Norderstedt is a city in Germany, the fifth largest city (with approximately 71000 inhabitants) in the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein, belonging to the district (Kreis) Segeberg.

History

Norderstedt was created by the merger of four towns on 1970-01-01: the towns of Friedrichsgabe and Garstedt, both belonging to the district Pinneberg, and the towns of Glashütte and Harksheide, both belonging to the district Stormarn. The newly created city was assigned to the district Segeberg.

Location

The city hall of Norderstedt is located at 53:42:29N, 9:59:37E. Norderstedt is the southernmost city of district Segeberg, bordering in the southeast on Hamburg.

Transportation and Logistics

Norderstedt is served by the Autobahn (federal motorway) A7/E45 via exit number 21 Hamburg-Schnelsen-Nord (Norderstedt-Süd), located on Hamburg territory, in the south, and exit number 23 Quickborn in the north. Major thoroughfares are the Bundesstrassen (federal highways) B432 in west-east and B433 in north-south directions.

The closest airport is that of Hamburg (IATA_airport_code HAM), whose runway 33 extends across the state border into Norderstedt.

Norderstedt does not have a Deutsche Bahn AG rail station. A north-south railway service with small commuter trains runs between Ulzburg-Süd in the north and Norderstedt-Mitte in the south. Norderstedt-Mitte is also the terminus of the Hamburg subway line U1. Travel time from Hamburg Central Station (Hauptbahnhof) to Norderstedt-Mitte is 40 minutes.

Norderstedt is covered by the postal codes 22844, 22846, 22848, 22850 and 22851. The UN LOCODE abbreviation for Norderstedt is DENOT.

Links

• http://www.norderstedt.net/ Official city homepage