Bad Bramstedt

Town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

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Location of Bad Bramstedt within Segeberg district

53°55′7″N 9°53′4″E / 53.91861°N 9.88444°E / 53.91861; 9.88444CountryGermanyStateSchleswig-HolsteinDistrictSegeberg Government

• MayorVerena JeskeArea

• Total24.14 km² (9.32 sq mi)Elevation

9 m (30 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[1]

• Total15,331 • Density640/km² (1,600/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

24576

Dialling codes04192Vehicle registrationSEWebsitewww.bad-bramstedt.de

Bad Bramstedt (German: [baːt ˈbʁaːmʃtɛt] ^ⓘ) 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.

Geography and transport

Bad Bramstedt lies 49 kilometers southwest of Kiel, 54 kilometers west of Lübeck, and 40 kilometers north of Hamburg on the historical Ox Road. The Altona-Kieler Chaussee (L318/L319) passes through the town. This about 94 kilometer-long Landstraße (state road) was built between 1830 and 1832. The confluence of the Osterau and Hudau rivers, which come together to form the Bramau, is found in Bad Bramstedt.

Notable residents

Oskar Alexander (1881–1942), founder of the rheumatism clinic in Bad Bramstedt. Murdered in Sachsenhausen concentration camp for being of Jewish descent.
Fabian Boll (born 1979), footballer, played 273 pro games and senior police official
William Crane (1902–1979), surgeon general of the Bundeswehr; died in Bad Bramstedt
Arved Fuchs, (born 1953), arctic adventurer
Rolf Koschorrek (1956-2020), German politician (CDU)
Karl Lagerfeld (1933–2019), fashion designer, born in Hamburg, went to school in Bad Bramstedt.
Siegfried Liebschner, (DE Wiki) (1935–2006), Baptist theologian, born in Bad Bramstedt
Charles I.D. Looff (1852–1918), master carver; "father" of the amusement parks in America, built many roundabouts
Johanna Mestorf (1828–1909), first female museum director in Germany and first woman in Prussia to hold the title of professor
Heinrich Christian Schumacher (1780–1850), German-Danish astronomer and mathematician.
Augusta Louise zu Stolberg-Stolberg (1753–1835), corresponded with Goethe as Gustchen
Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg (1750–1819), poet, lawyer and translator
Kurt Gustav Wilckens (1886–1923), militant German anarchist in South America