Bad Bramstedt
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Bad Bramstedt | |
Coat of arms | Location |
Administration | |
Country | Germany |
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State | Schleswig-Holstein |
District | Segeberg |
Mayor | Hans-Jürgen Kütbach (FDP) |
Basic statistics | |
Area | 24.14 km² (9.3 sq mi) |
Elevation | 9 m (30 ft) |
Population | 13,522 (31/12/2006) |
- Density | 560 /km² (1,451 /sq mi) |
Other information | |
Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
Licence plate | SE |
Postal code | 24576 |
Area code | 04192 |
Website | www.bad-bramstedt.de |
Bad Bramstedt is a municipality in the district of Segeberg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated approx. 40 km north of Hamburg. It is famous for its Roland and its rheumatism clinic. The current mayor is Hans-Jürgen Kütbach FDP.
[edit] Notable residents
- Siegfried Liebschner (1935 - 2006), baptist theologist, born in Bad Bramstedt.
- Arved Fuchs, born 1953 in Bad Bramstedt, adventurer, first person who reached both poles within one year and by foot.
- Karl Lagerfeld fashion designer, born in Hamburg but went to school in Bad Bramstedt.
- Oskar Alexander (1881 - 1942), founder of the rheumatism clinic in Bad Bramstedt. Killed in KZ Sachsenhausen for being of jewish descent.
- Charles I.D. Looff (1852 - 1918), builder of various carousels and the Santa Monica Pier
- Kurt Gustav Wilckens (1886-1923), worker and anarchist.[1]