Barsbüttel

Barsbüttel
Municipality
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Barsbüttel within Stormarn district
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Coordinates: 53°34′08″N 10°10′16″E
Country	Germany
State	Schleswig-Holstein
District	Stormarn
Government
• Mayor	Thomas Schreitmüller
Area
• Total	24.68 km^2 (9.53 sq mi)
Elevation	31 m (102 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[1]
• Total	13,096
• Density	530/km^2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	22885
Dialling codes	040
Vehicle registration	OD
Website	www.barsbuettel.de

Barsbüttel^ⓘ is a municipality in the district of Stormarn, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated east of Hamburg on the border of the district of Jenfeld.^[2]

Since 1973 the township has consisted of four districts: Barsbüttel (main village), Willinghusen, Stemwarde and Stellau.

Education

The community contains two elementary schools, one in Barsbüttel and one in Willinghusen.^[3] Older students may attend the Erich Kästner Gemeinschaftsschule, which has a bilingual program for students in grades 5 through 10.^[4]

The Volkshochshule Barsbüttel offers adult education courses in school and municipal buildings across the four districts.^[5]

Twin towns

• Keila, Estonia
• Graal-Müritz, Germany
• Guipavas, France
• Callington, Cornwall, United Kingdom.

Notable people

• Wilhelm Mohnke – Schutzstaffel general, lived here after being released from prison from 1955 to 2001.^[6]

References

1. "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden in Schleswig-Holstein 4. Quartal 2022" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein.
2. "Rathaus - Unsere Gemeinde". www.barsbuettel.de. Gemeinde Barsbüttel. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
3. Barsbüttel, Gemeinde. "Schulen". Gemeinde Barsbüttel (in German). Retrieved 2019-02-22.
4. "EKG Barsbüttel". www.igs-barsbuettel.de. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
5. "Unsere Gebäude". VHS Volkshochschule Barsbüttel. VHS Barsbüttel. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
6. Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. p. 549. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.