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Steinburg is a district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the districts of Dithmarschen, Rendsburg-Eckernförde, Segeberg and Pinneberg, and by the Elbe River (and the district of Stade beyond).

History

The district's name is derived from a medieval castle called Steinburg, where the reeves ruled by order of their lords, the dukes of Holstein. This castle was first mentioned in 1307, and it was abandoned and demolished in 1630. However, Steinburg remained the name of the region, and its new centre became Glückstadt before gradually moving to the town of Itzehoe.
When Schleswig-Holstein became a province of Prussia in 1867, the district of Steinburg was established. The borders remained unchanged until 1970 when the newly founded town Schenefeld (formerly part of Rendsburg district) joined Steinburg.

Geography

The district is situated on the northern bank of the Elbe river, close to its mouth. The countryside is very plain. The Stör river, a right-hand tributary of the Elbe, flows through the district. Today the towns in Steinburg gradually become a part of the growing Hamburg metropolitan area.

Coat of arms

Towns and municipalities

Amt-free towns
Glückstadt Itzehoe Wilster

Ämter
1. Breitenburg Auufer Breitenberg Breitenburg¹ Kollmoor Kronsmoor Lägerdorf Moordiek Münsterdorf Oelixdorf Westermoor Wittenbergen 2. Horst-Herzhorn Altenmoor Blomesche Wildnis Borsfleth Engelbrechtsche Wildnis Herzhorn Hohenfelde Horst¹ Kiebitzreihe Kollmar Krempdorf Neuendorf bei Elmshorn Sommerland 3. Itzehoe-Land (seat: Itzehoe) Bekdorf Bekmünde Drage Heiligenstedten Heiligenstedtenerkamp Hodorf Hohenaspe Huje Kaaks Kleve Krummendiek Lohbarbek Mehlbek Moorhusen Oldendorf Ottenbüttel Peissen Schlotfeld Silzen Winseldorf	4. Kellinghusen Brokstedt Fitzbek Hennstedt Hingstheide Hohenlockstedt Kellinghusen¹ Lockstedt Mühlenbarbek Oeschebüttel Poyenberg Quarnstedt Rade Rosdorf Sarlhusen Störkathen Wiedenborstel Willenscharen Wrist Wulfsmoor 5. Krempermarsch Bahrenfleth Dägeling Elskop Grevenkop Krempe^{1, 2} Kremperheide Krempermoor Neuenbrook Rethwisch Süderau	6. Schenefeld Aasbüttel Agethorst Besdorf Bokelrehm Bokhorst Christinenthal Gribbohm Hadenfeld Holstenniendorf Kaisborstel Looft Nienbüttel Nutteln Oldenborstel Pöschendorf Puls Reher Schenefeld¹ Siezbüttel Vaale Vaalermoor Wacken Warringholz 7. Wilstermarsch (seat: Wilster) Aebtissinwisch Beidenfleth Brokdorf Büttel Dammfleth Ecklak Kudensee Landrecht Landscheide Neuendorf-Sachsenbande Nortorf Sankt Margarethen Stördorf Wewelsfleth
¹seat of the Amt;²town

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