Kiel - Any cute towns nearby?

Having been stationed in Germany for three years with

all the beautiful little towns, I cannot believe that Kiel and it%26#39;s environs are not worth a look.

Are there no points of interest or nearby cities w/o going to Lubeck or Hamburg?

Suggestions, PLEASE.

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http://www.schleswig.de/

http://www.ploen.de/

http://www.eutin.de/

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In addition to the already mentioned locations:

The lakes around Plön, Malente, Preetz

Climb Bungsberg, the highest mountain in the whole of Schleswig-Holstein (167 m above sea level, wow!)

The landscape east of Kiel with hills and lakes, forests and fields, manors and villages is known as %26quot;Holsteinische Schweiz%26quot; (Holsatian Switzerland`) and is most beautiful right now while the yellow rapeseed fields are in bloom.

Open air museum village Kiel-Molfsee

Kappeln an der Schlei

Glücksburg castle near Flensburg

Husum

Ratzeburg

Mölln

(Sorry I%26#39;m too lazy to google all those links...)

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http://www.kappeln.de/spaziergang.html

http://www.arnis.de/haupt.htm (smallest town in Germany - yes, it%26#39;s really a town!)

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Thanks for your help.