Veelböken belonged to the Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin within the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation.

The municipality of Veelböken lies between Schwerin and Lübeck in a ground moraine area between the rivers Radegast and Stepenitz.

Veelböken is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Upahl and Rüting in the north, Mühlen Eichsen in the east, Dragun in the southeast, Gadebusch in the southwest and Wedendorfersee in the northwest.

The municipality has no officially approved emblem of sovereignty, neither a coat of arms nor a flag.

It shows a bull's head looking down with a torn neck fur and crown and the inscription "GEMEINDE VEELBÖKEN • LANDKREIS NORDWESTMECKLENBURG".