Norderstedt
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Location of Norderstedt within Kreis Segeberg district
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| Country | Germany | |
| State | Schleswig-Holstein | |
| District | Kreis Segeberg | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Hans-Joachim Grote (CDU) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 58.1 km2 (22.4 sq mi) | |
| Population (2013-12-31)[1] | ||
| • Total | 75,394 | |
| • Density | 1,300/km2 (3,400/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 22844–22851 | |
| Dialling codes | 040 | |
| Vehicle registration | SE | |
| Website | www.norderstedt.de | |
Norderstedt is a city in Germany and part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region (Metropolregion Hamburg), the fifth largest city (with approximately 75,000 inhabitants) in the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein, belonging to the district (Kreis) Segeberg.
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History
Norderstedt was created by the merger of four towns on 1 January 1970: the towns of Friedrichsgabe and Garstedt, both belonging to the district Pinneberg, and the towns of Glashütte and Harksheide, both belonging to the district Stormarn. The newly created city was assigned to the district Segeberg.
Location
The city hall of Norderstedt is located at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.. Norderstedt is the southernmost city of district Segeberg, bordering in the southeast on Hamburg and part of Hamburg agglomeration.
Transportation and Logistics
Norderstedt is served by the Autobahn (federal motorway) A7/E45 via exit number 21 Hamburg-Schnelsen-Nord (Norderstedt-Süd), located on Hamburg territory, in the south, and exit number 23 Quickborn in the north. Major thoroughfares are the Bundesstrassen (federal highways) B432 in west-east and B433 in north-south directions.
The closest airport is that of Hamburg (IATA airport code HAM), whose runway 33 extends across the state border into Norderstedt.
Norderstedt does not have a Deutsche Bahn railway station. A north-south railway service with small commuter trains runs between Ulzburg Süd in the north and Norderstedt Mitte in the south. Norderstedt Mitte is also the terminus of the Hamburg underground line U1. Travel time from Hamburg Central Station (Hauptbahnhof) to Norderstedt Mitte is 40 minutes. The other two stations of the U1 line are Richtweg and Garstedt.[2]
Norderstedt is covered by the postal codes 22844, 22846, 22848, 22850 and 22851. The UN LOCODE abbreviation for Norderstedt is DENOT.
International relations
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Norderstedt is twinned with:
- Maromme, France since 1966
- Oadby and Wigston, England since 1977
- Zwijndrecht, Netherlands since 1981
- Kohtla-Järve, Estonia, since 1989
Notable people
- Armin von Gerkan (1881–1969), classical archaeologist
- Ernst Bader (1914–1999), actor, composer, lyricist
- Victor Colani (* 1933), German-Swiss industrial designer
- Uwe Seeler (* 1936), German international footballer
- Oliver Bendt (1946), singer and founder of Goombay Dance Band
- Tom Shaka (* 1953), US-American singer-songwriter (blues)
- Human Nikmaslak (* 1976), German-Iranian international kick boxer
Notes
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- ↑ Network plan Hamburg public transport association (HVV) (pdf) 560 KiB
External links
- http://www.norderstedt.net/ Official city homepage (only in German and English)
- http://www.egno.de
