Bad Bramstedt

Roland statue in Bad Bramstedt

Coat of arms

Bad Bramstedt

Location of Bad Bramstedt within Segeberg district

Coordinates: 53°55′7″N 9°53′4″E / 53.91861°N 9.88444°ECoordinates: 53°55′7″N 9°53′4″E / 53.91861°N 9.88444°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Hans-Jürgen Kütbach (FDP)

Area

• Total

24.14 km² (9.32 sq mi)

Population (2013-12-31)^[1]

• Total

13,576

• Density

560/km² (1,500/sq mi)

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

24576

04192

Website

Bad Bramstedt ( ) is a municipality in the district of Segeberg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated approximately 40 km north of Hamburg. It is famous for its statue of Roland and its rheumatism clinic. The current mayor is Hans-Jürgen Küntbach (FDP).

Notable residents

Oskar Alexander (1881–1942), founder of the rheumatism clinic in Bad Bramstedt. Murdered in Sachsenhausen concentration camp for being of Jewish descent.
Arved Fuchs, born 1953 in Bad Bramstedt, adventurer, first person to reach both the North and South Pole within one year and by foot.
Karl Lagerfeld fashion designer, born in Hamburg but went to school in Bad Bramstedt.
Siegfried Liebschner (1935–2006), Baptist theologian, born in Bad Bramstedt
Charles I.D. Looff (1852–1918), builder of various carousels and the Santa Monica Pier
Johanna Mestorf (1828–1909), first female museum director in Germany and first woman in Prussia to hold the title of professor, born in Bad Bramstedt
Heinrich Christian Schumacher (1780–1850), astronomer.
Augusta Louise zu Stolberg-Stolberg (1753–1835), corresponded with Goethe as Gustchen
Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg (1715–1819), poet
Kurt Gustav Wilckens (1886-1923), militant German anarchist.

References

↑ "Statistikamt Nord – Bevölkerung der Gemeinden in Schleswig-Holstein 4. Quartal 2013] (XLS-Datei) (Fortschreibung auf Basis des Zensus 2011)". Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein (in German). 25 July 2013.

External links

Official website

Towns and municipalities in Segeberg

Alveslohe Armstedt Bad Bramstedt Bad Segeberg Bahrenhof Bark Bebensee Bimöhlen Blunk Boostedt Bornhöved Borstel Bühnsdorf Daldorf Damsdorf Dreggers Ellerau Fahrenkrug Föhrden-Barl Fredesdorf Fuhlendorf Geschendorf Glasau Gönnebek Groß Kummerfeld Groß Niendorf Groß Rönnau Großenaspe Hagen Hardebek Hartenholm Hasenkrug Hasenmoor Heidmoor Heidmühlen Henstedt-Ulzburg Hitzhusen Högersdorf Hüttblek Itzstedt Kaltenkirchen Kattendorf Kayhude Kisdorf Klein Gladebrügge Klein Rönnau Krems II Kükels Latendorf Leezen Lentföhrden Mönkloh Mözen Nahe Negernbötel Nehms Neuengörs Neversdorf Norderstedt Nützen Oering Oersdorf Pronstorf Rickling Rohlstorf Schackendorf Schieren Schmalensee Schmalfeld Schwissel Seedorf Seth Sievershütten Stipsdorf Stocksee Strukdorf Struvenhütten Stuvenborn Sülfeld Tarbek Tensfeld Todesfelde Trappenkamp Travenhorst Traventhal Wahlstedt Wakendorf I Wakendorf II Weddelbrook Weede Wensin Westerrade Wiemersdorf Winsen Wittenborn

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