Aukrug

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.GeographyAukrug is the seat of the Amt ("collective municipality") Aukrug.The location of Aukrug is south of the municipality of Mörel or Gnutz, but east of Hohenwestedt, and west of Wasbek or Ehndorf.HistoryInnien, 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 ForestThe Tönsheide Forest lies east of Aukrug specialist hospital and is a nature reserve with an area of 67ha. It consists of large areas of near-natural woodland with scattered with areas of heath.