Quickborn is a rich town in the district of Pinneberg, in

Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein (; da, Slesvig-Holsten; nds, Sleswig-Holsteen; frr, Slaswik-Holstiinj) is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Sc ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...

. It belongs to Metropolregion

Hamburg Hamburg (, ; nds, label=Hamburg German, Low Saxon, Hamborg ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (german: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg; nds, label=Low Saxon, Friee un Hansestadt Hamborg),. is the List of cities in Germany by popul ...

and is located on the north part of Hamburg on Autobahn A7.

Geography

Quickborn is located about 18 km north from the centre of

, on the eastern edge of Kreis Pinneberg. It lies on the A7 between Hamburg and

Neumünster Neumünster () is a city in the middle of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. With more than 79,000 registered inhabitants, it is the fourth-largest municipality in Schleswig-Holstein (behind Kiel, Lübeck and Flensburg). History The city was f ...

. It is situated just 6 km from the Hamburg Airport. Quickborn is also located along the Hamburg-Altona–Neumünster railway, which connects it to the

AKN railway AKN Eisenbahn GmbH operates railway lines, commuter trains and freight trains in Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein. Its headquarters is in Kaltenkirchen. It is a member of the Hamburger Verkehrsverbund (HVV), which organises public transport in an ...

and buses of the

Hamburger Verkehrsverbund The Hamburger Verkehrsverbund (HVV) ( en, "Hamburg Transport Association") is a transport association coordinating public transport in and around Hamburg, Germany. Its main objectives are to provide a unified fare system, requiring only a sing ...

. Northwest of Quickborn is the Himmelmoor, the largest

raised bog Raised bogs, also called ombrotrophic bogs, are acidic, wet habitats that are poor in mineral salts and are home to flora and fauna that can cope with such extreme conditions. Raised bogs, unlike fens, are exclusively fed by precipitation (ombrot ...

in Schleswig-Holstein, which is about 605 hectares large. It has long been used for peat mining. For this purpose, a

narrow-gauge railway A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than standard . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and . Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with tighter curves, smaller structur ...

was built through the bog. South of the city is the Holmmoor, a nature preserve that is about 110 ha. large.

International relations

Quickborn is

twinned Twinning (making a twin of) may refer to: * In biology and agriculture, producing two offspring (i.e., twins) at a time, or having a tendency to do so; * Twin towns and sister cities, towns and cities involved in town twinning * Twinning inst ...

with: *

Boxholm Boxholm (, , traditionally also , ) is a locality and the seat of Boxholm Municipality, Östergötland County Östergötland County ( sv, Östergötlands län) is a county or '' län'' in southeastern Sweden. It has land borders with the cou ...

, Sweden (since 13.09.1974) *

Uckfield Uckfield () is a town in the Wealden District of East Sussex in South East England. The town is on the River Uck, one of the tributaries of the River Ouse, on the southern edge of the Weald. Etymology 'Uckfield', first recorded in writing ...

, Sussex, England (since 18.02.1990) *

Malchow Malchow () is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. Geography It is situated on the river Elde, 25,5 km west of Waren, and 35 km north of Wittstock. History The ...

, Germany (since 08.09.1990)

Notable people

Franz Josef Degenhardt Franz Josef Degenhardt (3 December 193114 November 2011) was a German poet, satirist, novelist, and – first and foremost – a folksinger/songwriter (Liedermacher) with decidedly left-wing politics. He was also a lawyer, bearing the academic de ...

(1931–2011), songwriter, poet, satirist, novelist *

Mike Krüger Michael Friedrich Wilhelm Krüger (born 14 December 1951 in Ulm) is a German comedian, actor and singer. Filmography * ''Piratensender Powerplay'' (1981) * ''Die Supernasen ''Die Supernasen'' is a 1983 West German comedy film featuring Thom ...

(born 1951), Comedian, actor, singer, lived for several years in Quickborn * Daniel Matthias Heinrich Mohr (1780–1808), botanist *

Carlo von Tiedemann Carlo von Tiedemann (born 20 October 1943, in Stargard, Pommern) is a German television presenter. Life Since 1971 Tiedemann has worked as a television and radio presenter for German broadcaster NDR NDR may refer to: Computing * Non deliver ...

(born 1943), TV Anchorman and actor

References

Towns in Schleswig-Holstein Pinneberg (district) {{Pinneberg-geo-stub