Bargteheide

{{Infobox German location

|type = Stadt

|image_photo = Kirche Bargteheide.JPG

|image_coa = DEU Bargteheide COA.svg

|coordinates = {{coord|53|43|N|10|16|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|image_plan = Bargteheide in OD.svg

|state = Schleswig-Holstein

|district = Stormarn

|elevation = 48

|area = 15.83

|postal_code = 22941

|area_code = 04532

|licence = OD

|Gemeindeschlüssel = 01 0 62 006

|website = [http://www.bargteheide.de/ www.bargteheide.de]

|mayor = Birte Kruse-Gobrecht

|party = independent

}}

Bargteheide (West Low German: Bartheil) is a town in the district of Stormarn, Schleswig-Holstein state, Germany. It is situated between the cities of Ahrensburg and Bad Oldesloe, on the Hamburg to Lübeck rail line and is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region.

The population of Bargteheide was 16,045 at the end of 2017.

Image:Bargteheide Rathaus.JPG

Mayors

  • 1946–1957: Julius Gerken
  • 1957–1962: Enno Wilkens
  • 1962–1971: Karl Eduard Claussen (CDU)
  • 1971–1984: Erich Reincke
  • 1985–1996: Frank Pries
  • 1996–2008: Werner Mitsch
  • 2008–2016: Henning Görtz (CDU)
  • since 2016: Birte Kruse-Gobrecht (independent){{cite news |date= 26 June 2016|title= Birte Kruse-Gobrecht wird Bürgermeisterin von Bargteheide|trans-title= Birte Kruse-Gobrecht becomes mayor of Bargteheide|url= https://www.abendblatt.de/region/stormarn/article207733137/Birte-Kruse-Gobrecht-wird-Buergermeisterin-von-Bargteheide.html|language= DE|work= Hamburger Abendblatt|access-date= 16 May 2019}}

Population development

  • 1840: c. 1,000
  • 1905: 1,980
  • 1914: 2,300
  • 1949: 6,900
  • 1970: 7,374
  • 2002: 13,820
  • 2008: 14,902
  • 2009: 15,306
  • 2012: 15,528
  • 2013: 16,000
  • 2015: 16,292

Notable people

International relations

{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany}}

Bargteheide is twinned with:{{cite news |date= 28 October 2014|title= Zmigród: Vom Gestern ins Heute|trans-title= Zmigród: From yesterday to today|url= https://www.ln-online.de/Lokales/Stormarn/Zmigrod-Vom-Gestern-ins-Heute|language= DE|work= Lübecker Nachrichten|access-date= 16 May 2019}}

References

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