Editing Stormarn (district)

{{About|the modern-day county|the historical ''gau''|Stormarn (Gau)}}
{{Infobox District DE
| name=Stormarn
| state=Schleswig-Holstein
| image_coa=DEU Kreis Stormarn COA.svg
| image_flag=Flagge Kreis Stormarn.svg
| capital=[[Bad Oldesloe]]
| area=766
| Kreisschlüssel    = 01062
| district_admin    = Henning Görtz 
| admin_party       = CDU
| carsign=OD
| url= [http://www.kreis-stormarn.de kreis-stormarn.de]
| map={{Germany district OSM map |parent_subdivision = Q1194}}
}}
'''Stormarn''' ({{IPA|de|ˈʃtɔʁmaʁn|-|De-Stormarn.ogg}}) is a district in [[Schleswig-Holstein]], [[Germany]]. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of [[Segeberg]] and [[Ostholstein]], the city of [[Lübeck]], the district of [[Lauenburg (district)|Lauenburg]], and the city-state of [[Hamburg]].

==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]].

==Geography==

The river [[Trave]] runs through the district before entering the city of Lübeck. In the southernmost portion of Stormarn there are the eastern suburbs of the Hamburg metropolitan area.

==Coat of arms==
The coat of arms displays a white [[swan]], with a crown around its neck, on red ground. The swan has been the heraldic animal of Stormarn since the Middle Ages.

==Towns and municipalities==
{{Imagemap Germany district OD|Municipalities in OD.svg|300px{{!}}thumb{{!}}Clickable map of towns and municipalities in the district}}
{|
|-----
!Independent towns||Independent municipalities
|-
|valign=top|
#[[Ahrensburg]]
#[[Bad Oldesloe]]
#[[Bargteheide]]
#[[Glinde, Schleswig-Holstein|Glinde]]
#[[Reinbek]]
#[[Reinfeld, Schleswig-Holstein|Reinfeld]]
|valign=top|
#[[Ammersbek]]
#[[Barsbüttel]]
#[[Großhansdorf]]
#[[Oststeinbek]]
|}
{|
! colspan=3|[[Amt (country subdivision)|Ämter]]
|- valign=top
||
*'''1. [[Bad Oldesloe-Land]]'''
[seat: Bad Oldesloe]
#[[Grabau]]
#[[Lasbek]]
#[[Meddewade]]
#[[Neritz]]
#[[Pölitz]]
#[[Rethwisch, Stormarn|Rethwisch]]
#[[Rümpel]]
#[[Steinburg, Stormarn|Steinburg]]
#[[Travenbrück]]

*'''2. [[Bargteheide-Land]]'''
[seat: Bargteheide]
#[[Bargfeld-Stegen]]
#[[Delingsdorf]]
#[[Elmenhorst, Stormarn|Elmenhorst]]
#[[Hammoor]]
#[[Jersbek]]
#[[Nienwohld]]
#[[Todendorf]]
#[[Tremsbüttel]]
||
*'''3. [[Itzstedt (Amt)|Itzstedt]]''' [seat: [[Itzstedt]]] <br/>(the other 6 municipalities of the ''Amt'' <br/>belong to the district of [[Segeberg]])
#[[Tangstedt]]
*'''4. [[Nordstormarn]]'''
[seat: Reinfeld]
#[[Badendorf]]
#[[Barnitz, Germany|Barnitz]]
#[[Feldhorst]]
#[[Hamberge]]
#[[Heidekamp]]
#[[Heilshoop]]
#[[Klein Wesenberg]]
#[[Mönkhagen]]
#[[Rehhorst]]
#[[Wesenberg, Schleswig-Holstein|Wesenberg]]
#[[Westerau]]
#[[Zarpen]]
||
*'''5. [[Siek (Amt)|Siek]]'''
#[[Braak, Schleswig-Holstein|Braak]]
#[[Brunsbek]]
#[[Hoisdorf]]
#[[Siek, Holstein|Siek]]<sup>1</sup>
#[[Stapelfeld]]
*'''6. [[Trittau (Amt)|Trittau]]'''
#[[Grande, Germany|Grande]]
#[[Grönwohld]]
#[[Großensee]]
#[[Hamfelde, Stormarn|Hamfelde]]
#[[Hohenfelde, Stormarn|Hohenfelde]]
#[[Köthel, Stormarn|Köthel]]
#[[Lütjensee]]
#[[Rausdorf]]
#[[Trittau]]<sup>1</sup>
#[[Witzhave]]
|-
|colspan=3 align=center|<sup>1</sup>seat of the Amt
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.kreis-stormarn.de/ Official website] (German)

{{Germany districts schleswig-holstein}}
{{Authority control}}

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