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Trittau

Schleswig-Holstein, Germany · Europe

About Trittau

Trittau works well as a base: 10 minutes from Großensee, 28km from Speicherstadt.

Trittau is in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, with about 7,700 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Großensee, about 4 km away.

Trittau (German pronunciation: [ˈtʁɪtaʊ] ; West Low German: Trittow) is a municipality in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, located 30 km east of Hamburg. It is the economical and administrative center of Amt Trittau, which is part of the Stormarn district. Other villages in the county are Grönwohld, Lütjensee, Großensee,

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Within an hour or so of Trittau: Speicherstadt (28 km), Automuseum Prototyp Hamburg (28 km), Elbphilharmonie (29 km), Miniatur Wunderland (29 km).

Where is Trittau?

Trittau is in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, about 4 km from Großensee.

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Quick Information

Population
7,688
Continent
Europe
Country
Germany
Region
Schleswig-Holstein
Timezone
Europe/Berlin
Coordinates
53.6104, 10.4057

Emergency & Services

Essential numbers in Germany

Police
110
Ambulance
112
Fire
112
All emergencies
112
Driving side
right

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 Trittau

8 notable places within an hour's drive.

landmark

Speicherstadt

The world's largest warehouse district built on timber-pile foundations, a UNESCO site of red-brick Neo-Gothic buildings laced with canals.

28 km · about 35 min drive

museum

Automuseum Prototyp Hamburg

Museum of rare prototypes and racing cars focused on Porsche and Volkswagen history in Hamburg's HafenCity.

28 km · about 30 min drive

landmark

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.

29 km · about 35 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.

29 km · about 35 min drive

landmark

Landungsbrücken

Hamburg's bustling floating landing piers on the Elbe, the gateway to harbour cruises and the historic St. Pauli waterfront.

30 km · about 35 min drive

landmark

Tierpark Hagenbeck

Hamburg's famous zoo pioneering open-air enclosures without bars since 1907, with a tropical aquarium.

31 km · about 35 min drive

landmark

Lübeck Old Town

The UNESCO-listed 'Queen of the Hanseatic League,' known for its brick Gothic architecture, Holstentor gate, and world-famous marzipan.

34 km · about 40 min drive

landmark

Lüneburg Old Town

A charming Hanseatic salt town with crooked gabled houses and a tilting brick skyline, gateway to the heath.

40 km · about 45 min drive

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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