Holstenniendorf
Holstenniendorf is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig- Holstein.
Geography and transport
Holstenniendorf lies about 15 km northwest of Itzehoe in a rural environment. The Kiel Canal runs through the town. In Hohenhörn there is a car ferry across the Channel. Through the community of " Besdorfer Bach", which opens into the Holstenau flows.
The municipality consists of the villages of Steinhude and Hohenhörn.
Policy
Of the nine seats in the municipal council voters Community AUW since the municipal election 2008, five seats and the voter community AKW four.
Coat of arms
Blazon: " From silver and blue divided by a slanted notch, above a narrow blue wave bar three in the position 1,5. 2 adjoining gable permanent red houses, down two crossed silver ears "
The crossed ears in the sign of the arms point to the agricultural character of the village. The construction of the North Sea-Baltic Canal, the municipality was divided. The same applies for the course of Holstenau, the northern border river of the community. Here ended earlier this Holstein. The abstracted profile of the channel and the wave beam in chief should remember these drastic hydraulic engineering measures, which led to very significant changes in village life. The three stylized houses refer to the name of the community Holstenniendorf: Nindorf = the new village. They are both the houses of the community as well as the buildings that serve the crafts and trades symbolize.