Uetersen

Infobox German Location
Art = Stadt
image_photo = Uetersen Stadtwerkehaus.jpg
Wappen = Uetersen Wappen.pnglat_deg = 53 |lat_min = 41 |lat_sec = 14
lon_deg = 9 |lon_min = 40 |lon_sec = 9
Bundesland = Schleswig-Holstein
Kreis = Pinneberg
Höhe = 6
Fläche = 11.43
Einwohner = 17866
Stand = 2005-12-31
PLZ = 25436
Vorwahl = 04122
Kfz = PI
Gemeindeschlüssel = 01 0 56 049
Straße = Wassermühlenstr. 7
Website =
Bürgermeister = Wolfgang Wiech

Uetersen (IPA2|ˈyːtɐzən) "(Formerly known as Ütersen (Holstein))" is a city in the district of Pinneberg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated approx. 7 km (4 miles) south of Elmshorn, and 30 km (18 miles) northwest of Hamburg at the small river Pinnau, close to the Elbe river.

Mathias Rust took off from Uetersen for his historic flight in 1987.

Name

The name of the city is probably Uetersen "uterst end" arose, which was once so much as "at the extreme end". The name refers to the fact that the place at the transition to the Geest Seestermüher march. But there is also the suspicion that the name of "Ütersteen" showing what "ultra-stone" or "Ütristina", the old name of Pinnau originates.

Mayor since 1870

Coat of arms

Blazon: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. [ [http://193.101.67.134/Datenblatt_1.asp?ID=246&txtAnz=1&txtI=&txt
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Known Uetersener

A list of people who were born in Uetersen, live or have lived and work in the city or have earned.

* Arthur Drews (1865-1935)
* Franz Kruckenberg (1882-1965)
* Detlef Lienau (1818-1887)
* Friedrich Neelsen (1854-1898)
* Metta von Oberg (1737-1794)
* Kurt Roth (1899-1975)
* Augusta Louise zu Stolberg-Stolberg (1753-1835)

More people in a close relationship with Uetersen are

These people have lived in Uetersen, earned or felt strongly with the city. They have the city to a greater reputation unscathed or to the general welfare of the population.
*Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke (1800-1891)

ister cities

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Literature

*Rudolf Lavorenz: "Uetersen", ISBN 3897025418 (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" ISBN 3529026956 (de)
*Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: "Briefe an Augusta Louise zu Stolberg" (de)
*"Goethes Briefe ins holsteinische Kloster Uetersen" ISBN 3529026824 (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) ISBN 3861347733 (de)

References