Kankelau

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
image_photo =
Wappen = kein
lat_deg = 53 |lat_min = 32 |lat_sec = 59
lon_deg = 10 |lon_min = 34 |lon_sec = 4
Bundesland = Schleswig-Holstein
Kreis = Herzogtum Lauenburg
Amt = Schwarzenbek-Land
Höhe = 38
Fläche = 4.21
Einwohner = 218
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 21514
Vorwahl = 04156
Kfz = RZ
Gemeindeschlüssel = 01 0 53 059
NUTS = DEF06
Adresse-Verband = Gülzower Straße 1
21493 Schwarzenbek
Website = [http://www.amt-schwarzenbek-land.de/ www.amt-schwarzenbek-land.de]
Bürgermeister = Klaus Hansen

Kankelau is a municipality in the district of Lauenburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The village was first mentioned in 1230 as "Cankelowe" (meaning: settlement in the corn cockles), the spelling later changed to Kankelowe (1278), Kankelow (1434), and Kankelauw (1450).

References

HansWilhelm Haefs (2004): Ortsnamen und Ortsgeschichten aus Schleswig-Holstein, page 141 (ISBN 3833405090, in German)

[http://sigridschenkenberg.de/unserdorf.html Unser Dorf Kankelau] , retrieved Oct 2008 (in German)