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Fahrenkrug is a municipality in the district of Segeberg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany which includes the villages of Rotenhahn and Ziegelei. Fahrenkrug was first mentioned in 1192 as Varencroch and belonged to the monastery of Bad Segeberg. The name Varencroch means a fern and corner, and the coat of arms of the municipality includes these symbols.

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German location.image_coa
DEU Fahrenkrug COA.svg
German location.image_plan
Fahrenkrug in SE.svg
German location.state
Schleswig-Holstein
German location.district
Segeberg
German location.Amt
Trave-Land
German location.elevation
27
German location.area
6.62
German location.postal_code
23795
German location.area_code
04551
German location.licence
SE
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
01 0 60 020
German location.website
www.amt-trave-land.de
German location.mayor
Reiner G. Martin
German location.party
CDU

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Fahrenkrug is a municipality in the district of Segeberg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany which includes the villages of Rotenhahn and Ziegelei. Fahrenkrug was first mentioned in 1192 as Varencroch and belonged to the monastery of Bad Segeberg. The name Varencroch means a fern and corner, and the coat of arms of the municipality includes these symbols.

In prehistoric times, humans were known to settle in Fahrenkrug. Along with stone axes and tools from the Stone Age, there were also significant finds in Bronze Age barrows, such as a golden ring.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fahrenkrug” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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