Uetersen


Uetersen is a city in the district of Pinneberg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated approximately south of Elmshorn, and northwest of Hamburg at the small Pinnau River, 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

Number of inhabitants

  • 1803: 2601
  • 1855: 3906
  • 1871: 4037
  • 1905: 6300
  • 1935: 7236
  • 1951: 15485
  • 1995: 18155
  • 2007: 17852
  • 2008: 17739
  • 2009: 17688
  • 2010: 17558
  • 2011: 17829

    Coat of arms

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.
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

    International relations

Uetersen is twinned with:
  • Wittstock, Ostprignitz-Ruppin district of Brandenburg.

    Literature

  • Rudolf Lavorenz: Uetersen,
  • Theodor von Kobbe: Die Schweden im Kloster zu Uetersen
  • Carl Bulcke: Silkes Liebe
  • Elsa Plath-Langheinrich: Als Goethe nach Uetersen schrieb
  • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Briefe an Augusta Louise zu Stolberg
  • Goethes Briefe ins holsteinische Kloster Uetersen
  • Lothar Mosler: Blickpunkt Uetersen
  • Lothar Mosler: Mit der Eisenbahn durch Uetersen
  • Lothar Mosler: Rosenstadt Uetersen im Wandel der Zeiten
  • Dr. Ernst Brütt und Gerhard Scharfenstein: Uetersen und seine Einwohner
  • Andreas Fründt: Das Hochadeliche Closter zu Uetersen
  • Michael Schubert: Uetersen zwischen Marsch und Geest
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