Halstenbek
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Halstenbek | |
Coordinates: | |
Time zone: | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
Administration | |
Country: | Germany |
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State: | Schleswig-Holstein |
District: | Pinneberg |
Mayor: | Linda Hoß-Rickmann (Ind.) |
Governing party: | CDU |
Basic Statistics | |
Area: | 12.6 km² (5 sq.mi.) |
Population: | 16,200 (30 June 2005) |
- Density: | 1,286 /km² (3,330 /sq.mi.) |
Elevation: | 15 m (49 ft) |
Further Information | |
Postal code: | 25469 |
Area code: | 04101 |
Licence plate code: | PI |
Website: | www.halstenbek.de |
Halstenbek is a free municipality in the district of Pinneberg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the north-western border of the city of Hamburg and approximately 5 km southeast of Pinneberg.
[edit] Points of interest
Halstenbek is the site of the so-called Knick-Ei, a gymnastics arena, the roof of which collapsed twice during construction and which was never completed. The building is nevertheless used in exhibitions as an example of "New German architecture"![citation needed]
[edit] Sister cities
- Hartkirchen, Upper Austria
- Lübz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Cities and towns in Pinneberg (district)
Barmstedt | Bönningstedt | Elmshorn | Halstenbek | Haseldorf | Helgoland | Moorrege | Pinneberg | Quickborn | Rellingen | Schenefeld | Tornesch | Uetersen | Wedel
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