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Bargteheide

Town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

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Bargteheide (German pronunciation: [baʁktəˈhaɪdə] ; 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.

01Mayors

  • 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)
Bargteheide Town hall (Rathaus)
Bargteheide Town hall (Rathaus)

02Population 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

03Notable people

04International relations

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