- Wilster
Infobox German Location
image_photo = St-Bartholomäus-Wilster-01.jpg
Art = Stadt
Wappen = Wilster-Wappen.png
lat_deg = 53 |lat_min = 55 |lat_sec = 21
lon_deg = 9 |lon_min = 22 |lon_sec = 28
Bundesland = Schleswig-Holstein
Kreis = Steinburg
Höhe = 2
Fläche = 2.71
Einwohner = 4444
Stand = 2005-06-30
PLZ = 25554
Vorwahl = 04823
Kfz = IZ
Gemeindeschlüssel = 01 0 61 113
Straße = Kohlmarkt 25
Website = [http://www.wilstermarsch.de/ www.wilstermarsch.de]
Bürgermeister = Walter Schulz
Partei = CDUWilster is a town in
Steinburg district inSchleswig-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 majorcattle raising area in Germany.On
1 July 2005 , the town administration and the "Amt" of Wilstermarsch merged into one authority.Sightseeing
The Old Town Hall built in 1585 is among Schleswig-Holstein's finest preserved
Renaissance buildings.Moreover, the late
Baroque St. Bartholomew's Church, built byErnst Georg Sonnin 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 , died27 April 1635 inErfurt , didact and pedagogue.
*1914 ,11 February ,Hans Hermann Junge , died13 August 1944 inNormandy ,SS -officer andAdolf Hitler 's personalvalet .
*1943 ,29 April ,Klaus Grawe , died10 July 2005 inZurich ,psychotherapy researcher andpsychological psychotherapist .Gallery
External links
* [http://www.wilster.de/ Wilster.de]
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