Pinneberg

Pinneberg is a town within the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein in northern Germany. It is the capital of the district of Pinneberg and has a populace of 42,301 population. Pinneberg is positioned 18 km northwest from the metropolis centre of Hamburg. Near Pinneberg is the transmission site for the maritime climate radioteletype and radiofax service DDH47, running on 147.Three kHz. A T-aerial is used, strung between guyed masts. When a fortress turned into first constructed in Pinneberg around the year 1200 AD, the web page had already been used as a Germanic Thingstatte for several centuries.

In 1370 the castle become captured with the aid of Count Adolf VIII of Schauenburg and Holstein-Pinneberg. In 1397 Pinneberg turned into first referred to in legitimate files as a seat of courts. In 1472 a Renaissance citadel was constructed in vicinity of the antique citadel. It turned into heavily broken inside the years 1627 and 1657 and turned into sooner or later torn down in 1720. Between 1765 and 1767 the Drostei became built for the Drost Hans von Ahlefeldt. This brick building, which changed into in all likelihood erected via Ernst Georg Sonnin, is the maximum important instance of Baroque architecture within the district of Pinneberg.