There are three car workshops, several doctors, supermarkets, and numerous clubs for riding, dog training, and the sportsclub in Klein Rönnau.

The blue background reflects the water of the lakes and the rivers, the corn is a reminder of the agricultural history and the naturally grown power, and the wheel halves represent movement, momentum and drive.

Today most of the people work in Bad Segeberg, Lübeck or Hamburg, and farming has been reduced to the hobby level or has died out.

[2] The municipality itself was mentioned for the first time in 1150, when Saint Vicelinus, the bishop of Oldenburg, received ten villages from Emperor Lothair III as a gift.

When a gravel dig site (half a mile away) expanded in 2007, evidence of a very early settlement was found.