Pinneberg (;

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: ''Pinnbarg'') is a town in the federal state of

Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein (; da, Slesvig-Holsten; nds, Sleswig-Holsteen; frr, Slaswik-Holstiinj) is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Sc ...

in northern Germany. It is the capital of the district of Pinneberg and has a population of about 43,500 inhabitants. Pinneberg is located 18 km northwest of the city centre of

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. Near Pinneberg is the transmission site for the maritime weather

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and

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service DDH47, working on 147.3 kHz. A T-aerial is used, strung between two guyed masts.

History

When a castle was first built in Pinneberg around the year 1200 AD, the site had already been used as a Germanic Thingstätte for several centuries. In 1370 the castle was captured by Count Adolf VIII of

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and

Holstein-Pinneberg The County of Holstein-Pinneberg (), also known as the County of Schauenburg and Holstein-Pinneberg (), was a small territory which existed from 1290 until 1640, centred around Pinneberg in modern-day Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Rise and fall of ...

. In 1397 Pinneberg was first mentioned in official documents as a seat of courts. In 1472 a

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castle was built in place of the old castle. It was heavily damaged in the years 1627 and 1657 and was finally torn down in 1720. Between 1765 and 1767 the Drostei was built for the Drost Hans von Ahlefeldt. This brick building, which was probably erected by Ernst Georg Sonnin, is the most important example of

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in the district of Pinneberg. After some servants and craftsmen had settled in the vicinity of the castle, the settlement expanded slowly, only receiving

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in 1875, although it had been the seat of the Danish '

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' since 1640 and seat of the

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n district administrator since 1866 within the

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. In 1905 the settlement of ‘Pinneberger Dorf’ was incorporated and in 1927 the villages of Thesdorf and Waldenau followed. After

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the number of inhabitants of Pinneberg doubled because of the forced immigration of expellees, predominantly from East Prussia. Later on, in contrast to many other cities in

, Pinneberg was able to keep the number of inhabitants stable.

Population

* 1824 – 900 * 1875 – 3,060 * 1905 – 6,074 (incorporation of Pinnebergerdorf adding 1,500 inhabitants) * 1927 – 7,903 (incorporation of Thesdorf adding 1,313 inhabitants) * 1939 – 13,494 * 1948 – 24,885 * 1955 – 25,161 * 1970 – 36,002 * 1990 – 37,134 * 2000 – 39,423 * 2002 – 39,905 * 2004 – 41,063 * 2006 – 41,972 * 2008 – 42,367 * 2010 – 40,988 * 2012 – 41,726 * 2014 – 42,002 * 2020 – 43,503

Mayors

* 1876–1901: Christoph Kosack (independent) * 1901–1923: Franz Heinsohn * 1923–1933: Wilhelm Burmeister (SPD) * 1933–1937: Heinrich Backhaus (NSDAP) * 1937–1945: Karl Coors (NSDAP) * 1945: Dietmar Petersen (independent) * 1945–1950: Richard Köhn (SPD) * 1950–1963: Henry Glissmann (SPD) * 1963–1990: Hans-Hermann Kath (independent) * 1990–1996: Jan Nevermann (SPD) * 1996–2008: Horst-Werner Nitt (independent) * 2008–2012: Kristin Alheit (SPD) * 2012: Klaus Seyfert (CDU, temporary) * Since 2013: Urte Steinberg (independent)

Transport

Many regional trains stop at Pinneberg railway station, which serves as the terminus of line S3 of the Hamburg S-Bahn rapid transit network. A second S-Bahn station – Thesdorf – is also located within Pinneberg.

Twin towns – sister cities

Pinneberg is twinned with: * Rockville, United States

Notable people

* Ludwig Meyn (1820–1878), agricultural scientist, soil scientist, geologist, journalist and mineralogist * Sophie Wörishöffer (1838–1890), author * Carl Schlüter (1848–1884), sculptor * Bernhard Siebken (1910–1949), SS officer and war criminal * Johannes Seifert (1915–1943), Luftwaffe military aviator and World War II fighter ace * Mario Szenessy (1930–1976), Hungarian-German author, translator, and literary critic, died here * Michael Westphal (1965–1991), tennis player *

Michael Stich Michael Detlef Stich (, ; born 18 October 1968) is a German former professional tennis player. He won the men's singles title at Wimbledon in 1991, the men's doubles titles at both Wimbledon and the Olympic Games in 1992, and was a singles r ...

(born 1968), tennis player *

Dirk Penkwitz Dirk Penkwitz (born 1969 in Pinneberg, Germany) is a German television host. Penkwitz visited the Axel-Springer-Akademie and hosted ''Punkt 12'', ''Life! Die Lust zu Leben'' and ''Life! - Total verrückt'', by RTL. Since February 19, 1999, he ...

(born 1969), TV presenter * *

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(born 1990), professional wrestler

References

External links

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