Norderstedt was created by the merger of four villages on 1 January 1970: the villages of Friedrichsgabe and Garstedt, both belonging to thePinneberg district, and the villages of Glashütte and Harksheide, both belonging to theStormarn district. The newly created city was assigned to theSegeberg district.
Norderstedt is served by theAutobahn (federal motorway) A 7/E 45 via exit number 23 Hamburg-Schnelsen-Nord (Norderstedt-Süd), located onHamburg territory, in the southwest, and exit number 21 Quickborn in the northwest. Major thoroughfares are the federal highways B 432 in west-east and B 433 in north-south directions.
The closest airport is that ofHamburg (IATA airport code HAM), whoserunway 33 extends across the state border into Norderstedt.
Norderstedt does not have aDeutsche Bahn railway station. However, the north-south AKN railway line A2 operated byAKN Eisenbahn, which runs between Ulzburg Süd in the north andNorderstedt Mitte in the south, services the city. Norderstedt Mitte is also the northern terminus of theHamburg underground/subway line U1 and an interchange point for a variety of busses. Travel time fromHamburg Central Station to Norderstedt Mitte is 40 minutes. The other two stations of theU1 line in the city of Norderstedt areRichtweg andGarstedt.[3]
Norderstedt is covered by thepostal codes 22844, 22846, 22848, 22850 and 22851. TheUN/LOCODE abbreviation for Norderstedt is DENOT.
