Uetersen ( German pronunciation: [ˈyːtɐzn̩] , formerly known as Ütersen ( Holstein ) ) is a town in the district of Pinneberg , in Schleswig-Holstein , Germany . It is situated approximately 7 km (4.3 mi) south of Elmshorn , and 30 km (19 mi) 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.
6-428: 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. Blazon :In a red shield is a silver gate without any door. The wall has six pinnacles. There
12-576: Is a substantivisation of the Low German adjective güst , which means "dry and infertile". It is an Old Drift landscape, characterised by the sandy depositions of the Ice Age . In the depressions between the raised flats are wet meadows and, where drainage is poor, bogs . Geest lands are made up of moraines and sandurs . They are almost always next to flat marshlands , the geest being higher and better protected against flood but, compared to
18-516: Is a silver tower on each side, having two windows each and topped by silver 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 S-shaped object, which might show the Virgin Mary and Jesus, standing upon a golden crescent moon and flanked by two golden stars on a red background. Below the door is a blue field that
24-546: Is a type of landform , slightly raised above the surrounding countryside, that occurs on the plains of Northern Germany , the Northern Netherlands and Denmark . It is a landscape of sandy and gravelly soils formed as a glacial outwash plain and now usually mantled by a heathland vegetation on the glacial deposits left behind after the last ice age during the Pleistocene epoch. The term geest
30-561: Is thought to symbolize water. People who were born in Uetersen, live or have lived and worked 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. Uetersen is twinned with: Geest Geest ( German pronunciation: [ɡeːst] , Dutch : geestgrond [ˈɣeːstxrɔnt] , Danish : gest [ˈke̝ˀst] )
36-475: The marsh, with poor soil for agriculture. Where the geest borders the sea directly, sand cliffs exist. The oldest settlements in Northern Germany and Denmark lie on geest, since it provided better protection against storm floods . Many important towns are on the boundary between geest and marshland where people could enjoy the flood-protection of the geest but still use the much more fertile soil in
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