Bargteheide

Town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Bargteheide within Stormarn district

53°43′N 10°16′E / 53.717°N 10.267°E / 53.717; 10.267CountryGermanyStateSchleswig-HolsteinDistrictStormarn Government

• MayorBirte Kruse-Gobrecht (Ind.)Area

• Total15.83 km² (6.11 sq mi)Elevation

48 m (157 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[1]

• Total16,301 • Density1,000/km² (2,700/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

22941

Dialling codes04532Vehicle registrationODWebsitewww.bargteheide.de

Bargteheide (West Low German: Bartheil) is a town in the district of Stormarn, Schleswig-Holstein state, Germany. It is situated between the cities of Ahrensburg and Bad Oldesloe, on the Hamburg to Lübeck rail line and is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region.

The population of Bargteheide was 16,045 at the end of 2017.

Mayors

1946–1957: Julius Gerken
1957–1962: Enno Wilkens
1962–1971: Karl Eduard Claussen (CDU)
1971–1984: Erich Reincke
1985–1996: Frank Pries
1996–2008: Werner Mitsch
2008–2016: Henning Görtz (CDU)
since 2016: Birte Kruse-Gobrecht (independent)^[2]

Population development

1840: c. 1,000
1905: 1,980
1914: 2,300
1949: 6,900
1970: 7,374
2002: 13,820
2008: 14,902
2009: 15,306
2012: 15,528
2013: 16,000
2015: 16,292

Notable people

Luise Zietz (1865–1922), socialist politician
Katharina Fegebank (born 1977), German politician (The Greens)
David Kross (born 1990), German actor
Axel Fischer (born 1981), German pop singer and actor
Matti Steinmann (born 1995), Finnish-German footballer

International relations

Bargteheide is twinned with:^[3]

References

^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden in Schleswig-Holstein 4. Quartal 2022" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein.
^ "Birte Kruse-Gobrecht wird Bürgermeisterin von Bargteheide" [Birte Kruse-Gobrecht becomes mayor of Bargteheide]. Hamburger Abendblatt (in German). 26 June 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
^ "Zmigród: Vom Gestern ins Heute" [Zmigród: From yesterday to today]. Lübecker Nachrichten (in German). 28 October 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2019.