Gudow-Sterley is a former Amt ("collective municipality") in the district of Lauenburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated approximately 16 km south of Ratzeburg, and 35 km south of Lübeck. Its seat was in Gudow. The Amt Gudow-Sterley consisted until 2006 of the following municipalities (population in 2005 in brackets): Besenthal (75) Brunsmark (153) Göttin (55) Grambek (393) Gudow * (1,652) Hollenbek (450) Horst (256) Klein Zecher (248) Langenlehsten (156) Lehmrade (463) Salem (560) Seedorf (529) Sterley (971) Ämter in Schleswig-Holstein