Kankelau

Municipality in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

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Location of Kankelau within Herzogtum Lauenburg district

53°32′59″N 10°34′4″E / 53.54972°N 10.56778°E / 53.54972; 10.56778CountryGermanyStateSchleswig-HolsteinDistrictHerzogtum Lauenburg Municipal assoc.Schwarzenbek-Land Government

• MayorKlaus HansenArea

• Total4.21 km² (1.63 sq mi)Elevation

38 m (125 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[1]

• Total225 • Density53/km² (140/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

21514

Dialling codes04156Vehicle registrationRZWebsitewww.amt-schwarzenbek-land.de

Kankelau is a municipality in the district of Lauenburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The village was first mentioned in 1230 AD as "Cankelowe" (meaning: settlement in the corn cockles), the spelling later changed to Kankelowe (1278), Kankelow (1434), and Kankelauw (1450).

References

^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden in Schleswig-Holstein 4. Quartal 2022" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein.

HansWilhelm Haefs (2004): Ortsnamen und Ortsgeschichten aus Schleswig-Holstein, page 141 (ISBN 3833405090, in German)
Unser Dorf Kankelau, retrieved Oct 2008 (in German)

Towns and municipalities of Kreis Herzogtum Lauenburg