Wilster

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Wilster
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Location of Wilster within Steinburg district
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Wilster
Coordinates: 53°55′21″N9°22′28″E / 53.92250°N 9.37444°E / 53.92250; 9.37444 Coordinates: 53°55′21″N9°22′28″E / 53.92250°N 9.37444°E / 53.92250; 9.37444
Country Germany
State Schleswig-Holstein
District Steinburg
Government
   Mayor Walter Schulz (CDU)
Area
  Total2.71 km2 (1.05 sq mi)
Elevation
2 m (7 ft)
Population
 (2020-12-31) [1]
  Total4,301
  Density1,600/km2 (4,100/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
25554
Dialling codes 04823
Vehicle registration IZ
Website www.wilstermarsch.de

Wilster is a town in Steinburg district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

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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 of Wilstermarsch merged into one authority.

In 2018, the transformers for the NordLink power cable were installed in Wilster. [2]

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 by Ernst Georg Sonnin between 1775 and 1781, and the New Town Hall (Doos'sche Palais) built in 1786 are also worth seeing.

Personalities

Old Town Hall (Altes Rathaus) Altes-Rathaus-Wilster V2.jpg
Old Town Hall (Altes Rathaus)
New Town Hall (Neues Rathaus) Neues-Rathaus-Wilster V2.jpg
New Town Hall (Neues Rathaus)
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Sample Picture of a German City limits traffic sign

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References

  1. "Statistikamt Nord – Bevölkerung der Gemeinden in Schleswig-Holstein 4. Quartal 2020 (XLS-file)". Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein (in German).
  2. Mathias Fischer (2018-05-31). "TenneT launches seven transformer transports from Brunsbüttel to Wilster for the NordLink subsea cable connection to Norway". www.tennet.eu. Retrieved 2021-12-06.