Willenscharen

Willenscharen is a municipality in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig- Holstein.

Geography and transport

Willenscharen located 14 km south-west of Neumünster and 8 km northeast of Kellinghusenstraße on the edge of the nature park Aukrug. The sturgeon flows through the community. A Saxon hillfort castle from the 9th to the 10th century located on the west bank of interference near the road bridge of the L 121

About 5 km north of Willenscharen runs the federal highway 430 from Itzehoe to Neumünster, about 8 km south State Road 206 from Itzehoe to Bad Bramstedt. East of Willenscharen the railway line runs from Elmshorn to Neumünster.

Policy

Since the local elections of 2008, the voters Community KWV all seven seats in the municipal council.

Coat of arms

The "coat of arms " of the community is not writable and thus no heraldic coat of arms in the proper sense, but assign the picture seals. It was chosen after World War II in the absence of official seals, which are free of Nazi and imperial symbols of the community and is still used today.

The image Seal of Willenscharen shows the binding of the residents at the home region by the hint of the natural landscape in the shape of the river and of the traditional river crossing, the Störbrücke, as well as the reference to a historical monument, the Wallenberg, an ancient escape and fortress directly on the sturgeon. This was reported by the State Conservation Office as a cultural monument, her ring wall is still relatively well preserved.

Personalities

The CDU politician Heinz- Wilhelm, Hajo ' Fölster († 2012 in Aukrug ) was born 1925 in Willenscharen. He was from 1967 to 1987 Member of the Landtag of Schleswig -Holstein.