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.

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Uetersen
Town
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Uetersen within Pinneberg district
Uetersen Show map of Germany Uetersen Show map of Schleswig-Holstein
Coordinates: 53°41′14″N 9°40′9″E
Country	Germany
State	Schleswig-Holstein
District	Pinneberg
Government
• Mayor	Andrea Hansen
Area
• Total	11.43 km2 (4.41 sq mi)
Highest elevation	18 m (59 ft)
Lowest elevation	1 m (3 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[1]
• Total	18,618
• Density	1,600/km2 (4,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	25436
Dialling codes	04122
Vehicle registration	PI
Website	uetersen.de

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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.^{[clarification needed]}

• 1803: 2601
• 1855: 3906
• 1871: 4037
• 1905: 6300
• 1935: 7236
• 1951: 15485
• 1995: 18155
• 2007: 17852
• 2008: 17739
• 2009: 17688
• 2010: 17558
• 2011: 17829

Blazon:In a red shield is a silver (= white) gate without any door. The wall has six pinnacles. There is a silver (= white) tower on each side, having two windows each and topped by silver (= white) 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 (= white) S-shaped object, which might show Virgin Mary and Jesus, standing upon a golden (= yellow) lying moon crescent and flanked by two golden (= yellow) stars on a red background. Below the door is a blue field probably symbolizing water.^[2]

Uetersen is twinned with:

• Wittstock, Ostprignitz-Ruppin district of Brandenburg.

• Rudolf Lavorenz: Uetersen, ISBN 3-89702-541-8 (de)
• Theodor von Kobbe: Die Schweden im Kloster zu Uetersen (1830) (de)
• Carl Bulcke: Silkes Liebe (1906) (Fate of the Roman society Uetersener) (de)
• Elsa Plath-Langheinrich: Als Goethe nach Uetersen schrieb ISBN 3-529-02695-6 (de)
• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Briefe an Augusta Louise zu Stolberg (de)
• Goethes Briefe ins holsteinische Kloster Uetersen ISBN 3-529-02682-4 (de)
• Lothar Mosler: Blickpunkt Uetersen (Geschichte und Geschichten 1234 - 1984) (1985) (de)
• Lothar Mosler: Mit der Eisenbahn durch Uetersen (1996) (de)
• Lothar Mosler: Rosenstadt Uetersen im Wandel der Zeiten (1971) (de)
• Dr. Ernst Brütt und Gerhard Scharfenstein: Uetersen und seine Einwohner (1995) (de)
• Andreas Fründt: Das Hochadeliche Closter zu Uetersen (1986) (de)
• Michael Schubert: Uetersen zwischen Marsch und Geest (1998) ISBN 3-86134-773-3 (de)