Bad Oldesloe, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

🇩🇪 Bad Oldesloe is a town located in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein. It is the capital of the district of Stormarn. The area has been inhabited since Mesolithic times. The flint tools found here from that era (6000–4500 BC) are clearly defined and known as the Oldesloer Stufe. For a number of years in the 18th Century the Moravian Church had a congregation in Bad Oldesloe. It was called "Pilgerruh", i.e. "Pilgrims' Rest". It was given up because of difficulties with the Danish Church authorities. At that time, the Duchy of Holstein was ruled by the kings of Denmark within the Holy Roman Empire.

Buildings 16th century Mennokate: Memorial for Menno Simons, founder and eponym of the Mennonites, a group of anabaptists. He had some of his works printed in this building.

Transport Bad Oldesloe station is located on the Lübeck–Hamburg and the Neumünster–Bad Oldesloe railways.

Company Bad Oldesloe is the headquarters of the cleaning equipment manufacturer Hako, the fire protection company Minimax and the distilleryAugust Ernst. HEROSE GMBH is a leader in the production of valves for low-temperature technology. The South African pharmaceutical company Aspen Pharmacare operates a plant in the city. The Lindal Group manufactures valves and spray caps. Feige GmbH, Abfülltechnik is a leading manufacturer of filling systems for liquid and pasty products. Sparkasse Holstein and Volksbank Stormarn are also based in Bad Oldesloe.

Media In Bad Oldesloe are the editorial offices of the "Stormarner Tageblatt" as a local edition of the Schleswig-Holsteinische Zeitungsverlag and the local edition of Lübecker Nachrichten. The Hamburger Abendblatt also publishes a local edition for the district of Stormarn, but its editorial office is based in Ahrensburg. In Bad Oldesloe, the advertising sheets Markt, Wochenblatt, Blickpunkt and the bote are distributed free of charge. On the Internet there is the portal IN oldesloe and the online daily newspaper Stormarnlive.de, which regularly report from Bad Oldesloe.

After years of bottlenecks, Bad Oldesloe offers a wide range of broadband Internet services, which are not equally available everywhere, but are often only available as a single solution.

In Bad Oldesloe, TV can be received via DVB-T2 and over 30 FM radio programs via antenna. Vodafone Kabel Deutschland operates a nationwide cable network in Bad Oldesloe, Vereinigte Stadtwerke Media GmbH operates a fiber optic network for DVB-C, Internet and telephony via VoIP.

Public institutions Since the bombing of Wandsbek in 1944, Bad Oldesloe has housed the district administration of the Stormarn district. In addition, the administration of the Bad Oldesloe-Land office also sits in the city, which itself does not belong to the office.

In addition, Bad Oldesloe is home to the Stormarn tax office and the Lübeck/Stormarn family fund. The Federal Employment Agency and the German Federal Pension Insurance each have an administrative headquarters in Bad Oldesloe. The Ratzeburg Police Directorate operates a police inspection in Bad Oldesloe with a district district district, a criminal police station and a motorway district.

The city of Bad Oldesloe has four voluntary fire brigades in the districts of Seefeld, Poggensee, Rethwischfeld and Bad Oldesloe, as well as a local association desTHW.