Barmstedt: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Barmstedt combines water, paths and history. Anyone looking to rent a holiday apartment in Barmstedt can then continue their accommodation search.

Water

The bathing area at Lake Rantzau offers a sandy beach, a sunbathing lawn of approximately 5,000 square metres, volleyball, table tennis, a paddling area for children, a non-swimmer area and a swimming area with a depth of up to 2 metres.

Barmstedt’s Castle Island in Lake Rantzau combines a historic ensemble protected as a heritage site with an art studio, craft exhibitions, the Museum of the County of Rantzau, a former castle prison, a functioning watermill, a rowing-boat rental service and a walking path around the lake.

History and Culture

In the Middle Ages, the knights of Barmstede and later the Schauenburgs administered the region from Barmstedt. Barmstedt and Rantzau Castle Island have played a central role in the history of Southern Holstein since Barmstedt was first mentioned in a document in 1140. The settlement site on the Krückau has been inhabited since the Bronze Age, approximately 3,500 years ago; burial mounds remained visible until the 19th century.

Today’s Church of the Holy Spirit is a Baroque hall church that was inaugurated at Pentecost in 1718 and is an original monument from the era of the Counts of Rantzau. Organ, choral and instrumental concerts are held in the church, including an annual orchestral concert with choir. Its painted wooden barrel ceiling was decorated with biblical scenes in 1754/56. The Baroque organ was completed in 1720 and has approximately 2,200 pipes and 34 stops.

The Museum of the County of Rantzau is housed in a building that served as a district court until 1974; next to it is a former castle prison that was used until 1927. The museum presents regional history and the everyday lives of the people who lived and worked there in various eras. The Humburg House and the Kulturschusterei offer cultural and music programmes. In the 19th century, shoemakers from Barmstedt made waterproof sea boots.

Landscape and Activities

Barmstedt’s lakes, forests and rural surroundings form a recreational landscape used for cycling and walking all year round. The Barmstedt cycling area offers five tours that connect gardens, tree nurseries and natural areas. The Bilsbek Lowland cycling route is 26 kilometres long, rated as easy and showcases Holstein’s moorland landscapes by bicycle.

Barmstedt’s traffic-calmed centre is one kilometre from the lake and can be reached via the blue or green circular trail.

Connections

Barmstedt can be reached by train from Elmshorn in 15 minutes.

More local pages: Borstel-Hohenraden, Tornesch, Hasloh, Seester, Seeth-Ekholt, Kölln-Reisiek, Lutzhorn, Bilsen

To the main travel overview: Pinneberg.