Bad Schwartau is the largest city in the district of Ostholstein, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the river Trave and the Schwartau creek, approx. 5 km north of Lübeck. Bad Schwartau is a spa, well known for its iodide saline waters about 13 km from the Baltic Sea. Notable people Sons and daughters of the town Wolfram Kühn (born 1952), former Vice Admiral of the German Navy and deputy Inspector General of the Bundeswehr Gerd-Volker Schock (born 1950), football player and coach Karl Schultz (born 1937), equestrian, Olympian in eventing 1972 and 1976 Personalities who live or lived in Bad Schwartau Emanuel Geibel (1815–1884), German poet and playwright Erich Rudorffer (1917–2016), German Luftwaffe fighter ace Sandra Völker (born 1974), swimmer, freestyle and backstroke References Towns in Schleswig-Holstein Ostholstein Spa towns in Germany