Uetersen

Uetersen
Uetersen
Location of the town of Uetersen within Pinneberg district
Coordinates	53°41′14″N 9°40′9″E
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Schleswig-Holstein
District	Pinneberg
Mayor	Andrea Hansen
Basic statistics
Area	11.43 km2 (4.41 sq mi)
Elevation	1-18 m
Population	17,688 (31 December 2010)
- Density	1,548 /km2 (4,008 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	PI
Postal code	25436
Area code	04122

Uetersen (German pronunciation: [ˈyːtɐzən], formerly known as Ütersen (Holstein)) is a city in the district of Pinneberg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated approx. 7 km (4.3 mi) south of Elmshorn, and 30 km (19 mi) northwest of Hamburg at the small river Pinnau, close to the Elbe river. Uetersen is home to the Rosarium Uetersen, 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 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

Years Name 1870–1900 Ernst-Heinrich Meßtorff 1900–1914 Heinrich Muuß 1914–1918 Ernst Ladewig Meyn 1918–1930 Jakob Christians 1930–1933 Heinrich Wellenbring (SPD) 1933 Ferdinand Bauth (acting) 1933–1945 Hermann Dölling (NSDAP) 1945 Heinrich Stühmeyer (acting)

Years Name 1945–1956 Heinrich Wilkens (SPD) 1956–1964 Dr. Jürgen Frenzel (SPD) 1964–1988 Waldemar Dudda (SPD) 1988–1994 Wolfgang Bromma (SPD) 1994–2003 Karl Gustav Tewes 2003–2009 Wolfgang Wiech 2009– Andrea Hansen

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.

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.

• Arthur Drews (1865–1935)
• Franz Kruckenberg (1882–1965)
• Detlef Lienau (1818–1887)
• Ludwig Meyn (1820–1878)
• Friedrich Neelsen (1854–1898)
• Metta von Oberg (1737–1794)
• Kurt Roth (1899–1975)
• Augusta Louise zu Stolberg-Stolberg (1753–1835)

More people who are closely linked to Uetersen

These people have lived in Uetersen or are closely linked to the town. They have contributed to the reputation of the town or to the general welfare of the population.

• Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke (1800–1891)

International relations

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Uetersen is twinned with:

• Wittstock, Ostprignitz-Ruppin district of Brandenburg.

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)