 people
Eisendorf: 279 people
Ellerdorf: 479 people
Elsdorf-Westermühlen: 1,651 people
Embühren: 199 people
Emkendorf: 1,368 people
Felde: 2,093 people
Felm: 1,178 people
Fleckeby: 2,085 people
Flintbek: 7,574 people
Fockbek: 6,636 people
Friedrichsgraben: 49 people
Friedrichsholm: 431 people
Gammelby: 499 people
Gettorf: 7,737 people
Gnutz: 1,200 people
Gokels: 581 people
Goosefeld: 712 people
Grauel: 271 people
Grevenkrug: 226 people
Groß Buchwald: 383 people
Groß Vollstedt: 986 people
Groß Wittensee: 1,348 people
Güby: 767 people
Haale: 525 people
Haby: 575 people
Hamdorf: 1,442 people
Hamweddel: 459 people
Hanerau-Hademarschen: 3,143 people
Haßmoor: 249 people
Heinkenborstel: 151 people
Hoffeld: 180 people
Hohenwestedt: 5,410 people
Hohn: 2,734 people
Holtsee: 1,279 people
Holzbunge: 355 people
Holzdorf: 850 people
Hummelfeld: 280 people
Hörsten: 59 people
Hütten: 231 people
Jahrsdorf: 225 people
Jevenstedt: 3,406 people
Karby: 579 people
Klein Wittensee: 208 people
Kosel: 1,423 people
Krogaspe: 445 people
Kronshagen: 11,854 people
Krummwisch: 710 people
Königshügel: 172 people
Langwedel: 1,554 people
Lindau: 1,408 people
Lohe-Föhrden: 454 people
Loop: 189 people
Loose: 862 people
Luhnstedt: 388 people
Lütjenwestedt: 545 people
Meezen: 350 people
Melsdorf: 1,974 people
Mielkendorf: 1,371 people
Molfsee: 5,003 people
Mörel: 243 people
Mühbrook: 552 people
Negenharrie: 373 people
Neu Duvenstedt: 122 people
Neudorf-Bornstein: 1,072 people
Neuwittenbek: 1,138 people
Nienborstel: 585 people
Nindorf (Rendsburg-Eckernförde): 632 people
Noer: 876 people
Nortorf (Rendsburg-Eckernförde): 7,175 people
Nübbel: 1,549 people
Oldenbüttel: 262 people
Oldenhütten: 156 people
Osdorf: 2,534 people
Ostenfeld (Rendsburg): 584 people
Osterby (Rendsburg-Eckernförde): 1,065 people
Osterrönfeld: 5,194 people
Osterstedt: 669 people
Ottendorf: 980 people
Owschlag: 3,834 people
Padenstedt: 1,820 people
Prinzenmoor: 167 people
Quarnbek: 1,763 people
Rade b. Hohenwestedt: 99 people
Rade b. Rendsburg: 214 people
Reesdorf: 151 people
Remmels: 465 people
Rendsburg: 30,545 people
Rickert: 1,029 people
Rieseby: 2,808 people
Rodenbek: 472 people
Rumohr: 852 people
Schacht-Audorf: 4,943 people
Schierensee: 368 people
Schinkel: 1,012 people
Schmalstede: 292 people
Schwedeneck: 2,991 people
Schönbek: 215 people
Schönhorst: 325 people
Schülldorf: 746 people
Schülp b. Nortorf: 776 people
Schülp b. Rendsburg: 1,069 people
Seefeld: 359 people
Sehestedt: 825 people
Sophienhamm: 293 people
Stafstedt: 371 people
Steenfeld: 330 people
Strande: 1,526 people
Sören: 204 people
Tackesdorf: 60 people
Tappendorf: 330 people
Techelsdorf: 148 people
Thaden: 226 people
Thumby: 392 people
Timmaspe: 1,074 people
Todenbüttel: 1,014 people
Tüttendorf: 1,229 people
Waabs: 1,445 people
Wapelfeld: 323 people
Warder: 690 people
Wasbek: 2,432 people
Wattenbek: 2,987 people
Westensee: 1,545 people
Westerrönfeld: 4,986 people
Windeby: 1,024 people
Winnemark: 545 people

Schleswig-Flensburg

Ahneby: 201 people
Alt Bennebek: 332 people
Arnis: 254 people
Ausacker: 513 people
Bergenhusen: 718 people
Bollingstedt: 1,490 people
Boren: 1,198 people
Borgwedel: 750 people
Brodersby-Goltoft: 676 people
Busdorf: 2,048 people
Böel: 697 people
Böklund: 1,709 people
Börm: 743 people
Böxlund: 126 people
Dannewerk: 1,135 people
Dollerup: 1,048 people
Dörpstedt: 570 people
Eggebek: 2,603 people
Ellingstedt: 740 people
Erfde: 2,135 people
Esgrus: 758 people
Fahrdorf: 2,687 people
Freienwill: 1,637 people
Gelting: 2,145 people
Geltorf: 367 people
Glücksburg (Ostsee): 6,381 people
Groß Rheide: 909 people
Großenwiehe: 3,322 people
Großsolt: 1,797 people
Grundhof: 908 people
Grödersby: 224 people
Handewitt: 11,371 people
Harrislee: 11,733 people
Hasselberg: 867 people
Havetoft: 926 people
Hollingstedt (Schleswig-Flensburg): 1,090 people
Holt: 153 people
Husby: 2,432 people
Hörup: 617 people
Hürup: 2,394 people
Hüsby: 827 people
Idstedt: 919 people
Jagel: 994 people
Janneby: 411 people
Jardelund: 309 people
Jerrishoe: 1,002 people
Jörl: 793 people
Jübek: 2,756 people
Kappeln: 8,683 people
Klappholz: 489 people
Klein Bennebek: 523 people
Klein Rheide: 343 people
Kronsgaard: 256 people
Kropp: 6,709 people
Langballig: 1,591 people
Langstedt: 1,027 people
Lindewitt: 1,983 people
Loit: 273 people
Lottorf: 234 people
Lürschau: 1,095 people
Maasholm: 588 people
Medelby: 1,096 people
Meggerdorf: 705 people
Meyn: 774 people
Mittelangeln: 5,447 people
Mohrkirch: 997 people
Munkbrarup: 1,176 people
Neuberend: 1,176 people
Nieby: 135 people
Niesgrau: 518 people
Norderbrarup: 680 people
Nordhackstedt: 491 people
Nottfeld: 117 people
Nübel: 1,275 people
Oersberg: 306 people
Oeversee: 3,621 people
Osterby (Schleswig-Flensburg): 317 people
Pommerby: 153 people
Rabel: 626 people
Rabenholz: 277 people
Rabenkirchen-Faulück: 611 people
Ringsberg: 555 people
Rügge: 244 people
Saustrup: 185 people
Schaalby: 1,556 people
Schafflund: 2,955 people
Scheggerott: 340 people
Schleswig: 25,904 people
Schnarup-Thumby: 532 people
Schuby: 2,763 people
Selk: 838 people
Sieverstedt: 1,692 people
Silberstedt: 2,473 people
Sollerup: 475 people
Stangheck: 240 people
Stapel: 1,893 people
Steinberg: 806 people
Steinbergkirche: 2,909 people
Steinfeld: 851 people
Sterup: 1,407 people
Stolk: 840 people
Stoltebüll: 664 people
Struxdorf: 688 people
Sörup: 4,230 people
Süderbrarup: 5,311 people
Süderfahrenstedt: 475 people
Süderhackstedt: 348 people
Taarstedt: 935 people
Tarp: 6,101 people
Tetenhusen: 939 people
Tielen: 304 people
Tolk: 1,049 people
Treia: 1,587 people
Twedt: 485 people
Uelsby: 411 people
Ulsnis: 698 people
Wagersrott: 216 people
Wallsbüll: 986 people
Wanderup: 2,698 people
Wees: 2,402 people
Weesby: 448 people
Westerholz: 739 people
Wohlde: 506 people

Segeberg

Alveslohe: 2,868 people
Armstedt: 381 people
Bad Bramstedt: 15,451 people
Bad Segeberg: 18,891 people
Bahrenhof: 198 people
Bark: 1,025 people
Bebensee: 613 people
Bimöhlen: 1,015 people
Blunk: 574 people
Boostedt: 7,409 people
Bornhöved: 3,406 people
Borstel: 129 people
Bühnsdorf: 373 people
Daldorf: 618 people
Damsdorf: 248 people
Dreggers: 54 people
Ellerau: 6,276 people
Fahrenkrug: 1,625 people
Fredesdorf: 420 people
Fuhlendorf: 422 people
Föhrden-Barl: 289 people
Geschendorf: 558 people
Glasau: 876 people
Groß Kummerfeld: 1,912 people
Groß Niendorf: 638 people
Groß Rönnau: 598 people
Großenaspe: 3,113 people
Gönnebek: 533 people
Hagen: 472 people
Hardebek: 521 people
Hartenholm: 1,974 people
Hasenkrug: 362 people
Hasenmoor: 759 people
Heidmoor: 289 people
Heidmühlen: 675 people
Henstedt-Ulzburg: 28,375 people
Hitzhusen: 1,233 people
Högersdorf: 410 people
Hüttblek: 416 people
Itzstedt: 2,523 people
Kaltenkirchen: 23,478 people
Kattendorf: 816 people
Kayhude: 1,226 people
Kisdorf: 4,016 people
Klein Gladebrügge: 650 people
Klein Rönnau: 1,929 people
Krems II: 385 people
Kükels: 449 people
Latendorf: 623 people
Leezen: 1,865 people
Lentföhrden: 2,669 people
Mönkloh: 250 people
Mözen: 435 people
Nahe: 2,617 people
Negernbötel: 999 people
Nehms: 577 people
Neuengörs: 807 people
Neversdorf: 719 people
Norderstedt: 82,719 people
Nützen: 1,288 people
Oering: 1,443 people
Oersdorf: 903 people
Pronstorf: 1,570 people
Rickling: 3,252 people
Rohlstorf: 1,225 people
Schackendorf: 913 people
Schieren: 260 people
Schmalensee: 483 people
Schmalfeld: 2,051 people
Schwissel: 259 people
Seedorf (Segeberg): 2,226 people
Seth: 1,886 people
Sievershütten: 1,100 people
Stipsdorf: 244 people
Stocksee: 387 people
Strukdorf: 261 people
Struvenhütten: 959 people
Stuvenborn: 905 people
Sülfeld: 3,316 people
Tarbek: 172 people
Tensfeld: 697 people
Todesfelde: 1,144 people
Trappenkamp: 5,276 people
Travenhorst: 194 people
Traventhal: 527 people
Wahlstedt: 10,050 people
Wakendorf I: 483 people
Wakendorf II: 1,405 people
Weddelbrook: 1,046 people
Weede: 993 people
Wensin: 886 people
Westerrade: 462 people
Wiemersdorf: 1,706 people
Winsen: 358 people
Wittenborn: 1,094 people

Steinburg

Aasbüttel: 153 people
Aebtissinwisch: 42 people
Agethorst: 198 people
Altenmoor: 233 people
Auufer: 131 people
Bahrenfleth: 576 people
Beidenfleth: 839 people
Bekdorf: 92 people
Bekmünde: 144 people
Besdorf: 245 people
Blomesche Wildnis: 625 people
Bokelrehm: 143 people
Bokhorst: 136 people
Borsfleth: 794 people
Breitenberg: 331 people
Breitenburg: 1,286 people
Brokdorf: 1,025 people
Brokstedt: 2,128 people
Büttel: 29 people
Christinenthal: 69 people
Dammfleth: 265 people
Drage (Steinburg): 229 people
Dägeling: 1,052 people
Ecklak: 301 people
Elskop: 159 people
Engelbrechtsche Wildnis: 813 people
Fitzbek: 402 people
Glückstadt: 10,987 people
Grevenkop: 335 people
Gribbohm: 420 people
Hadenfeld: 144 people
Heiligenstedten: 1,547 people
Heiligenstedtenerkamp: 722 people
Hennstedt (Steinburg): 623 people
Herzhorn: 1,161 people
Hingstheide: 79 people
Hodorf: 195 people
Hohenaspe: 1,972 people
Hohenfelde (Steinburg): 902 people
Hohenlockstedt: 5,972 people
Holstenniendorf: 442 people
Horst (Holstein): 5,930 people
Huje: 258 people
Itzehoe: 32,319 people
Kaaks: 452 people
Kaisborstel: 74 people
Kellinghusen: 8,313 people
Kiebitzreihe: 2,218 people
Kleve (Steinburg): 540 people
Kollmar: 1,692 people
Kollmoor: 36 people
Krempdorf: 245 people
Krempe: 2,429 people
Kremperheide: 2,293 people
Krempermoor: 550 people
Kronsmoor: 176 people
Krummendiek: 87 people
Kudensee: 115 people
Landrecht: 107 people
Landscheide: 254 people
Lockstedt: 157 people
Lohbarbek: 794 people
Looft: 389 people
Lägerdorf: 2,769 people
Mehlbek: 420 people
Moordiek: 113 people
Moorhusen: 71 people
Mühlenbarbek: 259 people
Münsterdorf: 1,873 people
Neuenbrook: 708 people
Neuendorf b. Elmshorn: 824 people
Neuendorf-Sachsenbande: 438 people
Nienbüttel: 131 people
Nortorf (Steinburg): 861 people
Nutteln: 258 people
Oelixdorf: 1,565 people
Oeschebüttel: 181 people
Oldenborstel: 116 people
Oldendorf: 1,092 people
Ottenbüttel: 741 people
Peissen: 299 people
Poyenberg: 378 people
Puls: 573 people
Pöschendorf: 260 people
Quarnstedt: 451 people
Rade: 101 people
Reher: 737 people
Rethwisch (Steinburg): 550 people
Rosdorf: 335 people
Sankt Margarethen: 819 people
Sarlhusen: 470 people
Schenefeld (Steinburg): 2,753 people
Schlotfeld: 227 people
Silzen: 156 people
Sommerland: 773 people
Stördorf: 128 people
Störkathen: 90 people
Süderau: 728 people
Vaale: 1,256 people
Vaalermoor: 123 people
Wacken: 2,110 people
Warringholz: 300 people
Westermoor: 416 people
Wewelsfleth: 1,342 people
Wiedenborstel: 10 people
Willenscharen: 174 people
Wilster: 4,389 people
Winseldorf: 344 people
Wittenbergen: 168 people
Wrist: 2,432 people
Wulfsmoor: 391 people

Stormarn

Ahrensburg: 34,601 people
Ammersbek: 10,035 people
Bad Oldesloe: 25,104 people
Badendorf: 925 people
Bargfeld-Stegen: 3,068 people
Bargteheide: 16,320 people
Barnitz: 839 people
Barsbüttel: 13,148 people
Braak: 938 people
Brunsbek: 1,765 people
Delingsdorf: 2,210 people
Elmenhorst (Stormarn): 2,846 people
Feldhorst: 557 people
Glinde: 18,656 people
Grabau (Stormarn): 797 people
Grande: 705 people
Großensee: 1,786 people
Großhansdorf: 9,436 people
Grönwohld: 1,510 people
Hamberge: 1,862 people
Hamfelde (Stormarn): 536 people
Hammoor: 1,286 people
Heidekamp: 529 people
Heilshoop: 540 people
Hohenfelde (Stormarn): 43 people
Hoisdorf: 3,560 people
Jersbek: 1,788 people
Klein Wesenberg: 756 people
Köthel (Stormarn): 315 people
Lasbek: 1,343 people
Lütjensee: 3,360 people
Meddewade: 922 people
Mönkhagen: 657 people
Neritz: 358 people
Nienwohld: 504 people
Oststeinbek: 8,990 people
Pölitz: 1,233 people
Rausdorf: 231 people
Rehhorst: 728 people
Reinbek: 28,579 people
Reinfeld (Holstein): 9,023 people
Rethwisch (Stormarn): 1,208 people
Rümpel: 1,301 people
Siek: 2,524 people
Stapelfeld: 1,880 people
Steinburg: 2,787 people
Tangstedt (Stormarn): 6,519 people
Todendorf: 1,261 people
Travenbrück: 1,817 people
Tremsbüttel: 1,920 people
Trittau: 9,167 people
Wesenberg: 1,676 people
Westerau: 777 people
Witzhave: 1,575 people
Zarpen: 1,466 people

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