Achterwehr Explained

Image Coa:DEU Achterwehr COA.svg
Coordinates:54.3167°N 67°W
Image Plan:Achterwehr in RD.png
State:Schleswig-Holstein
District:Rendsburg-Eckernförde
Amt:Achterwehr
Elevation:29
Area:15.65
Postal Code:24239
Area Code:04340
Licence:RD
Gemeindeschlüssel:01 0 58 001
Website:www.amtachterwehr.de
Mayor:Anne Katrin Kittmann
Party:SPD

Achterwehr is a municipality, located in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde in the German Bundesland of Schleswig-Holstein.

Achterwehr is situated 12 km west of Kiel and about 5 km south of the Kiel Canal (German: Nord-Ostsee-Kanal). The Autobahn 210 from Kiel to Rendsburg passes to the north of Achterwehr, and the river Eider crosses it.

Achterwehr is the seat of the Amt ("collective municipality") Achterwehr.