Segeberg
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| State: | Schleswig-Holstein |
| Capital: | Bad Segeberg |
| Area: | km² |
| Inhabitants: | 253,300 (2002) |
| pop. density: | 188 inh./km² |
| Car identification: | SE |
| Homepage: | http://www.kreis-segeberg.de |
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Segeberg is a district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is bounded by (from the southwest and clockwise) the districts of Pinneberg, Steinburg and Rendsburg-EckernfÃÂörde, the city of NeumÃÂünster, the districts of PlÃÂön, Ostholstein and Stormarn, and the city state of Hamburg.
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The history of the district is connected with the history of Holstein. In 1134 the castle of Segeberg was erected as a regional centre from where the reeve of Segeberg ruled. When Schleswig-Holstein became a Prussian province in 1865, the Prussian administration established the district of Segeberg.
Since then the district has considerable grown twice: In 1932 parts of the dissolved district of Bordesholm joined the district; and in 1970 the city of Norderstedt became part of the district.
The district of Segeberg consists of the agricultural plains between the cities of NeumÃÂünster and Hamburg. A southwestern portion of the hilly lakeland called "Holsteinische Schweiz" (Holsatian Switzerland) belongs to the district, as well as some northern suburbs of Hamburg.History
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