Norderstedt Explained

Type:Stadt
Image Coa:DEU Norderstedt COA.svg
Image Plan:Norderstedt in SE.svg
State:Schleswig-Holstein
District:Kreis Segeberg
Elevation:36
Area:58.1
Postal Code:22844–22851
Area Code:040
Licence:SE
Gemeindeschlüssel:01 0 60 063
Divisions:Garstedt, Harksheide, Friedrichsgabe, Glashütte, Mitte
Website:www.norderstedt.de
Party:SPD

Norderstedt (Low German; Low Saxon; German, Low; Saxon, Low: Noordersteed|label=[[Northern Low Saxon]]) is a city in Germany and part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region (German: Metropolregion Hamburg), the fourth largest city (with approximately 84,100 inhabitants as of 2023)[1] in the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein, belonging to the district Segeberg.

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 53.7081°N 9.9936°W. Norderstedt is the southernmost city of district Segeberg, bordering with Hamburg in the south and forms part of Hamburg agglomeration.

Transport and logistics

Norderstedt is served by the Autobahn (federal motorway) A 7/E 45 via exit number 23 Hamburg-Schnelsen-Nord (Norderstedt-Süd), located on Hamburg 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 (IATA airport code HAM), whose runway 33 extends across the state border into Norderstedt.

Norderstedt does not have a Deutsche Bahn railway station. However, the north-south AKN railway line A2 operated by AKN Eisenbahn, which runs between Ulzburg Süd in the north and Norderstedt Mitte in the south, services the city. Norderstedt Mitte is also the northern terminus of the Hamburg underground line U1 and an interchange point for a variety of busses. Travel time from Hamburg Central Station to Norderstedt Mitte is 40 minutes. The other two stations of the U1 line in the city of Norderstedt 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.

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany.

Norderstedt is twinned with:[3]

Notable people

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Norderstedt . Stadt . Zahlen, Daten, Fakten . 2024-06-20 . Stadt Norderstedt . de.
  2. Web site: Line and route network plans, Hamburg public transport association (HVV) . 2016-05-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160604164231/http://www.hvv.de/en/timetables/line-route-networks-plans/overview/index.php . 2016-06-04 . dead.
  3. Web site: Partnerstädte. norderstedt.de. Norderstedt. de. 2021-03-03.
  4. Web site: Germany great Seeler dies aged 85 . 21 July 2022 .