Norderstedt (
Northern Low Saxon
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: ''Noordersteed'') is a city in
Germany
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and part of the
Hamburg Metropolitan Region
The Hamburg Metropolitan Region (German: Metropolregion Hamburg) is a metropolitan area centred around the city of Hamburg in northern Germany, consisting of eight districts (''Landkreise'') in the federal state of Lower Saxony, six districts ('' ...
(''Metropolregion Hamburg''), the fifth largest city (with approximately 80,000 inhabitants) in the
federal state
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of
Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein (; da, Slesvig-Holsten; nds, Sleswig-Holsteen; frr, Slaswik-Holstiinj) is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Sch ...
, belonging to the district
Segeberg
Segeberg (; frr, Segebärj) is a district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is bounded by (from the southwest and clockwise) the districts of Pinneberg, Steinburg and Rendsburg-Eckernförde, the city of Neumünster, the districts of Plön, Osthol ...
.
History
Norderstedt was created by the merger of four villages on 1 January 1970: the villages of Friedrichsgabe and Garstedt, both belonging to the
district Pinneberg, and the villages 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 . Norderstedt is the southernmost city of
district Segeberg, bordering with
Hamburg
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in the south and forms part of Hamburg agglomeration.
Transport and logistics
Norderstedt is served by the
Autobahn
The (; German plural ) is the federal controlled-access highway system in Germany. The official German term is (abbreviated ''BAB''), which translates as 'federal motorway'. The literal meaning of the word is 'Federal Auto(mobile) Track'. ...
(federal motorway) A 7/E 45 via exit number 23 Hamburg-Schnelsen-Nord (Norderstedt-Süd), located on
Hamburg
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territory, in the southwest, and exit number 21 Quickborn in the northwest. Major thoroughfares are the federal highways B 432 in west-east and B 433 in north-south directions.
The closest airport is that of
Hamburg
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(
IATA airport code
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HAM), whose
runway
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33 extends across the state border into Norderstedt.
Norderstedt does not have a
Deutsche Bahn
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describes itself as the se ...
railway station. A north-south railway service with commuter trains runs between Ulzburg Süd in the north and
Norderstedt Mitte in the south. Norderstedt Mitte is also the northern terminus of the
Hamburg underground line U 1. Travel time from
Hamburg Central Station
Hamburg Hauptbahnhof (abbrev. ''Hamburg Hbf'') is the main railway station of the city of Hamburg, Germany. Opened in 1906 to replace four separate terminal stations, today Hamburg Hauptbahnhof is operated by DB Station&Service AG. With an avera ...
to Norderstedt Mitte is 40 minutes. The other two stations of the
U 1 line in the city of Norderstedt are
Richtweg and
Garstedt.
Norderstedt is covered by the
postal code
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s 22844, 22846, 22848, 22850 and 22851. The UN LOCODE abbreviation for Norderstedt is DENOT.
Twin towns – sister cities
Norderstedt is
twinned with:
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Kohtla-Järve
Kohtla-Järve is a city and municipality in northeastern Estonia, founded in 1924 and incorporated as a town in 1946. The city is highly industrial, and is both a processor of oil shales and is a large producer of various petrochemical products ...
, Estonia (1989)
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Maromme
Maromme () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.
Geography
A suburban town of forestry and light industry situated by the banks of the Cailly, just northwest of Rouen city centre, at the junction ...
, France (1966)
*
Oadby and Wigston, England, United Kingdom (1977)
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Zwijndrecht, Netherlands (1981)
Notable people
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Armin von Gerkan
Armin von Gerkan (November 30, 1885 in Subate, Latvia – December 22, 1969 in Garstedt, present Norderstedt, Germany) was a Baltic German classical archaeologist and member of an aristocratic family. He was an expert for archaeological buil ...
(1881–1969), Baltic German classical archaeologist, lived and died there
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Ernst Bader
Ernst Bader (7 June 1914 in Stettin, Pomerania – 10 August 1999 in Norderstedt) was a German actor, composer and songwriter (lyricist) best known for his hit recordings " Tulips from Amsterdam" and "Milord". Actors who have performed song ...
(1914–1999), actor, composer and songwriter, lived and died there
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Uwe Seeler
Uwe Seeler (; 5 November 1936 – 21 July 2022) was a German footballer and football official. As a striker, he was a prolific scorer for Hamburger SV and also made 72 appearances for the West Germany national team. Widely regarded as one of t ...
(1936–2022), footballer, lived and died there
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Oliver Bendt
Oliver Bendt (born Jörg Knoch on 29 October 1946 in Potsdam) is a German singer and actor.
Knoch grew up the son of an actress in Munich, where he played children's roles in several films, including '' Königswalzer'' (1955) and ''Weil du ar ...
(born 1946), singer and founder of
Goombay Dance Band
Goombay Dance Band is a German band created in 1979 by Oliver Bendt, named after a small bay on the Caribbean island of Saint Lucia. Their music has a distinctive sound (somewhat similar to Boney M.), which is a mixture of soca, calypso and west ...
, lives there
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Tom Shaka
Tom Shaka (April 9, 1953, Middletown, Connecticut) is an American blues singer–songwriter.
In the 1970s he moved to Europe, and played in the Hamburg jazz club ' Onkel Pö', with musicians such as Udo Lindenberg, Louisiana Red, David Honeyb ...
(born 1953), American singer-songwriter, lives there
*Human Nikmaslak (born 1976), German-Iranian kick boxer
References
External links
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Towns in Schleswig-Holstein
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