Aukrug
Municipality
Church in Aukrug
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Aukrug within Rendsburg-Eckernförde district
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Coordinates: 54°4′N 9°46′E / 54.067°N 9.767°E / 54.067; 9.767
Country	Germany
State	Schleswig-Holstein
District	Rendsburg-Eckernförde
Municipal assoc.	Mittelholstein
Government
• Mayor	Joachim Rehder (SPD)
Area
• Total	49.9 km2 (19.3 sq mi)
Elevation	20 m (70 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[1]
• Total	3,953
• Density	79/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	24613
Dialling codes	04873
Vehicle registration	RD
Website	www.amt-aukrug.de

Aukrug is a municipality in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated approximately 13 km west of Neumünster, and 35 km southwest of Kiel.

Geography

Aukrug is the seat of the Amt (collective municipality) of Aukrug.

Aukrug is south of the municipality of Mörel or Gnutz, east of Hohenwestedt and west of Wasbek and Ehndorf.

History

Innien, the oldest part of the municipality, appears in a surviving record from as far back as 1128. The name Aukrug comes from ‘in de Aukrögen’, using the Plattdeutsch (low German) of the region, and means something along the lines of ‘in the folds of the flood plain’.

Tönsheide Forest

Tönsheide Forest lies east of Aukrug specialist hospital and is a nature reserve with an area of 67 hectares (170 acres). It consists of large areas of near-natural woodland with scattered areas of heath.