title: Wesselburen
text: # Wesselburen
  
  Wesselburen (German pronunciation:) 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 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) west of Heide.
  
  Wesselburen is part of the Amt ("collective municipality") Büsum-Wesselburen.
  
  ## Notable residents
  
  * Christian Friedrich Hebbel, 1813–1863, poet and dramatist
  * Christian Otto Mohr, 1835–1918, civil engineer
  * Adolf Bartels, 1862–1945, journalist, poet, and also literary historian
  * Ottilie Reylaender, 1882-1965, 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 (1907-1946), SS concentration camp commander and war criminal
  