Hohenlockstedt is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Hohenlockstedt is part of the Amt ("collective municipality") Kellinghusen.

Hohenlockstedt, formerly known as Lockstedter Lager military camp, was founded in 1872 as a training ground for the IX.

In 1900, the German troop contingent for the mission against the Boxer Rebellion in China was set up, under the leadership of Alfred von Waldersee.

In 1917, Finland was able to gain independence, among other things with the help of these volunteers, who formed the elite core of the White army in the Finnish Civil War.