Gudow-Sterley Explained

Gudow-Sterley is a former Amt ("collective municipality") in the district of Lauenburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated approximately 16 km south of Ratzeburg, and 35 km south of Lübeck. Its seat was in Gudow.

The Amt Gudow-Sterley consisted until 2006 of the following municipalities (population in 2005 in brackets):

1. Besenthal (75)
2. Brunsmark (153)
3. Göttin (55)
4. Grambek (393)
5. Gudow * (1,652)
6. Hollenbek (450)
7. Horst (256)
8. Klein Zecher (248)
9. Langenlehsten (156)
10. Lehmrade (463)
11. Salem (560)
12. Seedorf (529)
13. Sterley (971)