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Kropp-Stapelholm

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Kropp-Stapelholm is an Amt ("collective municipality") in the district of Schleswig-Flensburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Its seat is in Kropp. It was formed on 1 January 2008 from the former Ämter Kropp and Stapelholm.

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24848 Kropp-Stapelholm
Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
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