Kollmoor

Kollmoor
Municipality
Location of Kollmoor within Steinburg district
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Coordinates: 53°55′14″N 9°35′45″E
Country	Germany
State	Schleswig-Holstein
District	Steinburg
Municipal assoc.	Breitenburg
Government
• Mayor	Wilfried Gatzke
Area
• Total	3.34 km^2 (1.29 sq mi)
Elevation	5 m (16 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[1]
• Total	35
• Density	10/km^2 (27/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	25524
Dialling codes	04821
Vehicle registration	IZ
Website	www.amt-breitenburg.de

Kollmoor is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Geography and transport

Kollmoor is located approximately three kilometers east of Itzehoe along the Stör river. To the north of Kollmoor runs Bundesstraße 206 from Itzehoe to Bad Segeberg, while to the southwest lies Bundesautobahn 23 from Hamburg to Itzehoe. The southern boundary of the municipality is defined by the middle of the Stör river. The Stör river and a narrow strip of land along its banks within the municipal area are part of the European NATURA 2000 protected area FFH-Gebiet Schleswig-Holsteinisches Elbästuar and adjacent areas.^[2] To the east, the boundary of the municipality alternates between the right and left banks or the middle of the Rantzau river.

Politics

As the municipality has fewer than 70 inhabitants, it has a community assembly instead of a municipal council; all citizens of the municipality belong to this assembly.

Economy

The municipal area is characterized by agriculture.

Notable people

• Julius Seeth (1863–1939) - A lion tamer, born in Kollmoor.

References

1. "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden in Schleswig-Holstein 4. Quartal 2022" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein.
2. "FFH-Gebiet Schleswig-Holsteinisches Elbästuar und angrenzende Flächen in der Gemeinde Kollmoor". DigitalerAtlasNord. Landesamt für Vermessung und Geoinformation Schleswig-Holstein. Retrieved 2022-10-26.