Wilster () is a town in
Steinburg district in
Schleswig-Holstein,
Germany.
History
Wilster was granted town rights under
Lübeck law in 1282, and thereby counts itself among Schleswig-Holstein's oldest towns. Wilster forms the centre of the Wilstermarsch, a major
cattle raising area in Germany.
On 1 July 2005, the town administration and the ''
Amt
Amt is a type of administrative division governing a group of municipalities, today only in Germany, but formerly also common in other countries of Northern Europe. Its size and functions differ by country and the term is roughly equivalent to ...
'' of Wilstermarsch merged into one authority.
In 2018, the transformers for the
NordLink
NordLink is a subsea 1,400 megawatt (MW) HVDC power cable between Norway and Germany, opened in May 2021. The over long cable operates at a voltage of 500 kV DC.
The cable enables Deutsche Bahn to buy the full production from MÃ ...
power cable were installed in Wilster.
Sightseeing
The Old Town Hall built in 1585 is among Schleswig-Holstein's finest preserved
Renaissance buildings.
Moreover, the late
Baroque
The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...
St. Bartholomew's Church, built by
Ernst Georg Sonnin
Ernst is both a surname and a given name, the German, Dutch, and Scandinavian form of Ernest. Notable people with the name include:
Surname
* Adolf Ernst (1832–1899) German botanist known by the author abbreviation "Ernst"
* Anton Ernst (1975-) ...
between 1775 and 1781, and the New Town Hall (Doos'sche Palais) built in 1786 are also worth seeing.
Personalities
*1571, 18 October,
Wolfgang Ratke
Wolfgang Ratke (also Wolfgangus Ratichius or Wolfgang Ratich) (18 October 157127 April 1635) was a German educational reformer.
Biography
Early life
He was born at Wilster, Holstein,Leichpredigt: Meyfart, Johann Matthäus: Programma Publicum In ...
, died 27 April 1635 in
Erfurt
Erfurt () is the capital and largest city in the Central German state of Thuringia. It is located in the wide valley of the Gera river (progression: ), in the southern part of the Thuringian Basin, north of the Thuringian Forest. It sits in ...
,
didact and
pedagogue.
*1914, 11 February,
Hans Hermann Junge
Hans Hermann Junge (11 February 1914 – 13 August 1944)Some sources give date of death as 18 August 1944. Junge, Traudl (2002). ''Until the Final Hour'', London, Notes section #10. . was a German SS officer who served as aide-de-camp and ...
, died 13 August 1944 in
Normandy,
SS-officer and
Adolf Hitler's personal
valet.
*1943, 29 April,
Klaus Grawe Klaus Grawe (29 April 1943 – 10 July 2005) was a German psychotherapeutic researcher.
Grawe grew up in Hamburg and graduated there in psychology in 1968. He worked at the psychiatric clinic in Hamburg-Eppendorf between 1969 and 1979 and was awar ...
, died 10 July 2005 in
Zurich,
psychotherapy
Psychotherapy (also psychological therapy, talk therapy, or talking therapy) is the use of psychological methods, particularly when based on regular personal interaction, to help a person change behavior, increase happiness, and overcome pro ...
researcher and
psychological psychotherapist.
* 1965, 7 February,
Birge Schade, actress
Gallery
References
External links
Wilster.de
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Towns in Schleswig-Holstein
Steinburg