Bad Segeberg

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Bad Segeberg

Bad Segeberg
Marktplatz Bad Segeberg 2001.jpg
Coat of arms of Bad Segeberg
Bad Segeberg is located in Germany
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Bad Segeberg
Coordinates 53°55′N 10°19′E / 53.91667°N 10.31667°E / 53.91667; 10.31667
Administration
Country Germany
State Schleswig-Holstein
District Segeberg
Mayor Hans-Joachim Hampel (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area 18.87 km2 (7.29 sq mi)
Elevation 27 m  (89 ft)
Population 15,767 (31 December 2010)
 - Density 836 /km2 (2,164 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate SE
Postal codes 23781–23795 2360
Area code 04551
Website www.badsegeberg.de

Bad Segeberg is a German town of 16,000 inhabitants, located in the state of Schleswig-Holstein, capital of the district (Kreis) Segeberg. It is situated approximately 50 kilometers (31 mi) northeast of Hamburg, and 25 kilometers (16 mi) west of Lübeck.

It is famous for its annual Karl-May-Festival. The large amphitheater in the city was originally built by the National Socialist government.

There is a large television tower in the middle of the city.

Notable residents

  • Detlev Buck

Twin towns — sister cities

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

Bad Segeberg is twinned with:


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
 Coat of arms

  1. ^ "Statistikamt Nord: Bevölkerung in Schleswig-Holstein am 31. Dezember 2010 nach Kreisen, Ämtern, amtsfreien Gemeinden und Städten" (in German). Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein. 31 December 2010. http://www.statistik-nord.de/uploads/tx_standocuments/A_I_2_vj104_S.pdf. 


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