Wahlstedt

Wahlstedt
Wahlstedt
Coordinates
Administration
Country Germany
State Schleswig-Holstein
District Segeberg
Mayor Sven Diedrichsen
Basic statistics
Area 15.74 km2 (6.08 sq mi)
Elevation 47 m  (154 ft)
Population 9,261 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 588 /km2 (1,524 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate SE
Postal code 23812
Area code 04554
Website www.wahlstedt.de

Wahlstedt is a town in the district of Segeberg in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

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Geography

The town lies about 50 km north of Hamburg, 40 km south of Kiel and 30 km west of Lübeck. It is about seven kilometers west of Bad Segeberg on the edge of the Segeberg Forest.

Politics

After the 2003 election, the 19 seats of the Wahlstedt city council are filled by nine CDU members, eight SPD members, and two FDP members.

International relations

Wahlstedt is twinned with:

References

This article incorporates information from the revision as of July 6, 2007 of the equivalent article on the German Wikipedia.