Barmstedt

Barmstedt
Street view in Barmstedt

Coat of arms
Barmstedt
Location of Barmstedt within Pinneberg district
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Coordinates: 53°47′N 9°46′E / 53.783°N 9.767°E / 53.783; 9.767Coordinates: 53°47′N 9°46′E / 53.783°N 9.767°E / 53.783; 9.767
Country Germany
State Schleswig-Holstein
District Pinneberg
Government
 • Mayor Nils Hammermann
Area
 • Total 17.17 km2 (6.63 sq mi)
Elevation 11 m (36 ft)
Population (2016-12-31)[1]
 • Total 10,283
 • Density 600/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 25355
Dialling codes 04123
Vehicle registration PI
Website www.barmstedt.de

Barmstedt is a town in the district of Pinneberg, in the south of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated approximately 8 km northeast of Elmshorn, and 30 km northwest of Hamburg. It has approximately 9,500 inhabitants which makes it the smallest town in the Pinneberg district.

Culture

There were 133 shoemakers working in Barmstedt in 1839. Only one remains today, and it was in Barmstedt that the shoe retailer Gabor Shoes was founded. The ex German champion in unicycling, Peer Fischer, was born in Barmstedt.

Personality

Born in Barmstedt

  • Matthäus Friedrich Chemnitz (1815-1870), wrote in 1844 the lyrics of the song Schleswig-Holstein meerumschlungen
  • Volker Schönfelder (born 1939), physicist and professor of physics at the Technical University of Munich

Connected to Barmstedt

Gottfried Semper 1848
  • Johann Hinrich Klapmeyer (around 1690-1757), organ builder, built in 1717, the organ of the Heiligen-Geist-Kirche
  • Gottfried Semper (1803-1879), architect, Semper Opera, went here during his childhood some years to school
  • Joachim Gabor (1929-2013), founder of the Women's Shoe manufacturer Gabor in Barmstedt


References

  1. ↑ "Statistikamt Nord – Bevölkerung der Gemeinden in Schleswig-Holstein 4. Quartal 2016] (XLS-file)". Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein (in German).


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