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Rendsburg-Eckernförde is a district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is bounded by (from the east and clockwise) the city of Kiel, the district of Plön, the city of Neumünster, the districts of Segeberg, Steinburg, Dithmarschen and Schleswig-Flensburg, and the Baltic Sea. History
In 1867 the Prussian administration established twenty districts in its province of Schleswig-Holstein, among them the districts of Rendsburg and Eckernförde. The present district was established in 1970 by merging the former districts. Rendsburg was part of Denmark till the Prussian-Danish war. Prussia won and Rendsburg became part of it. In the years following Prussia became part of Germany and Rendsburg also. Research Tips
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