# Wilster

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{{Infobox German location
|image_photo       = St-Bartholomäus-Wilster-01.jpg
|type               = Stadt
|image_coa            = DEU Wilster COA.svg
|coordinates       = {{coord|53|55|21|N|9|22|28|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Wilster in IZ.png
|state        = Schleswig-Holstein
|district             = Steinburg
|elevation              = 2
|area            = 2.71
|postal_code               = 25554
|area_code           = 04823
|licence               = IZ
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 01 0 61 113
|website           = [http://www.wilstermarsch.de/ www.wilstermarsch.de]
|mayor     = Maren Hayenga 
|party            = CDU
}}

'''Wilster''' ({{IPA|de|ˈvɪlstɐ|-|De-Wilster.ogg}}) is a town in [Steinburg](/source/Steinburg) district in [Schleswig-Holstein](/source/Schleswig-Holstein), [Germany](/source/Germany).

==History==
Wilster was granted town rights under [Lübeck law](/source/L%C3%BCbeck_law) in 1282, and thereby counts itself among Schleswig-Holstein's oldest towns. Wilster forms the centre of the Wilstermarsch, a major [cattle](/source/cattle) raising area in Germany.

On 1 July 2005, the town administration and the ''[Amt](/source/Amt_(subnational_entity))'' of Wilstermarsch merged into one authority.

In 2018, the transformers for the [NordLink](/source/NordLink) power cable were installed in Wilster.<ref name=wilster>{{cite web|last1=Mathias Fischer|access-date=2021-12-06|date=2018-05-31|title=TenneT launches seven transformer transports from Brunsbüttel to Wilster for the NordLink subsea cable connection to Norway|url=https://www.tennet.eu/news/detail/tennet-launches-seven-transformer-transports-from-brunsbuettel-to-wilster-for-the-nordlink-subsea-cab/|website=www.tennet.eu}}</ref>

==Sightseeing==
The Old Town Hall built in 1585 is among Schleswig-Holstein's finest preserved [Renaissance](/source/Renaissance_architecture) buildings.

Moreover, the late [Baroque](/source/Baroque) St. Bartholomew's Church, built by [Ernst Georg Sonnin](/source/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](/source/Wolfgang_Ratke), died 27 April 1635 in [Erfurt](/source/Erfurt), [didact](/source/didactics) and [pedagogue](/source/Pedagogy).
*1914, 11 February, [Hans Hermann Junge](/source/Hans_Hermann_Junge), died 13 August 1944 in [Normandy](/source/Normandy), [SS](/source/SS)-officer and [Adolf Hitler](/source/Adolf_Hitler)'s personal [valet](/source/valet).
*1943, 29 April, [Klaus Grawe](/source/Klaus_Grawe), died 10 July 2005 in [Zurich](/source/Zurich), [psychotherapy](/source/psychotherapy) researcher and [psychological psychotherapist](/source/psychological_psychotherapist).
* 1965, 7 February, [Birge Schade](/source/Birge_Schade), actress

==Gallery==
{|
|thumb|150px|Old Town Hall (''Altes Rathaus'')
|thumb|150px|New Town Hall (''Neues Rathaus'')
|150px|thumb|Sample Picture of a German City limits traffic sign
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.wilster.de/ Wilster.de]
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Category:Towns in Schleswig-Holstein
Category:Steinburg

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