Silzen

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 54 ° 2 '  N , 9 ° 38'  E
Basic data
State :	Schleswig-Holstein
Circle :	Stone castle
Office :	Itzehoe country
Height :	22 m above sea level NHN
Area :	6.69 km 2
Residents:	157 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	23 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	25551
Area code :	04871
License plate :	IZ
Community key :	01 0 61 100
Office administration address:	Margarete-Steiff-Weg 3 25524 Itzehoe
Website :	www.amt-itzehoe-land.de
Mayor :	Dirk Mollenhauer (KWV)
Location of the community of Silzen in the Steinburg district

Silzen is a municipality in the Steinburg district in Schleswig-Holstein .

Geography and traffic

The community is located in the Aukrug Nature Park on the edge of the Schieren Forest between Hohenlockstedt and Hohenwestedt . The federal highway 77 from Schleswig to Itzehoe runs nearby .

history

The community was first mentioned in a document in 1339. The name of the place is probably derived from the noble von Seltzingen family, because it was originally Seltzinghe . The Seltzingen family sold the village in 1441 to Breide zu Rantzau zu Krummendiek , who in turn gave the village to the Itzehoe monastery in 1490 .

politics

Community representation

Since the local elections in 2008, the KWV voter community has had all seven municipal council seats.

coat of arms

Blazon : “Divided by gold and green in a more curved serpentine line. At the top left a red pyramid, at the bottom right a golden outward-pointing linden leaf with a downward-pointing fruit cluster . "

Individual evidence

1. ↑ North Statistics Office - Population of the municipalities in Schleswig-Holstein 4th quarter 2019 (XLSX file) (update based on the 2011 census) ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Schleswig-Holstein's municipal coat of arms

Web links

Commons : Silzen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Silzen municipality at the Itzehoe-Land office