Wesselburen () 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 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 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 References Dithmarschen