Wilster 4656904 202051305 2008-03-30T14:04:54Z Thijs!bot 1392310 robot Adding: [[pt: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 = CDU }} '''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 (subnational entity)|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 by [[Ernst 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]], died [[27 April]] [[1635]] in [[Erfurt]], [[didactics|didact]] and [[Pedagogy|pedagogue]]. *[[1914]], [[11 February]], [[Hans Hermann Junge]], died [[13 August]] [[1944]] in [[Normandy]], [[SS]]-officer and [[Adolf Hitler]]'s personal [[valet]]. *[[1943]], [[29 April]], [[Klaus Grawe]], died [[10 July]] [[2005]] in [[Zurich]], [[psychotherapy]] researcher and [[psychological psychotherapist]]. == Gallery == {| |[[Image:Altes-Rathaus-Wilster V2.jpg|thumb|150px|Old Town Hall (''Altes Rathaus'')]] |[[Image:Neues-Rathaus-Wilster V2.jpg|thumb|150px|New Town Hall (''Neues Rathaus'')]] |} == External links == * [http://www.wilster.de/ Wilster.de] {{Commons|Category:Wilster, Germany|Wilster, Germany}} {{Cities and towns in Steinburg (district)}} [[Category:Towns in Schleswig-Holstein]] [[de:Wilster]] [[eo:Wilster]] [[it:Wilster]] [[nl:Wilster]] [[pl:Wilster]] [[pt:Wilster]] [[ro:Wilster]] [[ru:Вильстер]] [[fi:Wilster]] [[tr:Wilster]] [[vo:Wilster]]