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Oststeinbek,  Germany: The watermill on the river Glinder Au
Die Weigle-Orgel in der Ev.-Luth. Auferstehungskirche Oststeinbek (Kreis Stormarn)
Auferstehungs Kirche
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Oststeinbek

Schleswig-Holstein, Germany · Europe

About Oststeinbek

Oststeinbek works well as a base: 10 minutes from Billbrook, 42km from Lüneburg Heath.

Oststeinbek is in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, with about 7,900 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Billbrook, about 5 km away.

Oststeinbek is a municipality in the district of Stormarn, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated approximately 13 kilometres east of the center of Hamburg, directly on the border between Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein. First mentioned in 1254 it celebrated its 750th anniversary in 2004. As of 2011,

Read more Oststeinbek had about 8600 inhabitants.

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Within an hour or so of Oststeinbek: Automuseum Prototyp Hamburg (11 km), Speicherstadt (12 km), Elbphilharmonie (12 km), Miniatur Wunderland (12 km).

Where is Oststeinbek?

Oststeinbek is in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, about 5 km from Billbrook.

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Quick Information

Population
7,858
Continent
Europe
Country
Germany
Region
Schleswig-Holstein
Timezone
Europe/Berlin
Coordinates
53.5432, 10.1694

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 Oststeinbek

8 notable places within an hour's drive.

museum

Automuseum Prototyp Hamburg

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

11 km · about 20 min 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.

12 km · about 20 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.

12 km · about 25 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.

12 km · about 20 min drive

landmark

Landungsbrücken

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

13 km · about 25 min drive

landmark

Tierpark Hagenbeck

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

16 km · about 20 min drive

landmark

Lüneburg Old Town

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

36 km · about 40 min drive

national park

Lüneburg Heath

A vast purple-blossoming heathland nature reserve, magical when the heather blooms in late summer and crossed by car-free trails.

42 km · about 50 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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