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Itzehoe [ɪtsəˈhoː] is a
town in
Germany, in the
Bundesland of
Schleswig-Holstein, the capital of the district of
Steinburg.
It is located on the
Stör, a navigable tributary of the
Elbe, 51 km northwest of
Hamburg and 24 km north of
Glückstadt. The population is about 34,900.
The
church of St Lawrence, dating from the
12th century, and the building in which the Holstein estates formerly met, are noteworthy. The town has a
convent founded in
1256, many
schools, a
hospital and other benevolent institutions. Itzehoe is a busy commercial place.
Itzehoe is the oldest town in
Holstein. Its nucleus was a
castle, built in
809 by
Egbert, one of
Charlemagne's
counts, against the
Danes. The community which sprang up around it was variously called Esseveldoburg, Eselsfleth and Ezeho. In
1201 the town was destroyed, but it was restored in
1224. The new town was granted the Lübeck rights by
Adolphus IV in
1238, and the old town in
1303. During the
Thirty Years' War Itzehoe was twice destroyed by the
Swedes, in
1644 and
1657, but was rebuilt on each occasion. It passed to
Prussia in
1867, with the
duchy of Schleswig-Holstein.
Itzehoe is listed as a
garrison depot (Wehrkreis X, Hamburg) of the former Infanteriedivision 225. which was implicated
in the 1940
Vinkt Massacre in Belgium.
Itzehoe is also the location of the Wenzel Hablik Museum.
During the period up to and including the
Wacken Open Air festival, many festival goers chose to depart for the festival from Itzehoe using the 'Metal Shuttle Bus' which departs from the station area. During this time, the town can become very overcrowded and traffic; slow.
Germany's lowest elevation is to be found a short distance from Itzehoe, in the
Wilstermarsch, which reaches 3.54 m below
sea level.
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