Wesselburen () is a small town in the district of Dithmarschen in the German Federal State of Schleswig-Holstein. It is situated near the North Sea coast, approximately west of Heide.
Wesselburen is part of the Amt ("collective municipality") Büsum-Wesselburen.
Notable residents
- Christian Friedrich Hebbel, 1813âÂÂ1863, poet and dramatist
- Christian Otto Mohr, 1835âÂÂ1918, civil engineer
- Adolf Bartels, 1862âÂÂ1945, journalist, poet, and also literary historian
- Ottilie Reylaender, 1882âÂÂ1965, painter associated with the artist colony in Worpeswede
- Jil Sander (born 1943), fashion designer
- Jürgen Koppelin (born 1945), politician (FDP)
- Kirsten Fehrs (born 1961), bishop
- Max Pauly (1907âÂÂ1946), SS concentration camp commander and war criminal
- Torge Oelrich (born 1988), comedian and actor
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