Wilster
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| Country | Germany |
| State | Schleswig-Holstein |
| District | Steinburg |
| Population | 4,444 (30/06/2005) |
| Area | 2.71 km² |
| Population density | 1640 /km² |
| Elevation | 2 m |
| Coordinates | 53°55′ N 9°23′ E |
| Postal code | 25554 |
| Area code | 04823 |
| Licence plate code | IZ |
| Mayor | Walter Schulz |
| Website | Stadt Wilster |
Wilster is a town in Steinburg district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
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[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Personalities
[edit] Sons and daughters of the town
- 1571, 18 October, Wolfgang Ratke, died 27 April 1635 in Erfurt, didact and pedagogue.
- 1943, 29 April, Klaus Grawe, died 10 July 2005 in Zurich, psychotherapy researcher and psychological psychotherapist.
[edit] Miscellaneous
Wilster is well known in Germany for providing the example of the yellow roadsigns mandated by the German Traffic Act (Straßenverkehrs-Ordnung) that indicate a "closed community" (Geschlossene Ortschaft), to which certain special traffic regulations apply. Hence, the traffic signs seen here can be found in every driving school book in Germany.
 Traffic Act sign 310 on the way into Wilster |
 Traffic Act sign 311 on the way out of Wilster towards Schotten |
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