Pinneberg (; Northern Low Saxon: ''Pinnbarg'') is a town in the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein 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 Hamburg. Near Pinneberg is the transmission site for the maritime weather radioteletype and radiofax service DDH47, working on 147.3 kHz. A

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is used, strung between two guyed masts.

History

When a

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was first built in Pinneberg around the year 1200 AD, the site had already been used as a Germanic

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for several centuries. In 1370 the castle was captured by Count Adolf VIII of Schauenburg and Holstein-Pinneberg. In 1397 Pinneberg was first mentioned in official documents as a seat of courts. In 1472 a Renaissance 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

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Hans von Ahlefeldt. This brick building, which was probably erected by

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, is the most important example of Baroque architecture in the district of Pinneberg. After some servants and craftsmen had settled in the vicinity of the castle, the settlement expanded slowly, only receiving municipal rights in 1875, although it had been the seat of the

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' Landdrost' since 1640 and seat of the Prussian district administrator since 1866 within the Province of Schleswig-Holstein. In 1905 the settlement of ‘Pinneberger Dorf’ was incorporated and in 1927 the villages of Thesdorf and Waldenau followed. After World War II the number of inhabitants of Pinneberg doubled because of the forced immigration of expellees, predominantly from

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. Later on, in contrast to many other cities in Schleswig-Holstein, 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 Pinneberg station is a railway station on the Hamburg-Altona–Kiel line and located in Pinneberg, Germany, and served by the city trains and regional trains. It is a terminus for the rapid transit trains of the line S3 of the Hamburg S-Bahn. ...

, which serves as the terminus of line S3 of the

Hamburg S-Bahn The Hamburg S-Bahn is a suburban commuter railway network in the Hamburg Metropolitan Region. Together, the S-Bahn, the Hamburg U-Bahn, the AKN railway and the regional railway form the backbone of railway public transport in the city and the s ...

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 Ludwig Meyn (1 October 1820, Pinneberg − 4 November 1878, Uetersen), was a German agricultural scientist, soil scientist, geologist, journalist and mineralogist. He was the pioneer of oil production. Life Meyn was born in Pinneberg, the son of ...

(1820–1878), agricultural scientist, soil scientist, geologist, journalist and mineralogist * Sophie Wörishöffer (1838–1890), author *

Carl Schlüter Carl Schlüter (1846–1884) was a 19th-century German sculptor. Life He was born in Pinneberg in north Germany on 24 October 1846. From 1865 to 1868 he studied at the Academy of Art in Dresden under John Schilling. He came to public note i ...

(1848–1884), sculptor *

Bernhard Siebken __NOTOC__ Bernhard Siebken (4 April 1910 – 20 January 1949) was a German SS commander during World War II and a convicted war criminal. He was sentenced to death for the killing of Canadian prisoners of war and was executed in 1949. Siebken w ...

(1910–1949), SS officer and war criminal *

Johannes Seifert Johannes "Hannes" Seifert (6 October 1915 – 25 November 1943) was a German Luftwaffe military aviator and fighter ace during World War II. He is credited with 57 aerial victories achieved in 439 combat missions. This figure includes 11 aerial ...

(1915–1943), Luftwaffe military aviator and World War II fighter ace *

Mario Szenessy Mario Szenessy (14 September 1930 in Veliki Bečkerek, Yugoslavia (today Zrenjanin, Serbia) – 11 October 1976 in Pinneberg, Germany) was a Hungarian-German author, translator, and literary critic. Biography Mario Szenessy grew up in the Voj ...

(1930–1976), Hungarian-German author, translator, and literary critic, died here *

Michael Westphal Michael Westphal (19 February 1965 – 20 June 1991) was a male tennis player from West Germany. Westphal participated for his native country in the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and ...

(1965–1991), tennis player * Michael Stich (born 1968), tennis player * Dirk Penkwitz (born 1969), TV presenter * * Marcel Barthel (born 1990), professional wrestler

References

External links

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Webcam in Pinneberg
{{Authority control Towns in Schleswig-Holstein Pinneberg (district)