Wedel

Wedel is a town on the northern bank of the Elbe River in Pinneberg district, Schleswig-Holstein. The municipality covers 33.81 square kilometers and has 34,617 residents.

The first written record dates from 1212, when this was still a small settlement. Later the place became a trading center for cattle along the Oxen Way.

The Roland statue from 1450 stands in the market square and shows how the town saw itself as a free community. People once gathered here for trade days, and today locals still use the square as an everyday meeting point.

The town has several secondary schools, a private university, and facilities for vocational education. Visitors can orient themselves along the main streets that run through the center and toward the riverbank.

A Royal Air Force bombing raid in 1943 destroyed seventy percent of the buildings. The postwar reconstruction still shapes the townscape today with its younger structures.

Location: Pinneberg

Location: Herrschaft Pinneberg

Elevation above the sea: 18 m

Shares border with: Jork, Hetlingen, Holm, Hamburg, Rissen

Website: https://wedel.de

GPS coordinates: 53.58333,9.70000

Latest update: December 14, 2025 17:16