Bad Bramstedt

Bad Bramstedt ( Low German: Bad Braamsteed ) is a town in the district Segeberg. Bad Bramstedt is recognized as Moorheilbad state and is located in the center of the Shire in southern Holstein Schleswig -Holstein. The title " Bad" she is wearing since 1910.

• 3.1 churches
• 3.2 gatehouse
• 3.3 Sport

• Born 6.1 In Bad Bramstedt
• 6.2 Linked to Bad Bramstedt

Geography and transport

Bad Bramstedt is located 49 kilometers south-west of Kiel, 54 kilometers west of Lübeck, and 42 km north of Hamburg at the historic Ox Road. Through the village led the Altona- Kieler Chaussee. This approximately 94 -kilometer road was built in 1830-1832. In place arises from the confluence of Osterau and Hudau the Bramau.

Policy

From Bad Bramstedt the deputies of the German Bundestag Jürgen Koppelin come since the 2005 federal election (FDP ) and Rolf Koschorrek ( CDU).

City Council

Of the 25 seats in the city council, the CDU has been the local elections in 2013 10 seats, the SPD has seven seats, the FDP and the Greens have 3 5 seats. Citizens Head is Annegret Mißfeldt ( CDU).

Coat of arms

Blazon: " Azure, a silver Roman warrior with a golden helmet, golden armor and golden footwear and a red sash from the left shoulder to right hip in the lateral outstretched right hand an erect, mere silver roman sword holding, while the left hand on a Holstein coat of arms is based (in red a silver nettle leaf ). "

The warrior is the Bramstedter Roland, the landmark of the city, dar.

Twinning

It is twinned with Drawsko Pomorskie ( German: Pommern ) in Western Pomerania / Poland.

Culture and sights

In the list of cultural monuments in Bad Bramstedt are registered in the list of monuments of Schleswig- Holstein cultural monuments.

Churches

In the center of the town is the Mary Magdalene Church of the Lutheran. Church, a hall church from a red brick. The parish was first mentioned in documents in 1316 on the occasion of a national division between the Holstein counts. In the first half of the 14th century the church was built in a cross shape. 1635/36, the tower was rebuilt. 1647/48 damages were repaired by storm and lightning. In the 17th to 19th centuries various transformations took place: Closure of the southern portals, built-in neo-Gothic windows, cultivation of the eastern anteroom. The church is free to visit.

Gatehouse

The gatehouse on the market is the last existing building of the former Guts Bramstedt, which was sometimes referred to as Bramstedter castle. The back stone gatehouse dates from the 17th century, inside there is a baroque staircase and numerous stucco. The building is now used for public purposes.

Sports

As Bad Bramstedt is crossed by numerous meadows, it offers an interesting area for canoeists, for which there are numerous boat rentals. There are also in Bad Bramstedt two golf courses, a swimming pool, a tennis court and the sports club Bramstedter Turnerschaft.

Bad Bramstedt has a strong bicycle trail network with about 69 km route.

Economy and infrastructure

There are in Bad Bramstedt a rheumatology clinic and a psychosomatic clinic. The clinic areas are surrounded by extensive and freely -accessible parks. By Bad Bramstedt the federal road runs 4 The city has two railway stations ( Bad Bramstedt " Kurhaus ", Bad Bramstedt ) and is connected via the line A1 of the railway company AKN with the cities of Hamburg and Neumünster. Bad Bramstedt is about five kilometers away from the nearest driveway to the Federal Highway 7.

The commercial area in the north of the city has several large and small operations. In addition to the commercial area, many retailers, craft enterprises and financial services are represented in the city. The city is headquarters of Bauxpert.

The cityscape is dominated by hotels and restaurants. This is due to the focus of the tourism industry.

Education

In Bad Bramstedt are three primary schools, a high school ( the Jürgen- Fuhlendorf school), a community school ( the school community Shire ), special education ( the Bramauschule ) and a Heilpädagogisches children's home located with integrated special school. In addition, a public library and the community college.

Personalities

Born in Bad Bramstedt

• Fabian Boll ( * 1979 ), German football player and Kriminaloberkommissar
• Peter Bendixen ( born 1933), German economist and historian of culture,
• Arved Fuchs ( born 1953 ), adventurer and author
• Rolf Koschorrek (* 1956), German politician ( CDU)
• Hans -Jürgen Kütbach (* 1959), German politician ( FDP)
• Siegfried Liebschner (1935-2006), a Baptist theologian
• Charles I. D. Looff (1852-1918), "father" of amusement parks in America, builder of many carousels and the pier of Santa Monica
• Johanna Mestorf (1828-1909), first woman professor title in the Kingdom of Prussia and first director of the museum in Germany
• Michael Radtke (* 1946), journalist, author and screenwriter
• Heinrich Christian Schumacher (1780-1850), astronomer, founder of the observatory in Altona
• Augusta Louise of Stolberg- Stolberg (1753-1835), known as " Gussie " by their correspondence with Goethe
• Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg - Stolberg (1750-1819), brother of " Gussie ", poet, lawyer and friend of Goethe
• Günter Struve ( born 1940 ), ARD Program Director
• Kurt Gustav Wilcken, (1886-1923), anarchist and Argentine folk hero
• Winfried Zylka (* 1946), German politician ( CDU)

Connected to Bad Bramstedt

• Joachim Behm (* 1941), German politician (FDP ); long-time city councilor
• Otfried Jarren (* 1953), vice-rector and board of regents of the University of Zurich, went to school in Bad Bramstedt
• Jürgen Koppelin (* 1945), German politician ( FDP) lives in Bad Bramstedt
• William Crane (1902-1979), Surgeon General of the Bundeswehr; died in Bad Bramstedt
• Karl Lagerfeld ( born 1933), went to school in Bad Bramstedt long
• Friedrich Ludwig Wilhelm Meyer (1759-1840), lawyer, writer, librarian, Freemasons, biographer Friedrich Ludwig Schröder; died in Bramstedt

Others

In Bad Bramstedt is the seat of a regional Federal Police Directorate, responsible for the states of Schleswig -Holstein and Mecklenburg- Vorpommern. In addition, "Bad Bramstedt " is also the name of the ship of the Federal Police with the hull number BP 24 The ship is stationed in Cuxhaven and drives Seestreife in the North Sea. The ship and the city are connected by a sponsorship.