Bad Schwartau

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Bad Schwartau

Location of Bad Schwartau within Ostholstein district

Coordinates: 53°55′10″N 10°41′51″E / 53.91944°N 10.69750°ECoordinates: 53°55′10″N 10°41′51″E / 53.91944°N 10.69750°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Gerd Schuberth

Area

• Total

18.39 km² (7.10 sq mi)

Elevation

8 m (26 ft)

Population (2015-12-31)^[1]

• Total

19,945

• Density

1,100/km² (2,800/sq mi)

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

23611

0451

3+3

Website

www.bad-schwartau.de

Bad Schwartau is a town in the district of Ostholstein, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the river Trave and the Schwartau creek, approx. 5 km north of Lübeck. Bad Schwartau is a spa, well known for its iodide saline waters.

Personality

Sons and daughters of the town

Karl Schultz (born 1937), equestrian, Olympian in eventing 1972 and 1976
Gerd-Volker Schock (born 1950), football player and coach
Wolfram Kühn (born 1952), former Vice Admiral of the German Navy and deputy Inspector General of the Bundeswehr

Personalities who live or lived in Bad Schwartau

Emanuel Geibel (1815-1884), German poet and playwright
Sandra Völker (born 1974 Lübeck), swimmer, freestyle and backstroke

References

↑ "Statistikamt Nord – Bevölkerung der Gemeinden in Schleswig-Holstein 4. Quartal 2015] (XLS-file)". Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein (in German).

Towns and municipalities in Ostholstein
Ahrensbök Altenkrempe Bad Schwartau Beschendorf Bosau Dahme Damlos Eutin Fehmarn Göhl Gremersdorf Grömitz Großenbrode Grube Harmsdorf Heiligenhafen Heringsdorf Kabelhorst Kasseedorf Kellenhusen Lensahn Malente Manhagen Neukirchen Neustadt in Holstein Oldenburg in Holstein Ratekau Riepsdorf Scharbeutz Schashagen Schönwalde am Bungsberg Sierksdorf Stockelsdorf Süsel Timmendorfer Strand Wangels

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 138383409 GND: 4053744-4

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