Norderstedt

Norderstedt
Town
Danish customs house from 1840
Coat of arms
Location of Norderstedt within Kreis Segeberg district
Norderstedt Show map of Germany Norderstedt Show map of Schleswig-Holstein
Coordinates: 53°42′23″N 10°0′37″E / 53.70639°N 10.01028°E / 53.70639; 10.01028
Country	Germany
State	Schleswig-Holstein
District	Kreis Segeberg
Subdivisions	Garstedt, Harksheide, Friedrichsgabe, Glashütte, Mitte
Government
• Mayor	Elke Christina Roeder (SPD)
Area
• Total	58.1 km2 (22.4 sq mi)
Elevation	36 m (118 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[1]
• Total	81,880
• Density	1,400/km2 (3,700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	22844–22851
Dialling codes	040
Vehicle registration	SE
Website	www.norderstedt.de

Norderstedt (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)^[2] in the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein, belonging to the district Segeberg.

Norderstedt was created by the merger of four villages on 1 January 1970: the villages of Friedrichsgabe and Garstedt, both belonging to the district Pinneberg, and the villages of Glashütte and Harksheide, both belonging to the district Stormarn. The newly created city was assigned to the district Segeberg.

The city hall of Norderstedt is located at 53°42′29″N 9°59′37″E / 53.70806°N 9.99361°E / 53.70806; 9.99361. Norderstedt is the southernmost city of district Segeberg, bordering with Hamburg in the south and forms part of Hamburg agglomeration.

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 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.^[3]

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

Norderstedt is twinned with:^[4]

• Kohtla-Järve, Estonia (1989)
• Maromme, France (1966)
• Oadby and Wigston, England, United Kingdom (1977)
• Zwijndrecht, Netherlands (1981)

• 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^[5]
• Tom Shaka (born 1953), American singer-songwriter, lives there
• Armin von Gerkan (1881–1969), Baltic German classical archaeologist, lived and died there

• Official website (in German)