Bad Segeberg

Bad Segeberg
Coat of arms
Bad Segeberg
Location of Bad Segeberg within Segeberg district
Coordinates: 53°55′N 10°19′E / 53.917°N 10.317°E / 53.917; 10.317Coordinates: 53°55′N 10°19′E / 53.917°N 10.317°E / 53.917; 10.317
Country	Germany
State	Schleswig-Holstein
District	Segeberg
Government
• Mayor	Hans-Joachim Hampel (CDU)
Area
• Total	18.87 km2 (7.29 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	17,176
• Density	910/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	23781–23795 2360
Dialling codes	04551
Vehicle registration	SE
Website	www.badsegeberg.de

Bad Segeberg is a German town of 16,000 inhabitants, located in the state of Schleswig-Holstein, capital of the district (Kreis) Segeberg. It is situated approximately 50 kilometers (31 mi) northeast of Hamburg, and 25 kilometers (16 mi) west of Lübeck.

It is famous for its annual Karl May Festival. It takes place in the city's Kalkberg Stadium, a large amphitheater originally built by the Reich Labour Service into an exploited quarry at the Segeberger Kalkberg.

There is a large television tower in the middle of the city.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Detlev Buck, (born 1962), actor, film director and producer
• Maria Jepsen, (born 1945), Lutheran bishop
• Janek Sternberg, (born 1992), footballer
• Mona Barthel, (born 1990), tennis player

Twin towns — sister cities

Bad Segeberg is twinned with:

• Złocieniec, Poland
• Riihimäki, Finland
• Kiryat Motzkin, Israel
• Teterow, Germany
• Võru, Estonia
• Grand Island, United States

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Towns and municipalities in Segeberg
Alveslohe Armstedt Bad Bramstedt Bad Segeberg Bahrenhof Bark Bebensee Bimöhlen Blunk Boostedt Bornhöved Borstel Bühnsdorf Daldorf Damsdorf Dreggers Ellerau Fahrenkrug Föhrden-Barl Fredesdorf Fuhlendorf Geschendorf Glasau Gönnebek Groß Kummerfeld Groß Niendorf Groß Rönnau Großenaspe Hagen Hardebek Hartenholm Hasenkrug Hasenmoor Heidmoor Heidmühlen Henstedt-Ulzburg Hitzhusen Högersdorf Hüttblek Itzstedt Kaltenkirchen Kattendorf Kayhude Kisdorf Klein Gladebrügge Klein Rönnau Krems II Kükels Latendorf Leezen Lentföhrden Mönkloh Mözen Nahe Negernbötel Nehms Neuengörs Neversdorf Norderstedt Nützen Oering Oersdorf Pronstorf Rickling Rohlstorf Schackendorf Schieren Schmalensee Schmalfeld Schwissel Seedorf Seth Sievershütten Stipsdorf Stocksee Strukdorf Struvenhütten Stuvenborn Sülfeld Tarbek Tensfeld Todesfelde Trappenkamp Travenhorst Traventhal Wahlstedt Wakendorf I Wakendorf II Weddelbrook Weede Wensin Westerrade Wiemersdorf Winsen Wittenborn

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