Bad Bramstedt

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
Art = Stadt
image_photo = Roland Bad Bramstedt.jpg
image_caption = Roland statue in Bad Bramstedt
Wappen = Wappen_Bad_Bramstedt.pnglat_deg = 53 |lat_min = 55 | lat_sec = 7
lon_deg = 9 |lon_min = 53 | lon_sec = 4
Bundesland = Schleswig-Holstein
Kreis = Segeberg
Höhe = 9
Fläche = 24.14
Einwohner = 13522
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 24576
Vorwahl = 04192
Kfz = SE
Gemeindeschlüssel = 01 0 60 004
NUTS = DEF0D
Straße = Bleeck 17/19
Website = [http://www.bad-bramstedt.de/ www.bad-bramstedt.de]
Bürgermeister = Hans-Jürgen Kütbach
Partei = FDP

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 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 KZ Sachsenhausen for being of jewish descent.
* Arved Fuchs, born 1953 in Bad Bramstedt, adventurer, first person who reached both poles 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 theologist, born in Bad Bramstedt
* Charles I.D. Looff (1852 - 1918), builder of various carousels and the Santa Monica Pier
* Heinrich Christian Schumacher (1780-1850), Astronomer,
* Augusta Louise zu Stolberg-Stolberg (1753-1835), known as Goethe's Gustchen in the history of literature
* Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg (1715-1819), poet

External links

* [http://www.bad-bramstedt.de Official website]