Editing Stormarn (district) (section)

==History==

In medieval times the name [[Stormarn (Gau)|Stormarn]] was applied to a larger area, of which the present-day district is only the eastern half. It was the home of the Saxon tribe the Sturmarii.

Stormarn became a part of Holstein in the 12th century.  When Schleswig-Holstein became a province of Prussia in 1867, the Prussian administration established the district of Stormarn, with [[Wandsbek]] as its capital. In 1937 the southwestern part of the district [[Greater Hamburg Act|was incorporated into Hamburg]], and the district lost half of its population. Since Wandsbek was now a borough of Hamburg, the capital was moved to Bad Oldesloe after the war. In 1970 Stormarn again lost a substantial portion of its territory, when the city of [[Norderstedt]] was founded in order to become a part of the [[Segeberg|Segeberg district]].