Stormarn ( German pronunciation: [ˈʃtɔʁmaʁn] ) 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 , and the city-state of Hamburg .
4-555: In medieval times the name 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
8-675: The district before entering the city of Lübeck. In the southernmost portion of Stormarn there are the eastern suburbs of the Hamburg metropolitan area. 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. [seat: Bad Oldesloe] [seat: Bargteheide] [seat: Reinfeld] 53°45′N 10°20′E / 53.75°N 10.33°E / 53.75; 10.33 Stormarn (Gau) Stormarn ( German pronunciation: [ˈʃtɔʁmaʁn] )
12-462: The southwestern part of the district 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 district . The river Trave runs through
16-554: Was a gau which, alongside Holstein and Dithmarschen , was one of the three Northern Albingian Saxon gaus. The Gau of Stormarn lay in the southeast of Schleswig-Holstein . As well as the present county of Stormarn it also covered the territory of present-day Pinneberg , part of Steinburg , parts of Segeberg and the present land of the Hanseatic city of Hamburg north of the Elbe. The "Stormarni" were recorded in documents from
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