Amt Berkenthin

Rural administrative community of ten municipalities in Herzogtum Lauenburg district

Amt Berkenthin is an administrative community in the Duchy of Lauenburg district in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany. It comprises ten municipalities, with Berkenthin as its administrative seat. The area lies south of Lübeck in the rural rolling countryside of Schleswig-Holstein. Characterised by farmland, small lakes, and open fields, Amt Berkenthin represents the quiet, little-visited hinterland between Hamburg and Lübeck.