Uetersen (, formerly known as ''Ütersen (

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)'') is a town in the district of Pinneberg, in

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. It is situated approximately south of

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, and northwest of

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at the small Pinnau River, close to the

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river. Uetersen is home to the

Rosarium Uetersen The Rosarium Uetersen is a rose garden located in the ''Rosenstadt'' Uetersen, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, and is the oldest and largest rose garden in Northern Germany. Today's rosarium was created between 1929 and 1934, and opened to the publ ...

, the oldest and largest rose garden in Northern Germany, created in 1929.

Name

The name of the city Uetersen, "utmost end", probably arose because it is "at the extreme end", referring to the fact that its location is at the transition to the

geest Geest is a type of landform, slightly raised above the surrounding countryside, that occurs on the plains of Northern Germany, the Northern Netherlands and Denmark. It is a landscape of sandy and gravelly soils formed as a glacial outwash plai ...

Seestermüher marsh. But there is also the suspicion that the name of "Ütersteen" showing what "ultra-stone" or "Ütristina", the old name of Pinnau originates.

Mayors since 1870

Number of inhabitants

*1803: 2601 *1855: 3906 *1871: 4037 *1905: 6300 *1935: 7236 *1951: 15485 *1995: 18155 *2007: 17852 *2008: 17739 *2009: 17688 *2010: 17558 *2011: 17829

Coat of arms

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:In a red shield is a silver (= white) gate without any door. The wall has six pinnacles. There is a silver (= white) tower on each side, having two windows each and topped by silver (= white) triangular roofs. Between the towers there is the nettle-leaf of the Counts of Holstein. In the open door at the base there stands a silver (= white) S-shaped object, which might show Virgin Mary and Jesus, standing upon a golden (= yellow) lying moon crescent and flanked by two golden (= yellow) stars on a red background. Below the door is a blue field probably symbolizing water.Kommunale Wappenrolle Schleswig-Holstein
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Notable people

Known Uetersener

A list of people who were born in Uetersen, live or have lived and work in the town or have been involved with it. Ludwig Meyn (1820-1878)

Augusta Louise zu Stolberg-Stolberg (1753-1835)

Metta von Oberg Anna Metta von Oberg (November 10, 1737 – October 25, 1794) was a German Baroness and close friend to Augusta Louise zu Stolberg-Stolberg. Von Oberg was born in Jersbek, Duchy of Holstein, and lived in the period from 1762 to 1794 in the monast ...

(1737–1794), baronesse *

Augusta Louise zu Stolberg-Stolberg Countess Louise Augusta zu Stolberg-Stolberg (7 January 1753 in Bramstedt, Duchy of Holstein30 May 1835 in Kiel) is known for her lively correspondence with the poet and thinker Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; she is known as ''Goethes Gustchen'' in ...

(1753–1835), penfriend of

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic. His works include plays, poetry, literature, and aesthetic criticism, as well as trea ...

Detlef Lienau Detlef Lienau (17 February 1818 – 29 August 1887) was a German architect born in Holstein. He is credited with having introduced the Rococo, French style to American building construction, notably the mansard roof and all its decorative flourish ...

, (1818–1887), architect * Ludwig Meyn, (1820–1878), agricultural scientist and geologist *

Friedrich Neelsen Friedrich Carl Adolf Neelsen (March 29, 1854, Uetersen – April 11, 1894, Dresden) was a German pathologist. Life Friedrich C.A. Neelsen was born to Hans Friedrich Neelsen, deacon of the Uetersen vicarage, and his wife Bertha Sophia (née Lueders ...

(1854–1898), pathologist and scientist *

Arthur Drews Christian Heinrich Arthur Drews (; November 1, 1865 – July 19, 1935) was a German writer, historian, philosopher, and important representative of German monist thought. He was born in Uetersen, Holstein, in present-day Germany. Biography Drews ...

, (1865–1935), writer and philosopher *

Kurt Roth Kurt Roth (1899, Ratingen – 30 October 1975, Uetersen) was a 20th-century German painter. Life He was born in 1899 in Ratingen near Düsseldorf. 1920 he and his father, the painter Ludwig Max Roth, moved to Uetersen, where they lived at the mo ...

(1899–1975), painter * Werner Lange (1917–1979), Mühlenkaufmann, inherited the site of the Langenmühle to the city of Uetersen *

Willi Gerdau Willi Gerdau (12 February 1929 – 11 February 2011) was a German international footballer. Born in Heide, Gerdau played as a defender for Heider SV, and won one cap for West Germany in 1957 in a match against Scotland Scotland (, ) is a ...

(1929–2011), footballer of the national team of 1957 *

Hermann Stehr Hermann Stehr (16 February 1864 – 11 September 1940) was a German novelist, dramatist and poet. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature four times. Personal life Stehr was born in Habelschwerdt (Bystrzyca Kłodzka) in 1864; he ...

(1937–1993), German sculptor and painter * Malte Schöning (1995–2015), songwriter

International relations

Uetersen is twinned with: * Flag of Germany

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Ostprignitz-Ruppin Ostprignitz-Ruppin is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the northwestern part of Brandenburg, Germany. Neighboring are (from north clockwise) the districts Müritz and Mecklenburg-Strelitz in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the districts Oberhavel and Have ...

district of

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Literature

*Rudolf Lavorenz: ''Uetersen'', (de) *Theodor von Kobbe: ''Die Schweden im Kloster zu Uetersen'' (1830) (de) *Carl Bulcke: ''Silkes Liebe'' (1906) (Fate of the Roman society Uetersener) (de) *Elsa Plath-Langheinrich: ''Als Goethe nach Uetersen schrieb'' (de) *

: ''Briefe an Augusta Louise zu Stolberg'' (de) *''Goethes Briefe ins holsteinische Kloster Uetersen'' (de) *Lothar Mosler: ''Blickpunkt Uetersen'' (Geschichte und Geschichten 1234 - 1984) (1985) (de) *Lothar Mosler: ''Mit der Eisenbahn durch Uetersen'' (1996) (de) *Lothar Mosler: ''Rosenstadt Uetersen im Wandel der Zeiten'' (1971) (de) *Dr. Ernst Brütt und Gerhard Scharfenstein: ''Uetersen und seine Einwohner'' (1995) (de) *Andreas Fründt: ''Das Hochadeliche Closter zu Uetersen'' (1986) (de) *Michael Schubert: ''Uetersen zwischen Marsch und Geest'' (1998) (de)

References

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