Fahrenkrug
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Fahrenkrug within Segeberg district
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Coordinates: 53°56′N 10°15′E / 53.933°N 10.250°E / 53.933; 10.250
Country	Germany
State	Schleswig-Holstein
District	Segeberg
Municipal assoc.	Trave-Land
Government
• Mayor	Reiner G. Martin (CDU)
Area
• Total	6.62 km2 (2.56 sq mi)
Elevation	27 m (89 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[1]
• Total	1,598
• Density	240/km2 (630/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	23795
Dialling codes	04551
Vehicle registration	SE
Website	www.amt-trave- land.de

Fahrenkrug is a municipality in the district of Segeberg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The two little villages Rotenhahn and Ziegelei belong also to Fahrenkrug. In the year 1192 has Varencroch, the old name of Fahrenkrug, been mentioned. In this text Varencroch was addicted to the monastery of Bad Segeberg. The name Varencroch means fern and corner, so that in the blazon of Fahrenkrug there are a fern and a corner.

In the prehistory of Fahrenkrug there settled humans. Next to stone axes and tools from the Stone Age, there was found significant finds in barrows Bronze Age, for example a golden ring.