Wewelsfleth, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Aerial View of Wewelsfleth, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Wewelsfleth, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany is the birthplace of many of the our ancestors. On the Stör River, just upriver from its confluence with the Elbe River, lies Wewelsfleth. Founded about 1238 A.D., this town in southwest Holstein is located northwest of Hamburg and Glückstadt, not far from the North Sea. Wewelsfleth takes its name in part from "fleth," a natural watercourse of the marshes. The marshlands of this lower Elbe River region have been reclaimed for farmland with dikes and ditches.

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