Heidgraben is a municipality in the district of Pinneberg, in

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 ...

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. The number of citizens working in agriculture or in tree nurseries is only small. The majority commutes to surrounding places or to Hamburg. Heidgraben has an elementary school. There are no shopping facilities, but the community has a small supermarket.

Geography and Infrastructure

Heidgraben is situated 18 kilometres in the northwest of Hamburg on the edge of the

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, on the

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land. It abuts to the towns

Uetersen Uetersen (, formerly known as ''Ütersen (Holstein)'') is a town in the Pinneberg (district), district of Pinneberg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated approximately south of Elmshorn, and northwest of Hamburg at the small Pinnau Ri ...

and

Tornesch Tornesch is a town in the district of Pinneberg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated approximately southeast of Elmshorn, and northwest of Hamburg. Tornesch is also the home of the Klaus-Groth-Schule, named after the German poet Kl ...

and the communities

Klein Nordende Klein Nordende is a municipality in the district of Pinneberg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe af ...

and

Groß Nordende Groß Nordende is a municipality in the district of Pinneberg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe af ...

. The large area of Heidgraben is very widespread populated. Large parts of this area are nature preserve areas. Heidgraben is connected to the public transport with bus routes to Uetersen and Tornesch. From Tornesch via train to

Elmshorn Elmshorn (; nds, Elmshoorn) is a town in the district of Pinneberg in Schleswig-Holstein in Germany. It is 30 km north of Hamburg on the small river Krückau, a tributary of the Elbe, and with about 50,000 inhabitants is the sixth-largest to ...

Pinneberg Pinneberg (; Northern Low Saxon: ''Pinnbarg'') is a town in the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein in northern Germany. It is the capital of the Pinneberg (district), district of Pinneberg and has a population of about 43,500 inhabitants. Pinneb ...

and

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. In the east of Heidgraben there is the ''

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23'' located, access in Tornesch and Elmshorn.

References

Municipalities in Schleswig-Holstein Pinneberg (district) {{Pinneberg-geo-stub