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Lübeck Old Town
The UNESCO-listed 'Queen of the Hanseatic League,' known for its brick Gothic architecture, Holstentor gate, and world-famous marzipan.
26 km · about 30 min drive
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Bad Segeberg
Schleswig-Holstein, Germany · Europe
About Bad Segeberg
Bad Segeberg is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Fahrenkrug, 26km from Lübeck Old Town.
Bad Segeberg is in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, with about 16,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Fahrenkrug, about 4 km away.
Bad Segeberg (German: [baːt ˈzeːɡəbɛʁk] ; Low German: Sebarg) is a German town of 16,000 inhabitants, located in the state of Schleswig-Holstein, capital of the district (Kreis) Segeberg. It is situated approximately 50 kilometers (31 mi) northeast of Hamburg, and 25 kilometers (16 mi) west of Lübeck.
It is famous forRead more
its Karl May Festival, held annually since 1952, which takes place in the town's Kalkberg Stadium, a large amphitheater originally built by the Reich Labour Service into an exploited quarry at the Segeberger Kalkberg.
There is a large television tower in the middle of the town.
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What is there to see near Bad Segeberg?
Within an hour or so of Bad Segeberg: Lübeck Old Town (26 km), Tierpark Hagenbeck (45 km), Speicherstadt (48 km), Automuseum Prototyp Hamburg (48 km).
Where is Bad Segeberg?
Bad Segeberg is in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, about 4 km from Fahrenkrug.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 16,052
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Germany
- Region
- Schleswig-Holstein
- Timezone
- Europe/Berlin
- Coordinates
- 53.9378, 10.3074
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in Germany
ADAC roadside assistance: +49 89 22 22 22. No general speed limit on some autobahn sections but advisory 130 km/h.
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Worth the detour from Bad Segeberg
7 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Tierpark Hagenbeck
Hamburg's famous zoo pioneering open-air enclosures without bars since 1907, with a tropical aquarium.
45 km · about 50 min drive
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Speicherstadt
The world's largest warehouse district built on timber-pile foundations, a UNESCO site of red-brick Neo-Gothic buildings laced with canals.
48 km · about 55 min drive
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Automuseum Prototyp Hamburg
Museum of rare prototypes and racing cars focused on Porsche and Volkswagen history in Hamburg's HafenCity.
48 km · about 55 min drive
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Elbphilharmonie
Hamburg's stunning concert hall rising like a glass wave atop a former cocoa warehouse on the Elbe, with a free public plaza offering harbour views.
49 km · about 55 min drive
museum
Miniatur Wunderland
The world's largest model railway exhibition in Hamburg's Speicherstadt, with over 16,000 metres of track spanning miniature continents.
49 km · about 55 min drive
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Landungsbrücken
Hamburg's bustling floating landing piers on the Elbe, the gateway to harbour cruises and the historic St. Pauli waterfront.
49 km · about 55 min drive
Driving roads near Bad Segeberg
- 73 kmFehmarn Sound BridgeThe elegant 963 m 'coat hanger' arch bridge of 1963 carrying road and rail across the Fehmarn Sound to Germany's Baltic island of Fehmarn, a protected landmark on the Vogelfluglinie route.
Driving in Germany
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.78/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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