Norderstedt (German pronunciation:; Northern Low Saxon: Noordersteed) is a city in Germany and part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region (Metropolregion Hamburg), the fourth largest city (with approximately 84,100 inhabitants as of 2023) in the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein, belonging to the Segeberg district.
History
Norderstedt was created by the merger of four villages on 1 January 1970: the villages of Friedrichsgabe and Garstedt, both belonging to the Pinneberg district, and the villages of Glashütte and Harksheide, both belonging to the Stormarn district. The newly created city was assigned to the Segeberg district.
Location
The city hall of Norderstedt is located at 53°42′29″N 9°59′37″E / 53.70806°N 9.99361°E. Norderstedt is the southernmost city of Segeberg district, bordering with Hamburg in the south and forms part of Hamburg agglomeration.
Transport and logistics
Norderstedt is served by the Autobahn (federal motorway) A 7/E 45 via exit number 23 Hamburg-Schnelsen-Nord (Norderstedt-Süd), located on Hamburg territory, in the southwest, and exit number 21 Quickborn in the northwest. Major thoroughfares are the federal highways B 432 in west-east and B 433 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 railway station. However, the north-south AKN railway line A2 operated by AKN Eisenbahn, which runs between Ulzburg Süd in the north and Norderstedt Mitte in the south, services the city. Norderstedt Mitte is also the northern terminus of the Hamburg underground/subway line U1 and an interchange point for a variety of busses. Travel time from Hamburg Central Station to Norderstedt Mitte is 40 minutes. The other two stations of the U1 line in the city of Norderstedt are Richtweg and Garstedt.
Norderstedt is covered by the postal codes 22844, 22846, 22848, 22850 and 22851. The UN/LOCODE abbreviation for Norderstedt is DENOT.
Twin towns – sister cities
Norderstedt is twinned with:
- Kohtla-Järve, Estonia (1989)
- Maromme, France (1966)
- Oadby and Wigston, England, United Kingdom (1977)
- Zwijndrecht, Netherlands (1981)
Notable people
- Ernst Bader (1914–1999), actor, composer and songwriter, lived and died there
- Oliver Bendt (born 1946), singer and founder of Goombay Dance Band, lives there
- Uwe Seeler (1936–2022), footballer, lived and died there
- Tom Shaka (born 1953), American singer-songwriter, lives there
- Armin von Gerkan (1881–1969), Baltic German classical archaeologist, lived and died there
