Amt Steinburg

Städte Itzehoe, Krempe, Wilster, and Glückstadt

The castle that became the core of Itzehoe was built in around 1000, and Itzehoe received city rights in 1238. It temporarily served as the seat of an Amt and between 1261 and 1290, it even served as the seat of a Schaumburgian county. Wilster was founded to the west of Itzehoe in the mid-12th century and received city rights in 1282. Krempe was founded to the south of Itzehoe later than either Itzehoe or Wilster, but received city rights before Wilster in 1255.

 

In 1307, Steinburg castle was built to the east of Krempe. The Amt seated in Itzehoe moved there and adopted the Steinburg name. In the 1544 partition of Holstein, Amt Steinburg and the three extant Städte were assigned to the core Duchy of Holstein, where they remained until the defeat of Denmark in 1864.

 

Glückstadt was founded west of Krempe on the Elbe River in 1617. In 1630, Steinburg castle was destroyed and Glückstadt became the seat of the Amt (which retained the Steinburg name). In 1648, Glückstadt became the seat of the core Duchy of Holstein (and the core Duchy of Schleswig, which was also partitioned), replacing Segeberg. Eventually, the seat of the Amt moved back to Itzehoe, still retaining the Steinburg name.

 

List of villages in Amt Steinburg
  • Achterhörn 1544 - 1864
  • Altenmoor 1544 - 1864
  • Averfleth 1544 - 1864
  • Beidenfleth 1544 - 1864
  • Borsfleth 1544 - 1864
  • Borsflether Wisch 1544 - 1864
  • Brokdorf 1544 - 1864
  • Brunsholt 1544 - 1640
  • Bullendorf 1544 - 1864
  • Büttel [Borsfleth] 1544 - 1864
  • Büttel [Wilstermarsch] 1544 - 1864
  • Crempdorf 1544 - 1864
  • Dammducht 1544 - 1864
  • Dammfleth 1544 - 1864
  • Deichreihe 1544 - 1864
  • Diekdorf 1544 - 1864
  • Eklak 1544 - 1864
  • Elskopp 1544 - 1864
  • Eltersdorf 1544 - 1864
  • Flethsee 1544 - 1864
  • Glindesmoor 1544 - 1864
  • Grevenkopp 1544 - 1864
  • Grevenkopper Riep 1544 - 1864
  • Groß Campen [royal%] 1544 - 1864
  • Gross Wisch 1544 - 1864
  • Hakebö 1544 - 1864
  • Halenbrook 1544 - 1864
  • Hinter Neuendorf 1544 - 1864
  • Hochfeld [Dammfleth] 1544 - 1864
  • Hohenfelde [Horst] 1544 - 1864
  • Hollerwettern 1544 - 1864
  • Honigfleth 1544 - 1864
  • Ivenfleth 1544 - 1864
  • Kamerland 1544 - 1640
  • Kasenort 1544 - 1864
  • Kiebbitzreihe 1544 - 1864
  • Klein Campen 1544 - 1864
  • Kudensee 1544 - 1864
  • Landrecht 1544 - 1864
  • Neuenbrook 1544 - 1864
  • Neufeld [Dammfleth] 1544 - 1864
  • Niederreihe 1544 - 1864
  • Nortorf [Wilstermarsch] 1544 - 1864
  • Oberreihe 1544 - 1864
  • Poßfeld 1544 - 1864
  • Rumfleth 1544 - 1864
  • Rumflether Deich 1544 - 1864
  • Sankt Margarethen 1544 - 1864
  • Schotten 1544 - 1864
  • Steinburg 1544 - 1864
  • Stördorf [royal%] 1544 - 1864
  • Süderau 1544 - 1864
  • Süderauerdorf 1544 - 1864
  • Uhrendorf 1544 - 1864
  • Vorder Neuendorf 1544 - 1864
  • Wewelsfleth 1544 - 1864
Chronological list of countries to which Amt Steinburg and Städte Itzehoe, Krempe, Wilster, and Glückstadt belonged

 

Master list of countries and subdivisions in the Holstein region