Bad Bramstedt

Bad Bramstedt
Roland statue in Bad Bramstedt
Bad Bramstedt
Location of the town of Bad Bramstedt within Segeberg district
Coordinates	53°55′7″N 9°53′4″E
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Schleswig-Holstein
District	Segeberg
Mayor	Hans-Jürgen Kütbach (FDP)
Basic statistics
Area	24.14 km2 (9.32 sq mi)
Elevation	9 m  (30 ft)
Population	13,852 (31 December 2010)
- Density	574 /km2 (1,486 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	SE
Postal code	24576
Area code	04192
Website	www.bad-bramstedt.de

Bad Bramstedt is a municipality in the district of Segeberg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated approx. 40 km north of Hamburg. It is famous for its statue of Roland and its rheumatism clinic. The current mayor is Hans-Jürgen Kütbach (FDP).

Notable residents

• Oskar Alexander (1881–1942), founder of the rheumatism clinic in Bad Bramstedt. Killed in Sachsenhausen concentration camp for being of Jewish descent.
• Arved Fuchs, born 1953 in Bad Bramstedt, adventurer, first person to reach both the North and South Pole within one year and by foot.
• Karl Lagerfeld fashion designer, born in Hamburg but went to school in Bad Bramstedt.
• Siegfried Liebschner (1935–2006), Baptist theologian, born in Bad Bramstedt
• Charles I.D. Looff (1852–1918), builder of various carousels and the Santa Monica Pier
• Johanna Mestorf (1828–1909), first female museum director in Germany and first woman in Prussia to hold the title of professor, born in Bad Bramstedt
• Heinrich Christian Schumacher (1780–1850), Astronomer,
• Augusta Louise zu Stolberg-Stolberg (1753–1835), corresponded with Goethe as Gustchen
• Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg (1715–1819), poet

External links

• Official website