Barmstedt

Barmstedt
Barmstedt
Coordinates
Administration
Country Germany
State Schleswig-Holstein
District Pinneberg
Mayor Nils Hammermann
Basic statistics
Area 17.17 km2 (6.63 sq mi)
Elevation 11 m  (36 ft)
Population 9,777 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 569 /km2 (1,475 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate PI
Postal code 25355
Area code 04123
Website www.barmstedt.de

Barmstedt is a town in the district of Pinneberg, in the south of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated approx. 8 km northeast of Elmshorn, and 30 km northwest of Hamburg. It has approximately 9,500 inhabitants which makes it the smallest town in the Pinneberg district.

Culture

There were 133 shoemakers working in Barmstedt in 1839. Only one remains today, and it was in Barmstedt that the shoe retailer Gabor Shoes was founded. The ex german champion in unicycling, Peer Fischer, was born in Barmstedt.

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