Quickborn

For Quickborn in the district Dithmarschen, see Quickborn, Dithmarschen.

Quickborn
Town
Town hall
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Quickborn within Pinneberg district
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Coordinates: 53°44′0″N 9°53′50″E
Country	Germany
State	Schleswig-Holstein
District	Pinneberg
Government
• Mayor	Thomas Köppl (CDU)
Area
• Total	43.16 km2 (16.66 sq mi)
Elevation	19 m (62 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	22,165
• Density	510/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	25451
Dialling codes	04106, 04193
Vehicle registration	PI
Website	www.quickborn.de

Quickborn is a rich town in the district of Pinneberg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It belongs to Metropolregion Hamburg and is located on the north part of Hamburg on Autobahn A7.

Geography

Quickborn is located about 18 km north from the centre of Hamburg, on the eastern edge of Kreis Pinneberg. It lies on the A7 between Hamburg and Neumünster. It is situated just 6 km from the Hamburg Airport. Quickborn is also located along the Hamburg-Altona–Neumünster railway, which connects it to the AKN railway and buses of the Hamburger Verkehrsverbund. Northwest of Quickborn is the Himmelmoor, the largest raised bog in Schleswig-Holstein, which is about 605 hectares large. It has long been used for peat mining. For this purpose, a narrow-gauge railway was built through the bog. South of the city is the Holmmoor, a nature preserve that is about 110 ha. large.

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Quickborn is twinned with:

• Boxholm, Sweden (since 13.09.1974)
• Uckfield, Sussex, England (since 18.02.1990)
• Malchow, Germany (since 08.09.1990)

Notable people

• Franz Josef Degenhardt (1931–2011), songwriter, poet, satirist, novelist
• Mike Krüger (born 1951), Comedian, actor, singer, lived for several years in Quickborn
• Daniel Matthias Heinrich Mohr (1780–1808), botanist
• Carlo von Tiedemann (born 1943), TV Anchorman and actor